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Development of K-Maryblyt for Fire Blight Control in Apple and Pear Trees in Korea

  • Mun-Il Ahn;Hyeon-Ji Yang;Sung-Chul Yun
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.290-298
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    • 2024
  • K-Maryblyt has been developed for the effective control of secondary fire blight infections on blossoms and the elimination of primary inoculum sources from cankers and newly emerged shoots early in the season for both apple and pear trees. This model facilitates the precise determination of the blossom infection timing and identification of primary inoculum sources, akin to Maryblyt, predicting flower infections and the appearance of symptoms on various plant parts, including cankers, blossoms, and shoots. Nevertheless, K-Maryblyt has undergone significant improvements: Integration of Phenology Models for both apple and pear trees, Adoption of observed or predicted hourly temperatures for Epiphytic Infection Potential (EIP) calculation, incorporation of adjusted equations resulting in reduced mean error with 10.08 degree-hours (DH) for apple and 9.28 DH for pear, introduction of a relative humidity variable for pear EIP calculation, and adaptation of modified degree-day calculation methods for expected symptoms. Since the transition to a model-based control policy in 2022, the system has disseminated 158,440 messages related to blossom control and symptom prediction to farmers and professional managers in its inaugural year. Furthermore, the system has been refined to include control messages that account for the mechanism of action of pesticides distributed to farmers in specific counties, considering flower opening conditions and weather suitability for spraying. Operating as a pivotal module within the Fire Blight Forecasting Information System (FBcastS), K-Maryblyt plays a crucial role in providing essential fire blight information to farmers, professional managers, and policymakers.

A Study on Appropriateness of Performance Criteria of Smoke Control System for Underground Spaces (I) (지하공간에 대한 제연설비 성능기준의 적정성 고찰(I))

  • Ahn, Chan-Sol;Kim, Heung-Youl;Yoo, Yong-Ho;Jeon, Gyu-Yeop
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.103-106
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    • 2008
  • This study is intended to evaluate the characteristics of smoke spreading and the appropriateness of evacuation time extended by operation of smoke control system during fire within the underground space of the building structured in compliance with the smoke control system performance criteria from the local fire safety standard, which has been currently applied to the buildings in Korea. Using the heat release per unit weight of the combustibles, a numerical analysis both in case of smoke control system in operation and the system not in operation was carried out at the several different shopping malls. From the viewpoint of securing the evacuation time, the results were compared in an attempt to assess the appropriateness of the fire safety criteria.

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Large Eddy Simulation of Fire and Smoke Control in a Compartment with Large Openings (큰 개구부가 있는 공간의 화재와 제연의 대와류모사)

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

Study on the Analysis of Differential Pressure of the Access Door for a Smoke Control Zone and the Effectiveness of the Measurement Criteria of its Opening Force (제연구역 출입문의 차압 및 개방력 측정기준의 실효성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Ou;Choi, Chung-Seog
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the problem in measuring the differential pressure between the fire area and the neighboring smoke control zone as well as the opening force of a fire door and to present the actual values measured by an objective method. NFSC 501A specifies that the force necessary to open an access door when operating a smoke control system shall be less than 110 N. When the smoke control system does not operate in the space where it is installed, the door opening force can be measured by the test method in KS F 2805. However, when the smoke control system operates, additional opening force is required to overcome the force generated by the differential pressure between the fire area and smoke control room. Therefore, it can be seen that the method proposed by the standard has insufficient reliability. The analog measuring device and digital measuring device showed that the opening forces, $F_a$ and $F_d$, of the fully closed door before the smoke control system were 27.8 N and 27.4 N, respectively. When the door remained open by $5^{\circ}$, the opening forces, $F_a$ and $F_d$, were 33 N and 33.6 N, respectively. When the smoke control system operated and the door was fully closed, the door opening forces, $F_a$ and $F_d$, were 77.6 N and 76.0 N, respectively. Therefore, since the door opening forces are different from the criteria presented by KS F 2805, it is required to review the criteria appropriately.

A Study on the Safe Position from the Local Fire in the Ship's Engine Rooms

  • Kim, Mann-Eun;Lee, Kyoung-Woo;Lee, Young-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.446-454
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    • 2008
  • Control devices for fire safety systems located in a engine room are to be arranged at a safe position which is easily accessible during a fire. To develop an interpretation for the safe position in engine rooms, calculation and experiments are carried out to determine a correlation between radiant heat and distance from fire in this paper. On the basis of results of this research, the control devices for a main engine are to be installed in the behind side of an obstruction to reduce radiant heat from the fire of the main engine. In case of other control devices, they are also to be provided in the same manner of control devices for the main engine or are to be placed with 5 meters far from fire hazards.

Design and Test of Thermal Control and Fire Safety System for Space Launch Vehicle (발사체 열제어/화재안전 시스템 설계 및 시험)

  • Ko, Ju Yong;Oh, Taek Hyun;Lee, Joon-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.1006-1010
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    • 2017
  • This paper describes the design and test of the thermal control and fire safety system for thermal control and the fire/explosion prevention of inside the compartment during the preparation and operation of the space launch vehicle at the launch pad. The system considered here is for the test launch vehicle which is being developed as part of the development of the Korean Space launch vehicle-II. This system applies the high pressure system based on the heritage of Naro launch vehicle. The selection of thermal control and fire safety system from high pressure and low pressure system is done in consideration of the characteristics of the launch pad gas supply system and the characteristics of launch vehicle, and the system configuration is also changed accordingly. As a result, it has been confirmed that the developed system satisfies the initial design conditions through the test. Moreover the system will be applied to the development of the Korean launch vehicle in the future.

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Performance Improvement of the Intelligent System for the Fire Fighting Control using Rule-based and Case-based Reasoning by Clustering in a Ship (규칙 및 클러스터링에 의한 사례기반 추론을 이용한 지능형 선박 화재진압통제시스템의 성능 개선)

  • Hyeon, U-Seok
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.9B no.3
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 2002
  • Most conventional systems of fire fighting control in a ship have been based on rule-based system in which expert knowledges are expressed with production rules. Renewing and adding of rules is needed continuously for the improvement of the system capability in an already build-up system and such adding and renewing procedures could hinder users from fluent utilization of a system. The author proposes an advanced fire fighting control intelligent system (A-FFIS) using rule-based and carte-based reasoning by clustering to implement conventional hybrid system (H-FFIS). Compared with H-FFIS, new approach with A-FFIS shows that the system proposed here improves fire detection rate and reduces fire detection time.

A Numerical Simulation of Smoke Control in Daegu Subway Stations I. Smoke Control System (대구 지하철역 제연의 문제점과 대책 I. 제연방식)

    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2003
  • Smoke control in il space 10 m${\times}$3 m floor and 5.4 m high around the stairway of a subway station platform was simulated by using FDS to investigate problems of smoke control in Daegue subway stations. Distributions of temperature and smoke particles, and variation of the number of particles with time for a 200 ㎾ polyurethane fire were compared. It was shown that the purge system fails to remove smoke efficiently and that the extraction system has the highest perfor-mance among the three smoke control systems for the given situations. Simply switching the purge system into extraction mode might improve much the smoke removal performance.

Performance Evaluation of a BACnet-based Fire Detection and Monitoring System for use in Buildings

  • Song Won-Seok;Hong Seung-Ho
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.70-76
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this paper is to propose a reference model of a fire detection and monitoring system using MS/TP protocol. The reference model is designed to satisfy the requirements of response time and flexibility. The reference model is operated on the basis of BACnet, a standard communication protocol for building automation systems. Validity of the reference model was examined using a simulation model. This study also evaluated the performance of the BACnet-based fire detection and monitoring system in terms of network-induced delay. Simulation results show that the reference model satisfies the requirements of the fire detection and monitoring system.

An Experimental Study on the Pressure Differentials during the Pressurized Air Supply to the Elevator Lobby (부속실 급기가압제연시 차압변화에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Bum-Kyu;Park, Yong-Hwan;Kim, Hong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.110-119
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    • 2009
  • A fire should be accompanied by the heat and smoke. However, smoke is considered main cause of heavy casualties. Smoke easily spreads away from the fire area to remote space and cause mortal wound for the resident. A technical way effectively protecting the life and property from the smoke is the smoke control system of the building. Pressurized air supply system can be considered to prevent the refuge area from the smoke infiltration that evacuate residents via evacuation route for life safety. This paper is related with performance estimation and the effectiveness of the pressurized air supply system through experiments.

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