• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.19 no.4 s.60
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• pp.18-25
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• 2005

In this study, numerical analysis of two-dimensional unsteady natural convection of air in a square enclosure heated from below, was performed as a basic research of fire science. SIMPLE algorithm was used to the pressure term of momentum equations in the numerical analysis. The numerical analysis were studied for the two model cases and two heat conditions, respectively, which are different with insulation of enclosures and position of heat applied. Also, the ceiling temperatures of enclosure were measured to compare the accuracy of numerical analysis, and it is found that the temperature predicted by numerical analysis were agreed well with the measurements. Streamline and isotherm of the each model case were acquired for each time step.

• 방재와보험
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• s.62
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• pp.64-65
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• 1994

• Fire Protection Technology
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• s.8
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• pp.36-41
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• 1990

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.412-415
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 냉온정수기 등의 온수조의 온도 조절 및 온도과승방지를 위해 주로 사용되는 바이메탈 서모스탯 외부 표면의 오손에 따른 화재 위험성에 대하여 실험, 분석하였다. 실험 분석결과, 서모스탯 표면의 극간 간격에 관계없이 절연물 표면의 오염에 의해 절연물 표면에 누설전류가 흘러 탄화되면서 화재로 이어지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 바이메탈 서모스탯의 외부 오염에 의한 화재 예방을 위하여 불연성 재질의 서모스탯으로 하거나 외부 물기 등의 영향을 받지 않는 구조로 개선할 필요가 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 제품자체의 안전뿐만 아니라 사용 환경 등을 고려한 안전설계가 요구된다. 연구결과는 관련 규정의 개선과 바이메탈 서모스탯과 관련된 화재원인 규명에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.313-327
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• 2008

Thermo-mechanical coupled behavior of an underground structure during a fire accident have not been fully understood yet. Moreover, when such a thermo-mechanical coupled behavior is not considered in numerical analyses based on conventional heat transfer theory, fire-induced damage zone in an underground structure can be considerably underestimated. This study aims to develop a FEM-based numerical technique to simulate the thermo-mechanical coupled behavior of an underground structure in a fire accident. Especially, an element elimination model is newly proposed to simulate fire-induced structural loss together with a convective boundary condition. In the proposed model, an element where the maximum temperature calculated from heat transfer analysis is over a prescribed critical temperature is eliminated. Then, the proposed numerical technique is verified by comparing numerical results with experimental results from real fire model tests. From a series of parametric studies, the key parameters such as critical temperature, element size and temperature-dependent convection coefficients are optimized for the RABT and the RWS fire scenarios.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.5A
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• pp.551-555
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• 2009

This study is performed to apply a standard to evaluate fire protection assessment for tunnel structures when a fire breaks out in the road tunnel. Recently, a number of road tunnels have been rapidly increased and fire risk also multiplyed according to extend tunnel length, due to natural features and environmentally-friendly road construction in Korea. But we have not yet been prescribed appropriate time-temperature curve for tunnel fire. Therefore, we presented fire design model and investigated time-temperature curve proposed by a foreign country considering traffic, a kinds of vehicles which are a basis of heat rate. At the end, Hydrocarbon modified curve applied as design fire model by using numerical analysis and presented design fire model and examined the effects of tunnel structures.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.79-83
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• 2010

포소화약제는 다양한 설비(이동식, 고정자동식), 대형의 유류화재 적합, 대량 연속적 생산가능 약제의 특수성 및 장기보관이 가능한 특징이 있어 이에 대한 개발 및 연구가 꾸준히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 포소화약제는 주변의 온도 및 환경에 따라 발포력의 변화가 큰 특징이 있어 실제 겨울철 소방 활동시에는 사용을 자제하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사용온도에 따른 발포력 변화를 측정하며, 최적 발포율 도출을 위한 온도에 따른 적정 혼합율을 산정한다. 실험은 한국 소방산업기술원의 "포소화약제의 형식승인 및 검정기술기준(KOFEIS 0103)"에서 제시하고 있는 표준 발포기를 이용 측정하며, $5{\sim}30^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 혼합률에 따른 발포력 변화를 측정하였다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.37-42
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• 2015

In this study, experiments were carried out to evaluate the fire risk of a firewood boiler, which is mainly used as a winter heating apparatus in rural areas. The ambient temperatures of the combustion chamber and the duct were measured. The fire risk of tar inside the duct was also investigated. The temperature decreased less than $40^{\circ}C$ in the region more than 40 cm from the combustion chamber. Fire- flakes were scattered in the range of less than 60 cm from the combustion chamber. The temperature inside the rose to above $600^{\circ}C$. At 2 m from the boiler body, the temperature inside the duct was increased to about $420^{\circ}C$. The ignition temperature of tar was about $398^{\circ}C$. The temperatures of the boiler and duct surface were above $300^{\circ}C$. Combustible material ignited when it contacted the boiler surface or duct surface.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.65-71
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• 2007

This paper is studied on a protective control system for electrical fire and electrical faults by using electrical and thermal characteristics of PTC thermistor. The PTC thermistor has characteristic or positive resistivity temperature coefficient according to the temperature variation, which is construction of a regular square and cube demarcation with $BaTiO_3$ Ceramics of positive temperature coefficient. Also PTC thermistor shows the phenomenon which is rapidly increased in the resistivity if the temperature is increased over Curie temperature point. This paper is proposed on a protective control system used PTC thermistor which is protected from electrical fire due to electric short circuit faults or overload faults. Some experimental results of the proposed electric safety control apparatus are confirmed to the validity of the analytical results.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.131-138
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• 2010

Experimental and numerical studies were conducted to investigate the thermal and chemical characteristics of heptane fires in a full-scale ISO 9705 room. Representative fire conditions were considered for over-ventilated fire (OVF) and under-ventilated fire (UVF). Fuel flow rate and doorway width were changed to create OVF and UVF conditions. Detailed comparisons of temperature and species concentrations between experimental and numerical data were presented in order to validate the predictive performance of FDS (Fire Dynamic Simulator). The OVF and UVF were explicitly characterized with distributions of temperature and product formation measured in the upper layer, as well as combustion efficiency and global equivalence ratio. It was shown that the numerical results provided a quantitatively realistic prediction of the experimental results observed in the OVF conditions. For the UVF, the numerically predicted temperature showed reasonable agreement with the measured temperature. The predicted steady-state volume fractions of $O_2$, $CO_2$, CO and THC also agreed quantitatively with the experimental data. Although there were some limitations to predict accurately the transient behavior in terms of CO production/consumption in the UVF condition, it was concluded that the current FDS was very useful tool to predict the fire characteristics inside the compartment for the OVF and UVF.