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Numerical Study on the Attenuation Effect of Water Mist on Thermal Radiation

미세물분무에 의한 열복사 감쇠 효과에 대한 수치해석 연구

  • Ko, Gwon Hyun (School of Safety Engineering, Dongyang University)
  • 고권현 (동양대학교 안전공학부)
  • Received : 2020.07.22
  • Accepted : 2020.08.10
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

A numerical study was conducted to investigate the effects of the spray characteristics of water mist on the attenuation of thermal radiation. The attenuation process of the thermal radiation, generated from a hot surface panel, passing through the water mist was calculated via Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), and the effects of the flow rate, droplet mean diameter, and spray injecting angle of the water mist were analyzed. The results indicated that the increase in flowrate and decrease in droplet size led to an increase in the attenuation of thermal radiation. As the thermal radiation passed through the spray droplets, the effect of the spatial distribution of spray droplets was verified by calculating the thermal radiation attenuation at different spray injecting angles. The results indicated that the radiation attenuation increases as the spray angle increases. This implies that a wider distribution of spray droplets, irrespective of the droplet size and flowrate, increases the attenuation effect on thermal radiation.

본 연구에서는 미세물분무의 특성이 열복사 감쇠에 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위한 수치해석 연구를 수행하였다. 고온의 복사 패널로부터 전파되는 열복사가 미세물분무를 통과하여 약화되는 과정을 FDS를 이용하여 해석하였고, 미세물분무의 분사유량, 액적평균입경과 분무각에 따른 영향을 분석하였다. 해석 결과로부터 분사유량의 증가와 액적크기의 감소가 열복사 감쇠 효과를 증가시키는 것을 알 수 있었다. 복사열이 통과하는 분무 공간 분포의 영향을 살펴보기 위해 분사각을 변화시켜 열복사 특성을 분석하였으며 분사각이 클수록 복사 감쇠 효과가 커지는 것을 확인하였다. 이것은 유사한 액적크기분포와 유량조건에서도 액적들이 공간적으로 더 넓게 퍼져 있는 경우 복사의 감쇠 효과가 더 커질 수 있음을 보여준다.

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