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A Study on the Electrical Fire Risk of Terminal Block Due to Single and Composite Cause (단일 및 복합 원인에 의한 단자대 전기화재위험성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Si-Kuk;Gum, Dong-Shin;Lee, Chun-Ha
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2015
  • This thesis is based on a research to investigate the electrical fire risk due to the single and composite cause in a terminal block. This paper analyzed the thermal characteristics depending on the screw torque change and contact resistance change to measure the fire risk due to the poor contact from single cause first. To measure the fire risk due to the composite cause, the acceleration tracking depending on the contact resistance change was experimented to check the correlation of poor contact and tracking to fire. The experiment result showed that the thermal characteristics were clearer as the screw torque in poor contact status and magnitude of contact resistance increased and that the thermal characteristics of terminal block depending on the contact resistance change was more reliable than the thermal characteristics depending on the screw torque change. Moreover, the terminal block poor contact and tracking were correlated in the case of the composite cause, and when two composite causes were interacted, the electrical fire risk was higher than the single cause.

Non-Fire Alarm Management and Customized Automatic Guidance System (비화재보 관리 및 맞춤형 자동안내 시스템)

  • Hyo-Seung Lee;Ju-Sang Lee;Woo-Jun Choi
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.355-360
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    • 2023
  • Fire is a disaster that causes irreversible damage to many people due to personal injury and property damage. Various fire detection equipments are installed around us to detect and cope with it quickly. However, due to various problems such as artificial, environmental, and aging, fire detection equipment is activated even though it is not a actual fire, and there are many problems such as delaying the support to the necessary fire scene. In this paper, we analyze the non-fire alarm of the fire detection equipment and propose a system that enables the field staff to check the scene situation through the video as a way to prevent the mobilization due to the misinformation by checking the fire. The purpose of the present invention is to stably cope with a disaster by suggesting a customized automatic guidance system which induces a rapid evacuation by sending an evacuation guidance notification to a range of a fire occurrence neighboring area, and supports a rapid and accurate processing by a rapid dispatch of a firefighter, rather than a wide range of guidance such as an existing emergency disaster guidance letter when it is determined to be an actual fire through the confirmation procedure.

Development of H/W and S/W for Detecting Electrical Fire Precursor Signal on Electrical Wirings (배선에서 전기화재 전조신호 검출을 위한 H/W 및 S/W 구축)

  • Kim, Sung-Chul;Kim, Doo-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 2009
  • This paper is purposed to develop DAQ H/W, S/W and DB which can be used in developing electrical fire alarm system or in analyzing electrical fire cause, by detecting and monitoring precursor signals which have high possibility leading to electrical fire on electrical distribution wires. In this paper, developed was DAQ H/W adopting the C8051FXXX CPU which can analyze the measurement signals of current and voltage in electrical distribution wires, other CPU was investigated in view of the best digital sampling rate on the basis of previous researches for electrical fire alarm system. Also, the S/W which can interface with DAQ H/W's communication protocol and can be applied for electrical fire causes analysis, are embodied by LabVIEW. The combined DAQ H/W and S/W could analyze efficiently normal as well as abnormal electrical signals such as RMS value, instantaneous value of current and voltage, frequency signals etc, on the electrical wires. Also, DB system was constructed for recording various analysis results for precursor signals including voltage and current signals. The results by simulator and experiment showed that the suggested scheme with DAQ H/W, S/W and DB in this paper has high usability.

A Study on Electrical Fire Disaster Prevention Device used in Double Circuit Break (고정밀 전류센서를 이용한 이중 차단용 전기화재 방재장치에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Dong-Pil;Kwak, Dong-Kurl;Jung, Do-Young;Kim, Choon-Sam;Shin, Ho-Joon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.2102-2103
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    • 2008
  • The major causes of electrical fire are classified to short circuit fault, overload fault, electric leakage and electric contact failure. The occurrence factor of the fire is electric arc or spark accompanied with electrical faults. Residual Current Protective Device(RCD) of high sensitivity type used at low voltage wiring cuts off earth leakage and overload, but the RCD can't cut off electric arc or spark to be a major factor of electrical fire. As the RCDs which are applied low voltage distribution panel are prescribed to rated breaking time about 30[ms](KS C 4613), the RCDs can't perceive to the periodic electric arc or spark of more short wavelength level. To be improved on such problem, this paper is proposed to a electrical fire disaster prevention device(EFDPD) for a RCD trip or a self circuit-breaking function on electric arc or spark due to electrical fire. Some experimental results of the proposed apparatus is confirmed to the validity of the analytical results.

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A Case Study on Determination of Fire Causes for SAUNA FACILITY Fires Validate by CFD Fire & Smoke Simulation Modeling Method (화재시뮬레이션 S/W를 이용한 연소예측모델링기법에 의한 국내 사우나 시설의 화재원인규명을 위한 사례연구)

  • 박형주;신동철
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.358-374
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    • 2002
  • 최근 빈번하게 발생하고 있는 사우나 등의 열을 방사하는 도크내에서 발생하는 화재사고는 다중이용업소를 이용하는 불특정한 사람들의 생명을 위협하고 있는 수준에 도달하고 있다. 특히 이런 시설의 화재는 화재발생 후에 소방대에 의한 진압에만 치중하고 있어 향후 계속하여 화재가 발생할 우려가 큼에도 불구하고 착화원인을 규명하는데 소홀히 하고있다. 특히 현장감식에 의한 육안조사만을 실시하여 화재원인을 추정하거나 설정하는 경우가 대부분이라 근본적인 대책을 세우지 못하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 육안조사 등에 의하여 설정한 착화원인을 과학적인 분석법 즉, EU국가에서 널리 사용하는 CFD(컴퓨터수치해석)시뮬레이션 S/W를 사용하여 연소모델링에 의한 검증조사기법을 적용하여 원인을 검증하는데 사용하여 국내화재조사기술의 과학화를 시도하였다.

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A Study on Zhu dan Xi's "Theory on the Sufficiency of Yang and the Deficiency of Yin" (주단계(朱丹溪)의 "양유여음불족론(陽有餘陰不足論)"에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Yang, Kwang-Yeol;Jeong, Chang-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Medical classics
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.147-174
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    • 2007
  • "Theory on the Sufficiency of Yang and the Deficiency of Yin(陽有餘陰不足論)" mainly instituted as follows: The 'Yang Qi(陽氣)' of the heaven(天) has changed to 'Qi(氣)', and the 'Yin Qi(陰氣)' of the earth(地) has changed to 'Xue(血)', 'Qi(氣)' is always sufficient and 'Xue(血)' is always deficient. 'The Always Sufficient Qi(氣常有餘)' means 'the fire always exists(常有火)', and 'the fire(火)' is 'the premier fire(相火)'. 'The premier fire(相火)' is always in men's body and causes 'activities(動)' which is the core characteristic in men's life, and in other side it always has opportunities to be made symptoms by 'the abnormal activities of the premier fire(相火妄動)'. In 'the always deficient Xue(血常不足)' , 'Xue(血)' is the 'Yin Qi(陰氣)' of liver and kidneys[肝腎] which is attached by 'the premier fire(相火)', as it means 'Xue(血)' and 'Jing(精)'. He suggested that 'the premier fire(相火)' is the power of human life, but if 'the premier fire(相火)' is not based on 'Yin Qi(陰氣)', it can not fulfill its function. So he thought that the maintenance and fulfillment of 'Yin Qi(陰氣)' is very important. In conclusion, "Theory on the Sufficiency of Yang and the Deficiency of Yin(陽有餘陰不足論)" explains the basic character of men's life which 'Dong Duo Jing Shao(動多靜少)', so 'the premier fire(相火)' which control 'the activities(動)' is always being and 'Jing Xue(精血)' which control 'Jing(靜)' is always scare.

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Design and Implementation of a Real-time Automatic Disaster and Information Broadcasting System (시뮬레이션 프로그램 기반 실시간 자동재난 및 안내방송시스템의 설계)

  • Lee, Byung-Mun;Park, Jung-In;Kang, Un-Gu
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.7
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    • pp.141-152
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    • 2012
  • The typical evacuation guidance system based on fire detectors, which is being widely used in theaters and large buildings, is often operated in an analog manner. In case of fire, it often causes the system to lose a wired line or wireless fire detection sensor, resulting in the difficulty of transmitting signals from a wired or wireless fire detection sensor to the main fire monitoring device. Accordingly, this paper has proposed the broadcasting system for disaster management, having an efficient evacuation guidance plan when a disaster occurs. The system reacts to an emergency situation along with fire alarm sirens in real time. We have implemented the above system by means of a simulation program that prints the evacuation guidance information (e.g., location and time of fire, and evacuation path) on an LCD located in a building through the fire sensor network in case of an emergency (e.g., actual fire). We have developed the simulation system by using mathematical algorithms, such as the optimal path search and the fire smoke diffusion algorithm. This simulation program considers the structure of a building and the location where the fire has initially occurred, applying it to the simulator.

A Study to Prevent the Forest Fire in Forest Facilities and Forests (산림과 산림시설물의 산불 피해 예방에 관한 고찰)

  • Park, Kyong-Jin;Kim, Hye-ree;Lee, Bong-Woo;Park, Shin-young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.23 no.2_2
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    • pp.301-306
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    • 2020
  • In this study, analyzed national forest fire statistics by cause, year, region, and damage scale based on the National Fire Data System. as a result, the main cause of forest fires was the most frequent human error. forest fires occurred in areas with high population density. and it was confirmed that the Widest area of forest damage was Gang-Won province, which is rich in forestry resources. by season, it occurred a lot in spring because of the warm temperature and strong wind and low humidity. such disasters directly damage forest facilities such as house and cultural properties as well as destruction of natural resources. therefore in this study, made a suggestion plan for prevention from forest fire with forest fire prevention comprehensive plan of MFOA.

The main factor and counterplan for marine casualties of fishing vessel according to the type of fishing gear in Korea (업종별 어선 해양사고의 원인과 대책)

  • PARK, Byung-Soo;KANG, Il-Kwon;HAM, Sang-Jun;PARK, Chi-Wan;KIM, Su-Hyeong;CHO, Hyun-Kuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.232-240
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    • 2016
  • Marine casualties originated from fishing vessels occupied about 71.2% of the whole marine casualties in Korea from 2008 to 2014, which has not changed much for a long time. Therefore, a pragmatic counterplan to decrease in casualties in fishing vessel is indispensable for reduction of marine casualties in Korea. Since the casualties occurred by fishing vessels may incline to a specific type of casualties according to the difference in the operating type; in this paper, 11 fishing types which occurred casualties frequently in numbers and occupied ratio were selected. Since the most frequent occurring casualties in fishing vessels were from collisions and fire explosion in statistics from KMST (2008~2014), the study focused on them. The collision is given a great deal of weight in all the casualties mostly due to the negligence of duty regardless of the job types. Gill netter, trap fishing boat, jig boat, multiple fishing boat and stow netter have their own specific causes of casualties in collision according to the operating types. The cause of fire explosion was mainly due to poor inspection and maintenance the electric cord. For this reason, it may be necessary for an operator to make strict precaution on the other vessels under way systematically, keep the regulation for preventing collisions, and for an engineer on watch to make a check the electricity periodically to reduce the fire explosion.

Cable Functional Failure Temperature Evaluation of Cable Exposed to the Fire of Nuclear Power Plant (원자력발전소 케이블 노출 화재 시 기능상실온도 분석)

  • Lim, Hyuk-Soon;Bae, Yeon-Kyoung;Chi, Moon-Goo
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2012
  • The fire event occurred in fire proof zone often causes serious electrical problems such as shorts, ground faults, or open circuits in nuclear power plants. These would be directed to the loss of safe shutdown capabilities performed by safety related systems and equipments. The fire event can treat the basic design principle that safety systems should keep their functions with redundancy and independency. In case of a cable fire, operators can not perform their mission properly and can misjudge the situation because of spurious operation, wrong indication or instrument. These would deteriorate the plant capabilities of safety shutdown and make disastrous conditions. In this paper, investigation and cause analysis of cable fire in Nuclear Power Plant, we described the cable fire temperature and functional failure criteria and the cable functional failure temperature evaluation by exposed fire is studied.