• Fire Science and Engineering
• /
• v.31 no.6
• /
• pp.53-59
• /
• 2017

The purpose of this study is to verify the suitability of the current standards by predicting the density of the occupant load density for discount stores. An internal data survey as well as an actual survey using a People Counting System (PCS) were employed to ascertain the number of occupants and 95% confidence interval of nationwide discount stores. According to the results of the actual survey, the time and days on which the maximum number of occupants were reached was from 16:00 to 18:00 and Christmas Eve and the weekend before New Year's Day, respectively. From the results of the maximum number of occupants, a regression equation was derived from the relationship between the internal data and the amount of sales, and this equation was verified in a previous study. Thus, the internal data of 50 discount stores were analyzed using this process. As a result, the 95% confidence interval was determined to be $2.7{\sim}2.9m^2/pers.$ and the error level was not large compared to the domestic and foreign standards. Therefore, this study proposes that a conservative estimate of the standard occupant load density for discount stores is $2.7m^2/pers.$

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
• /
• v.7 no.12
• /
• pp.937-946
• /
• 2017

Recently, urban structures including buildings are becoming increasingly large and super high-rise in order to make human life more convenient. As the number of super high-rise buildings increases, however, the risk of fire and other disasters is increasing. Especially, it is expected that deaths and injuries will be tremendous than imagined if the evacuation guidance is not provided promptly and precisely for the occupants in case of a fire in super high-rise buildings. Therefore, rapid rescue should be done for those who are in need of residence or rescue in the building. To do this, identification of the size and location of people inside the building should be preceded. To do this, first, we conduct a preliminary study on existing location tracking technologies to identify occupants. Based on this, in this paper, we will study how to improve evacuation time in case of a fire in super high-rise buildings. For this purpose, we utilize the location tracking technology to identify the number of people in real time and improve the density when a disaster such as a fire occurs.

• Fire Science and Engineering
• /
• v.26 no.1
• /
• pp.1-9
• /
• 2012

Since accommodation, public space and service areas where people stay for all day occupy about 70% of a huge cruise ship, they have to be protected from the fire. International Maritime Organization has resolved that a water mist system should be equipped in this cruise ship according to SOLAS II-2 Reg. 10.6 and FSS code Ch. 7. The water mist system consists of mist nozzles, pressure vessels, section valves and pump unit etc. In particular, the water mist nozzles should be recognized by fire tests in accordance with IMO Res. MSC 265(84). In this study, the fire tests for cabin, corridor, public space and storage area have been conducted to develop the water mist nozzles appropriate to the regulation. Totally 5 types of nozzles were developed and have satisfied the whole performance requirements.

• Fire Science and Engineering
• /
• v.17 no.3
• /
• pp.7-12
• /
• 2003

A 50 kW polyurethane fire in a compartment of 4 m ${\times}$ 1 m ${\times}$ 1.5m with large openings similar to a subway station was simulated by a large eddy simulation to investigate the fire and smoke control. The NIST FDS, which employed a mixture fraction combustion model and a finite volume method for radiation, was utilized. Distribution of temperature and smoke particles was compared with in the lower and upper corridors for three different smoke control systems, ventilation, purge, and extraction, starting in 5 sec from the ignition of the fire. For the given geometries, the ventilation system showed the best smoke removal rate and lowest temperature distribution in the both corridors. It was confirmed that the purge system is not recommended for a subway station since the smoke removal rate of the purge system was worse than that without a smoke control system.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
• /
• v.10 no.7
• /
• pp.141-152
• /
• 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.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
• /
• v.28 no.4D
• /
• pp.459-467
• /
• 2008

Because of the insufficiency of ground space, the utilization of underground is getting more and more in these days. Moreover, underground space is being used not only buildings but multipurpose space for movement, storage and shopping. However, ground space has vital weakness for fire compared to ground space. Especially in case of underground shopping center, there are various stuffs to burn and poisonous gas can be exposed on this count when the space is burned. A large number of casualties can be also occurred from conflagration as underground space has closed structures that prevent rapid evacuation and access. Therefore, this research proposes the guidance methodology for evacuation from conflagration in large-sized underground facilities. In addition, suggested methodology uses high technology wireless sensor information from up-to-date ubiquitous sensor networks. Fire information collected by sensors is integrated with existing underground facilities information and this is sent to guidance systems by inducing process. In the end, this information is used for minimum time paths finding algorithm considering the passageway capacity and distance. Also, usefulness and inadequacies of proposed methodology is verified by a case study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
• /
• 2016.05a
• /
• pp.178-180
• /
• 2016

연안선은 중 대형선에 비하여 사고의 위험이 높고 작업 환경이나 안전에 대한 시스템적인 완성도가 매우 취약하다. 또한 바쁜 운항 스케줄과 승무원의 자질등의 여건으로 인하여 비상대응훈련이 잘 시행이 되지 않는 것이 현실이다. 여기에 현재 시행중인 훈련에 대한 시나리오도 중 대형선의 시나리오를 가지고 수정해서 사용하는 경우가 많고 본선에 적합하지 않는 훈련 시나리오를 가지고 훈련을 하는 경우도 많다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제점을 개선하고 연안선의 현실에 맞는 시나리오를 개발 및 자발적 참여유도를 통하여 연안선에서 시행되는 훈련의 효과를 증대시키고 나아가 안전한 해양문화에 이바지하는데 그 의의가 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
• /
• 2018.05a
• /
• pp.118-119
• /
• 2018

In this study, it analyses the problems of the Fire Compartment in Goyang Bus Terminal. Based on analysed data, it is confirmed the necessity of the Smoke Compartment installation for Protecting the Smoke Spread in Large-Scale Buildings using of FDS(Fire Dynamics Simulation). In addition it suggest that the necessity of Smoke Compartment application method and Development of Design Guideline.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
• /
• 2008.06a
• /
• pp.554-558
• /
• 2008

점차 가속화 되는 현대화에 따라 복잡한 구조의 대형 시설 및 교통수단이 증가 되고 있으며 이는 화재 등과 같은 긴급 재난 상황 발생 시의 대형 피해를 초래하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 위험 상황에서의 피해를 최소화하기 위하여 사용되는 실시간 대피경로 안내시스템 구현을 위한 초기 과정으로 실시간으로 이동객체의 위치 정보를 획득하고 이를 건물 데이터 위해 표현하는 실시간 맵핑 시스템을 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
• /
• 2017.07a
• /
• pp.52-53
• /
• 2017

이상적인 차단기는 도통시 손실없이 부하에 전력을 공급하며 차단시 절연내력을 확보하여 전원과 부하사이를 완벽히 분리하여야 한다. 교류차단기의 경우 매 반 사이클 마다 전류가 스스로 제로가 되는 점이 발생하므로 사고전류의 차단이 비교적 용이하지만, 직류차단기의 경우 차단기 접점에서 높은 아크전압을 발생시켜서 사고전류를 감소시켜야 한다. 직류차단기가 충분한 아크전압을 확보하지 못하고 사고전류의 지속적 흐름을 허용하게 되면 고온의 아크전류로 인하여 대형화재로 이어질 수 있다. 전력전자소자를 사용한 반도체 차단기의 경우 기계적 차단기와 비교하여 차단시간이 빠르고 아크가 발생하지 않으며 소음이 적다는 장점이 있으나, 도통손실이 커서 대용량의 적용이 불가능하다는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 기계적 차단기의 낮은 도통손실과 반도체 소자의 arc-less 차단특성의 장점을 살리는 차단기술로써 PPTC 소자를 사용한 직류차단기의 아크소호기술을 제시하고 실험을 통하여 성능을 증명한다.