• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.962-968
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• 2002

In this study we reported the Smoke Density, the Toxicity, the Flame Spread Characteristics and the Oxygen Index of the FRP composite interior panels for raicars. Also investigated the test codes of the concerning items of other countries. We made some samples to the variance of resin types, surface finishing methods and panel shapes. It's not the really used ones but may help us effectively to guess the fire safety characteristics of railcars.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2013

This study was carried out, using toxicity test apparatus, to analyze toxic gases of heat insulation material and adhesives of composite panels used for the architectural surface material when a fire occurs. The findings of this study show that CO, $CO_2$, HCOH, $CH_2CHCN$ and $NO_x$ were detected from styrofoam, reinforced styrofoam, polyurethane foam and glass fiber, but in the case of the polyurethane foam, HCl and HCN were detected as well. All the architectural adhesives released CO, $CO_2$ and $NO_x$, but HCHO was only detected from the adhesives for styrofoam, wood, tile, windows and doors; $CH_2CHCN$ was only from those for wood and stone; $C_6H_5OH$ was only from those for wood. The toxicity index was also measured for architectural surface material and adhesives. Polyurethane foam showed the highest index, 11.7, and glass fiber was followed as 6.8. Reinforced styrofoam showed 5.7 and styrofoam revealed the least 4.9. In the case of architectural adhesives, the highest ranking was those for stone 7.4, windows and doors 6.1, wood 5.3, tile 3.8, and styrofoam 3.7 were followed, respectively.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.322-334
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• 2020

Background: Spontaneous combustion of coal is one of the factors which causes direct or indirect gas and dust explosion, mine fire, the release of toxic gases, loss of reserve, and loss of miners' life. To avoid these incidents, the prediction of spontaneous combustion is essential. The safety of miner's in the mining field can be assured if the prediction of a coal fire is carried out at an early stage. Method: Adularya Underground Coal Mine which is fully mechanized with longwall mining method was selected as a case study area. The data collected for 2017, by sensors from ten gas monitoring stations were used for the simulation and prediction of a coal fire. In this study, the fuzzy logic model is used because of the uncertainties, nonlinearity, and imprecise variables in the data. For coal fire prediction, CO, O₂, N₂, and temperature were used as input variables whereas fire intensity was considered as the output variable.The simulation of the model is carried out using the Mamdani inference system and run by the Fuzzy Logic Toolbox in MATLAB. Results: The results showed that the fuzzy logic system is more reliable in predicting fire intensity with respect to uncertainties and nonlinearities of the data. It also indicates that the 1409 and 610/2B gas station points have a greater chance of causing spontaneous combustion and therefore require a precautional measure. Conclusion: The fuzzy logic model shows higher probability in predicting fire intensity with the simultaneous application of many variables compared with Graham's index.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2021

Domestic industrial accidents continue to increase, with 2,142 deaths in 2018, up by 185 (9.5%) from 1,957 deaths in 2017. Industrial accidents that cause loss of human lives pose a serious risk to businesses because of the strengthening of safety regulations and the changing public perception of social responsibility. Accordingly, to prevent industrial accidents, companies regularly conduct onsite safety activities and conduct education and training to raise awareness among employees. However, many such corporate activities are not conducted voluntarily and practically by employees but mostly by formal implementation. To discontinue this customary and passive behavior of employees and establish a mature safety culture, strengthening the execution power of safety management at the site is of paramount importance, and to this end, we aim to utilize the safety practice index (SPI). In this study, the SPI calculated on the basis of the results of the 2018 and 2019 risk management and safety activities of a site was compared with the reported safety accidents. The results confirmed that the SPI index can be used as a valid indicator for safety activities for accident prevention, such as strengthening leadership and safety policies to grade and manage safety management levels for a certain period of time or by a department or to convert weaknesses into strengths.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.21-24
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• 2014

In this study, we have investigated the maximum smoke density and the initial stage smoke density in order to see the characteristics of smoke release of the architectural surface materials and the architectural adhesives, using smoke density chamber. As a result of the study, polyurethane foam showed the highest smoke density index, 206.55 within 10 min. In the case of the other samples, reinforced styrofoam was followed as 39.90, general styrofoam 33.73, and glass fiber 5.40, respectively. In the intial stage of a fire, it is forecasted actually to give hardship at the clear visibility. In the case of architectural adhesives, the highest ranking was those for windows and doors 509.64, stone 275.63, wood 232.25, tile 18.65, and styrofoam 6.44 were followed, respectively. This result is an early research to show characteristics of smoke release through experiment. However, it is meaningful that this study can be used as a basic for further study on architectural fire hazard prediction.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2013

In the chemical process industries, accidents have a high potential and large effects on catastrophic results. Therefore the safety management for accident prevention plays a crucial role to guarantee the process safety. For these reasons, many systematic methods for safety management system have been widely employed in the fields of chemical processes. PSM (Process safety management) is one of most representative methods. The audit system, which is one of PSM system components, evaluates the performance of PMS system. However, most existing safety audit systems are not systematic and these are performed based on knowledges and experiences of various specialist. Moreover, the safety audit is only performed based on each independent technical component. So, the results of safety audit are not a quantitative index but only a series of commentaries. Finally, it is very difficult to obtain the comparison with other plants or industries. In this study, the novel systematic method and index-based accident database of auditing safety management systems for quantitative assessment are proposed. First, the elements of safety audit replace technical methods to categories of accident database. The F-N curve of each category for accident database is employed to derive the index for quantitative assessment. The Accidental Factor Risk Index (AFRI) is suggested for evaluating the effect of each element in accident database and safety audit system. The safety audit can be modified according to the proposed index.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2021

울산항 부두에 이중 접안하여 환적작업 중이던 케미컬 탱커선 폭발로 주변 선박화재 등 울산항 내에서 큰 피해가 발생하였다. 유사 사고의 재발을 방지하기 위한 후속 조치로 '항만 내 위험물 안전관리 종합대책'이 수립되었으며 사고 발생 시에 폭발 위험성과 항내 주요 시설에 대한 영향 등을 고려한 위험물 환적부두의 지정이 요구된다. 본 연구는 폭발 위험성 기반의 환적부두 제시를 위하여 울산항 주요 환적화물 대상의 Fire & Explosion Index 평가를 실시하였다. 스티렌모노머와 벤젠의 Fire & Explosion Index 평가결과 심각한 폭발 위험성을 확인하였고, 평가결과를 기준으로 노출반경을 산출 하였다. 노출반경 결과를 기반으로 주요 부두별 위험범위를 산정하였으며, 항만시설, 주변 위험시설 및 거주시설을 고려한 환적가능 부두 후보지로 12개 부두를 제시하였다. 본 연구는 위험반경만을 고려하였기 때문에 향후 실질적인 위험물 환적 부두의 지정 시에는 해상교통안전성, 부두 및 계류시설, 안전설비 및 비상대응을 위한 접근성 등을 종합적으로 고려하여 결정하여야 할 것이다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2015

리스크 관리 대상 중 화재는 대형재해임과 동시에 물적 인적 손실을 동반하는 고위험군 항목에 속한다. 따라서 재난안전관리에서는 실천적 측면에서의 화재예방활동과 발생 가능한 화재위험성 예측, 화재 피해 최소화를 위한 안전관리비용 투자가 요구되며 인적피해 최소화를 위해 가스 유해성 시험(KS F 2271)기반 연소 독성에 대한 위험성 평가를 요구한다. 본 연구에서는 정량적 화재위험성평가 기법의 기초 데이터 확보를 위한 연구로, 두께 5~25 mm의 우레탄 시료를 대상으로 가스 유해성 시험을 실시하였다. 또한 실험동물에 노출되는 연소생성물은 적외선 분광분석기(FT-IR)로 분석하여 ISO 13344의 연소독성지수 Lethal Fractional Effective Dose ($L_{FED}$)를 산출하였다. 또한, $L_{FED}$에 기초하여 시료의 Lethal Concentration 50% ($LC_{50}$)을 산정한 결과, 일정치 이상의 화재하중을 가지는 우레탄 시료의 $LC_{50}$은 $118{\sim}129g/m^3$임을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 해당 기법이 우레탄 화재 위험성 분석에 적용 가능함을 확인하였으며, 본 기법의 적용으로부터 유해가스에 의한 인적피해 예측을 기반으로한 건축물 안전 확보 차원의 전략적 투자확대의 자료로 활용 가능케 하였다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2012

상층 및 인접건물로의 연소확대 위험성이 있는 옥외 광고물 소재의 연소특성을 평가하였다. 본 연구에서는 UL 94와 ASTM D 2863에 따라 난연성과 한계산소지수를 평가하였다. 난연성 평가결과, 포멕스가 V-0의 높은 난연성을 보이는 반면 다른 시료들에서는 등급외의 난연성을 보였다. 한계산소지수 평가 결과에서도 포멕스의 한계산소지수가 가장 높았다. ISO 5660-1에 따라 콘칼로리미터를 이용하여 연소특성을 평가하였으며, 콘칼로리미터 시험결과 옥외 광고물 소재들은 화재확대 예방에 취약하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 플렉스의 착화시간이 가장 빨랐으며, 특히 아크릴판은 최대 열방출율 뿐만 아니라 총 방출열량 또한 다른 소재들에 비해 높았다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2014

성능위주 소방설계(PBD)의 과정에서 화재 및 피난모델링의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해서는 화재감지기 모델의 높은 예측성능이 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 연구의 목적은 대표적인 화재모델인 FDS에 적용되고 있는 정온식 열감지기의 정확한 작동 개시시간을 예측하기 위한 입력정보를 측정하는 것이다. 이를 위해 화재감지기의 장치특성을 측정할 수 있는 Fire Detector Evaluator (FED)가 사용되었으며, 국내에서 적용되는 2개의 써미스터 방식(Thermistor types)과 1개의 바이메탈 방식(Bimetal type)의 스포트형 정온식 열감지기가 연구대상으로 고려되었다. 화재모델링을 위해 요구되는 감지기의 작동 개시온도 및 반응시간지수(Response Time Index)가 측정되었으며, 이때 RTI는 감지기의 설치위치를 고려하여 천장제트기류(Ceiling jet flow)와 수직제트기류(Vertical jet flow)에 대하여 측정되었다. 측정된 장치물성을 이용한 화재모델링 결과는 실규모 구획화재실험 결과와 비교 검증되었다. 그 결과 수치적으로 예측된 감지기의 작동 개시시간은 실험결과를 적절히 잘 예측함을 확인하였다.