FDS Simulation and Validation on the Under-Ventilated Compartment Fires

환기부족 구획화재에 대한 FDS 해석 및 검증

  • Published : 2009.10.31

Abstract

In this study, fire simulations on the under-ventilated compartment fires have been conducted using the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS Ver. 5.2) and its prediction performance on the thermal and combustion chemical characteristics has been discussed. The temperature and chemical species concentrations in the upper layer of methane, heptane, and toluene fires located in a 2/5 scale compartment based on the ISO-9705 standard room are predicted and compared with the previously published experimental data. The results showed that the FDS simulations reproduced well the temperature of the ceiling and the mixture fraction in the upper layer under the well-ventilation conditions. For the under-ventilated fires, which were taken place due to the insufficient oxygen entrainment, the prediction by the FDS significantly under-estimated the production of carbon monoxide and soot compared to the experimental data.

본 연구에서는 환기부족 조건의 구획화재에 대하여 FDS(Ver. 5.2)를 이용하여 수치해석을 수행하였고 열적 특성 및 연소 가스 생성 특성에 대한 예측성능을 평가하였다. ISO-9705 표준화재실의 2/5 크기 모형에 대한 메탄 및 헵탄, 톨루엔 화재를 모사하였으며 고온 상층부의 온도, 연소가스 농도 등에 대하여 기존의 실험 결과와 비교하였다. 실험결과와의 비교를 통해 FDS가 천정의 온도와 과환기 조건의 혼합분율의 예측에 있어서 좋은 성능을 보임을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 화재 크기에 비해 산소의 유입량이 충분치 않은 환기부족 조건에서는 일산화탄소 및 그을름의 발생량을 실험값에 비해 크게 하향 예측하였다.

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