• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.946-952
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• 2013

Large scale fire tests were conducted to develop water mist nozzles as a component of fixed water- based fire fighting systems for Ro-Ro spaces and special category spaces. Fire scenarios for this system consist of two cases which are for cargo fire in a simulated truck and for passenger vehicle fire, and each case has 3 different tests according to the position between fixed water mist nozzles and fire source. Every experiment proceeded for 30 minutes and acceptance criteria were based on gas temperature, fuel package's damage and ignition of targets. This study primarily dealt with the experimental results of cargo fire and focused on fire suppression capability in accordance with discharge pressure, flow rate and flow characteristics like swirl and penetration of the developed water mist nozzles. It appeared that low pressure water mist nozzles with about 40 L/min were able to control fire occurred in Ro-Ro spaces.

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

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.401-410
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• 2012

The study verified the extinguishing performance of the low pressure water-mist system, which is used to extinguish fire at domestic wooden architecture, through a fire test. Made of inflammable materials, a wooden house is vulnerable to fire, and the size of fire may vary from the early stage in case of arson. With the discharging pressure of 8 bar and the flow rate of 35 lpm, the low pressure water-mist nozzle used in the experiment has considerable discharging amount compared to other water-mist nozzles. The extinguishing performance was tested based on the size of fire and architecture. Test results demonstrated that the extinguishing performance was not affected by the size of a house, but decreased significantly when the size of fire was above unit 1. Taking into account that the environment of actual wooden cultural properties is more vulnerable than that of the experiment model, sufficient investigation on extinguishing performance is required to apply the water-mist extinguishing system to wooden architecture.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.93-98
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• 2008

Full-scale fire extinguishment tests were conducted to develop loaded stream fire extinguishing systems for protecting underground transmission cables. The dimension of test mock-up was 5.5m height${\times}3m$ width ${\times}6m$ length, and six 154kV OF cables were piled up. Gasoline was used to ignite cates. Linear heat detection cables were installed on top of 154 kV OF cable and discharge nozzles were installed on the top and sidewalls, respectively. As a result, both surface fires and deap-seated fires were extinguished successfully within the specified 3 minutes by discharging loaded stream agent.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.294-300
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.385-388
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• 2012

여객선의 선실(cabin)에 적용하기 위한 미분무 소화설비(water mist system)가 개발되었다. 미분무헤드는 8개의 오리피스로 구성된 조기반응 응답특성을 가진 폐쇄형으로, 사용압력과 유량계수(Flow constant)는 각각 1.4MPa과 13.1이다. IMO(국제 해사기구)의 거주구역 소화시스템 성능기준인 Resolution MSC.265(2008)는 선실 적용을 위해 4개의 화재시나리오에 대한 성능판정 기준을 제시하고 있는데, 본 연구에서는 4개의 화재시나리오를 적용한 실물화재실험을 수행하였으며, 이 기준에서 제시한 성능 판정기준을 만족하는 결과를 얻었다. 2011년 국가화재안전 기준 NFSC 104A 기준 정립으로 국내에 도입되기 시작한 미분무소화설비가 적용분야를 넓혀 가는데 도움이 되길 기대해 본다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.214-218
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• 2011

대형 여객선(크루즈선)의 절반 이상을 차지하는 거주시설(accommodation), 즉 선실은 24시간 사람이 상주하는 구역임으로 화재로부터 안전하게 보호되어야 한다. 특히 선실의 발코니에서 화재발생 시 이를 통해 인근의 객실로 화재가 급격히 확대되므로 국제해사기구 (IMO)에서는 기준에 적합한 미분무수 소화설비를 설치할 것을 강제화하고 있다. 이러한 미분무 노즐은 IMO MSC/Circ. 1268에 따라 소화성능시험을 통해 형식승인을 득해야 하는데 본 연구에서 이러한 기준에 만족하는 미분무 노즐을 개발하고자 선실 발코니에 대한 화재시험을 수행하여 두 가지 노즐 형태에 대한 소화성능을 평가하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.81-82
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• 2023

디지털 트윈 플랫폼을 적용하여 가동원전의 화재 안전성을 강화시키고자 한다. 원전에 특화된 화재 감지, 진압 설비를 개발하면서 디지털 트윈에 적용하기 위하여 수집해야 할 데이터에 대한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 본 연구에 대해서 원전에 특화된 공기흡입형 감지모듈과 미분무 소화설비를 개발하고 있으며 제품에 대한 DB를 구축하여 디지털 트윈에 적용시키고자 유니티(Unity) 툴을 이용하여 파일럿 규모의 전기실 화재에 대한 모델링을 수행하였다. 추후 실규모의 소방 시스템을 제작하고 적용 가능한 센서를 통해 데이터를 수집할 것이며, 이를 통해 디지털 트윈 플랫폼을 구축하여 CDF 저감에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.216-220
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• 2008

Water mist fire suppression system utilizes the fire suppression features such as cooling of fire source, dilution of ambient oxygen, and shielding of radiation heat with the evaporation of microscopic water droplets. The momentum of water mist is relatively lower than that of larger water droplet and the infiltration of water mist to the fire source is not effective. Contribution of evaporated water vapor is liable to decline to limited portion of fire source due to its light weight and sparse density. On the other hand, the cycling water mist pattern is expected to improve the penetration force of water mist as well as the air expelling capability with the stratified spray characteristics. At this paper, we present the analyzed fire suppression capability of intermittent water spray pattern by use of FDS which is computational fire dynamics fire model. We expect this analysis can support the basic concept to the development of the prototype of water mist nozzle.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.627-637
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• 2020

Purpose: This experimental study was conducted to find out whether a water-mist fire suppression system can be applied to C.E.P., a representative combustible material of a rack storage. Method: First, it was confirmed whether the water-mist fire-extinguishing system used in this experiment was capable of extinguishing oil fires. After that, the C.E.P. boxes were loaded in the same small space as used in the oil fire experiment, and then the experiment was conducted on three scenarios; door opening, door closing, and door closing and increasing the internal load. The scenario was set considering the opening and space size conditions, which are important factors for the water-mist fire suppression. Result: Oil fire suppression tests have shown that fires are well extinguished in both the door open and closed conditions. In case of a fire of C.E.P. boxes in the same space condition as an oil fire, the fire was not extinguished in the door open condition. Fires were extinguished in the case with the door closed condition, but the afterglow was confirmed. Conclusion: In the oil fire suppression test, a water-mist fire suppression system extinguished a fire in both the door open and closed conditions. However, for the C.E.P fire, it was possible to extinguish only under the door closed condition, and there was a possibility of re-ignition.