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Investigation of an Apartment Fire - Site Surveys and Burn Tests for Estimation of the Progress on Initial Fire Spread - (공동주택의 화재조사 - 현장조사 및 연소실험에 의한 초기 화재확대과정 추정 -)

  • Nam, Dong-Gun;Hasemi, Yuji
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.120-129
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    • 2009
  • Identification of the exact cause of a building fire is generally difficult, because the source and initially ignited objects are often severely damaged or even lost during the early stages of the fire. We made an experimental attempt to reasonably estimate the burning during the very early stages of a fire, and identify its source and causes. The case we studied was an apartment fire, which occurred in Tokyo, in July 2002. The fire was extinguished just after flashover, and the on-site investigations suggested the fire started from the TV and TV stand, which had been damaged so severely that it was difficult to conclude that the TV was the ultimate cause of the fire, simply from the on-site investigation. We conducted a series of burn tests using a TV and other products identical to those actually used in the apartment. Tests were set-up and procedures were carefully studied to recreate the conditions of the articles that remained, and of the room itself. The tests demonstrated that the conditions in the apartment could be recreated only when the fire started inside the TV and came into close contact with dresser.

Fire Cause Analysis of Local Heating on Carbon Type Hot Wire Electric Pad (카본열선을 사용하는 전기장판의 국부가열에 의한 화재원인 분석)

  • Song, Jae-Yong;Kim, Jin-Pyo;Nam, Jung-Woo;Sa, Seung-Hun
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.104-108
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    • 2010
  • This paper describes electrical fire on electric pad using carbon type hot wires. A carbon type hot wires electric pad is virtually impossible to connect hot wire as a method of electrical welding or soldering. In order to connect between hot wires, that has to splice carbon type material connector. If junction of hot wires was occurrence of poor connection on electric pad, it increase contact resistance on this junction point. With increasing contact resistance, junction of hot wires on electric pad generates local heating and finally leads to electrical fire. In this paper, we analyzed shape of damage in hot wires caused by electrical local heating and investigated fire cause on electric pad using by carbon type hot wires.

A Study on the Thermal Analysis for Electrical Wire in Overload and Short of Low Voltage Wiring (저압 배선선로의 과부하 및 단락사고 발생시 전선의 열해석에 관한 연구)

  • 이상호;오홍석
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.56-60
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    • 2002
  • Recently, with the growth of software for electro-thermal analysis, it has been studied the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire using computer simulation on the basis of theory for electro-thermal analysis. But it is very lacking for the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire. In this paper, we have simulated the thermal analysis for electrical wire according to the value of current in a overload and a short with the electrical wire of the L's company product(600 V VVF) using the electro-thermal finite element method(Flux2D).

A Study on the Causes and the Analysis of Electrical Fires - focused on Heat Analysis for Electrical Wires- (전기화재의 발생원인 및 분석에 관한 연구 - 전선의 열해석을 통하여 -)

    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.72-76
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    • 2002
  • Nowaday, with the growth of software for electro-thermal analysis, it has been studied the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire using computer simulation on the basis of theory for electro-thermal analysis. But it is very lacking for the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire. In this paper, we have simulated the thermal analysis for electrical wire according to the value of current and deteriorating time in a overload and a short with the electrical wire of the L's company product(600 V VVF : Three core) using the elec-tro-thermal finite element method(Flux2D).

Utilizing GIS for Forecasting Fire Risk Cumi city (구미지역 산불위험도 예측을 위한 지리정보시스템의 활용)

  • Lee, Jin-Duk;Han, Seung-Hee;Sim, Jung-Bo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.371-373
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    • 2010
  • Gumi is surrounded by mountains and Provincial parks are located. A high risk of forest fires that cause the spread of damage effects, and is forecast to have forest fire prevention and Geumohsan Provincial Park to preserve the target Gumi analysis was likely to cause fires. Numerical analysis to the probability of fire, clinical way, even in land cover, using Arc Gis aspect, altitude, slope, watersheds, vegetation, soil characteristics were extracted. Logistic analysis to extract the data in pixels by dividing the number analysis of forest fire risk indices presented in Gumi.

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A Study on Authoritativeness of Electric Fire by Activating of Fire Damaged MCCB (소손된 배선용 차단기 동작상태에 의한 전기화재 규명의 신뢰성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hwa;Mun, Yong-Soo;Kong, Ha-Sung
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2009
  • In the fire there are fusion signs and damage by fire, and insulation aging and carbonization of the electric wiring in the ignition spot because of special characteristic of the appliance in the electricity fire. Because of the physical factor applied in the damage of fire, the decision of ignition spot by eye investigation is insufficient. In this paper, the cause of electricity fire is researched. The focus is on the operation state of operated MCCB(Molded Case Circuit Breaker) at the time of electricity fire. Through grasping the operation principle of MCCB and the experiment, the state of MCCB after fire suppression is discriminated. The distinction possibility on the exist of electricity fire is proposed.

Pathological Mechanistic Study of Conducting Fire Back to Its Origin (인화귀원(引火歸原)의 병기론 연구)

  • Chough, Won-Joon;Kim, Yeong-Mok
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.795-802
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    • 2007
  • The fire not to back to its origin(火不歸原) is said that source yang(元陽) of sea of qi(氣海) rises because fire(火) of lower energizer(下焦) can't return to its origin. Successive medical men regarded the cause of it as yang deficiency(陽虛) or yin deficiency(陰虛) generally, but Jangseoksun(張錫純) presented eight kinds of cause, they are syndrome of upcast yang(戴陽證), deficiency of qi(氣虛), yin deficiency, yin and yang deficiency(陰陽虛), thoroughfare qi ascending counterflow(衝氣上衝), heart fire(心火), yang deficiency with cold fluid retention(寒飮) in middle energizer(中焦寒飮), yang deficiency with sunken cold locked in(沈寒錮冷). The method of conducting fire back to its origin may be the treatment of fire not to back to its origin as an interpretation of the phrase in a broad sense, but it is limited to yang deficiency with sunken cold locked in besides syndrome of upcast yang as the treatment based on pathological conditions. By this standpoint Eunsuryong(殷壽龍) used conducting fire back to its origin to remove hidden cold(伏寒) and make rising false fire(假火) settle. The meaning of conducting fire back to its origin is not just raise yang qi(陽氣) but break sunken cold locked in by using the drugs like Buja(附子), Yukgye(肉桂). Jakyak(芍藥) can concentrate yang qi on the life gate(命門) by converging it, Sukjihwang(熟地黃) can supply yin essence(陰精) and check the intense nature of tonifing yang(補陽) drugs. So if we want to use the method of conducting fire back to its origin, we should confirm the symptoms of sunken cold locked in and yang deficiency not to misdiagnose yin deficiency.

A Study on the Analysis of Fire Risk according to the Operation Scenario of Fire Safety Equipment (화재안전설비 작동 시나리오에 따른 화재위험분석에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Seung-Hyeon;Koo, In-Hyuk;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2022.11a
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    • pp.139-140
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    • 2022
  • This study aims to present basic data for fire risk assessment. In the existing fire risk assessment, the operation of fire safety facilities is not considered. In addition, there is a lack of data on the fire growth rate to predict the spread of fire. Therefore, this study intends to build a fire scenario using fire statistics data. In addition, the fire growth rate is to be derived in consideration of the floor area of burnout and the cause of fire.

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