• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2002

Research to discuss the fire performance of materials requires tools for measuring their burning characteristics and validated fire growth models to predict fire behavior of the materials under specific tire scenarios using the measured properties as input for the models. In this study, burning characteristics such as time to ignition, weight loss rate, flame spread, heat release rate, total heat evolved, and effective heat of combustion for four types of wood-based materials were evaluated using the cone calorimeter and inclined panel tests. Time to ignition was affected by not only surface condition and specific gravity of the tested materials but also the type and magnitude of heat source. Results of weight loss rate, measured by inclined panel tests, indicated that heat transfer from the contacted flame used as the heat source into the inner part of the specimen was inversely proportional to specific gravity of material. Flame spread was closely related with ignition time at the near part of burning zone. Under constant and severe external heat flux, there was little difference in weight loss rate and total heat evolved between four types of wood-based panels. More applied heat flux caused by longer ignition time induced a higher first peak value of heat release rate. Burning characteristics data measured in this study can be used effectively as input for fire growth models to predict the fire behavior of materials under specific fire scenarios.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.21-28
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• 1986

Plywood used for construction as a decorative inner material is inflammable and can fire accident, causing destruction of human life and property. In this study, 3.5mm Kapur plywoods were soaked in the 23% monoammonium phosphate solutions by cold soaking method 3, 6, 9hrs and hot-cold bath method for 3/3hrs, and redrying was carried out by press-drying at the platen temperature of 110, 130, 160, 180$^{\circ}C$, and then fire test was carried out to investigate burning point, flame exhausted length, frame spread length, back side carbonized area and weight loss. The results are as follows; 1. In cold soaking method for 3, 6, 9hrs. retentions of monoammonium phosphate were 0.377, 0.448, 0.498kg/(30cm)$^3$ respectively, and in hot-cold bath method for 3/3hrs, the retention was 1.331kg(30cm)$^3$ that exceeded the minimum retention 1.124kg/(30cm)$^3$. 2. Correlation coefficients among the variable were shown in table 2. From the table, it could be recognized that there were close negative correlations between the treatment and burning point, flame spread length, back side carbonized area, flame exhausted time and weight loss, and there was negative correlation between treating time and back side carbonized area, but there was positive correlation between platen temperature and burning point. 3. From table 3, it can be observed that there were highly significant differences for burning point, flame spread length, flame exhausted time, back side carhonized area, weight loss between treatments. And in 2-way interactions, there were also highly significant for burning point, flame spread length, flame exhausted time, weight loss between time x treatment. 4. It was observed that burning point, flame exhausted time, flame spread length, back side carbonized area, and weight loss in fire-retardant treated plywood were the best effects in fire-retardant treated plywood, water treated plywood and nontreated plywood. In conclusion, I can estimate that absorbed chemical contents by hot-cold bath method for 3/3hrs, have a lot of effects on fire-retardant factors such as burning point, flame spread length, flame exhausted time, backside carbonized area and weight loss, but platen temperatures have a little effects on the fire factors.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1997년도 International Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
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• pp.154-161
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• 1997

Several studies have developed upward flame spread models which use somewhat different features. However, the models have not considered the transient effects of the igniter and the burning rate. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine a generalized upward flame spread model which includes these effects. We shall compare the results with results from simpler models used in the past in order to examine the importance of the simplifying assumptions. We compare these results using PMMA, and we also include experimental results for comparison. The results of the comparison indicate that flame velocity depends on the thermal properties of a material, the specific model for flame length and transient burning rate, as well as other variables including the heat flux by igniter and flame itself. The results from the generalized upward flame spread model can provide a prediction of flame velocity, flame and pyrolysis height, burnout time and position, and rate of energy output as a function of time.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.56-67
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• 1987

Plywoods used for construction as a decorative interior material are inflammable and can make fire accidents, causing destruction of human life and property. Therefore, it is indeed required to make fire-retardant treated plywood. In this study, 3.7mm yellow meranti plywoods were soaked in 18% boric acid solutions and tap water by hot-cold bath for 1/2, 2/2, 4/2, 6/2 hours and redrying of treated plywoods was carried out by press drying at the platen temperature of 110, 130, 160, $180^{\circ}C$ and then it was conducted to investigate solution absorption, drying rates, dynamic young's modulus. specific gravity and fire-retardant factors such as burning point, flame spread length. flame exhausted time, back side carbonized area and weight loss by treating time, treating solutions and platen temperature. The results are as follows; 1. When plywood was impregnated with the hot bath temperature of $70^{\circ}C$ for 1. 2, 4, 6 hours and the cold bath temperature of $15^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours respectively, retentions of boric acid were 1.565, l.597, 1.643, 1.709kg/$(30cm)^3$ and all of them exceeded the minimum retention [1.125kg/$(30cm)^3$] even in the shortest treatment. 2. In hot-cold bath method for 1/2 hours, the drying rates of treated plywood remarkably increased with the extension of platen temperature of 110, 130, 160, $180^{\circ}C$ and the values of boric acid treated plywood were 5.900, 10.196, 45.42, 54.958m.c%/min and the values of water treated plywood were 6.014, 12.373, 46.520, 55.730m.c%/min and drying rates of water treated plywood were faster than those of boric acid treated plywood. 3. The values of boric acid treated plywoods in dynamic young's modulus were widely higher than those of water treated plywoods. And it can be observed that there were highly significant differences for treating time between dynamic young's modulus, and the values of boric acid plywoods increased with the extension of treating time but on the contrary water treated plywoods were decreased values with prolonged time 4. It was observed that there were highly significant differences for platen temperature between dynamic young's modulus. When the values of water treated plywoods in dyna nic young's modulus were abruptly decreased according to the rise of platen temperature. boric acid treated plywoods showed rather increased values at $160^{\circ}C$ of platen temperature. And in 2- way interactions, there were also highly significant for dynamic young's modulus between treating time x treating solutions and platen temperature x treating solutions. 5. Correlation coefficients of fire-retardant factors were shown in table 5. It could be recognized that there were close correlations between the treating solutions and burning point, flame spread length, back side carbonized area, flame exhausted time and weight loss, but there was no correlation between fire-retardant factors and treating time and platen temperature. 6. From table 6, it can be observed that there were highly significant differences for burning point, flame spread length, flame exhausted time, back side carbonized area, weight loss between treating solutions. And in 2-way interactions, there were highly significant for burning point, flame spread length, weight loss between treating time $\times$ treating solutions.

• 대한안전경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한안전경영과학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.247-251
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• 2010

The victims of fire are increasing steadily. Fires have been occurred by arson, spontaneous combustion and various causes. As a result of that, the damages of fire got out of hand. Especially, the fires of flammable liquids are can be spreaded easily because of high calorific value and fire loads. These rapid fire spread cause the huge losses of both life and property and the malfunction of extinguishing systems. In these studies, we examined the spread pattern of surface fire on the water surface by the reappearance experiment.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2017

본 연구는 방화에 사용된 가연성 물질, 연소촉진제의 연소특성을 파악하여 방화에 사용 가능한 물질 관리의 필요성을 인지하고 방화를 예방하기 위한 연구이다. 방화에 대한 통계자료를 조사 및 분석하여 사용된 가연성 물질(목재, 종이, 합성섬유, 합성수지)과 연소촉진제(휘발유, 경유, 페인트 도료)를 선정하였다. 가연성 물질의 열적 특성을 파악하기 위해 열 중량 분석을 실시하였다. 또한, 가연성 물질과 연소촉진제의 연소특성을 비교 및 분석하기 위해 연소 화염전파속도 측정 실험을 실시하여 실험 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2007년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.217-222
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• 2007

Since 1973, we attain a successful achievement of nation-wide afforestation such as a thick forest and heaped-up leaves. However, the higher of the formation density in forest, the more dangerous to be a large-scale forest fire whenever fire occurs. According to the type of forest in the country, 42% of the forest is occupied by conifer forest that are highly flammable, and the distribution of forest age is in a transition period from immature forest to mature one. And the structure is too weak to the forest fire for the occurrence and spread because there are too many scrub and shrub trees in the forest. As a matter of course, it is on the increase of the thinning-forest that can shift the forest structure from a weak on forest fire to a strong one nowaday. In other words, thinning-forest has primary purposes such as the promotion of producing forest trees, production of excellent timbers, and build-up of public forest area. Furthermore, in some reports, the reduction of ladder fuel by eliminating the vertical/horizontal fuel in a forest and ensuring spaces in the forest can decrease the occurrence of forest fire and the risk of spread of burning as by-effect. Therefore, this study is designed to clarify the relation with the risk of forest fire by an on-spat-investigation of the characteristics of forest composition on the thinning and the non-thinning area.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.30-37
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• 2008

건축용 바닥재의 화재예방을 위하여 국제규격으로 정해져 있는 바닥재 시험평가 방법인 KSISO 9239-1을 이용하여 각종 바닥재에 대한 연소성 시험을 복사열 판넬 시험기를 사용하여 실시하였다. 복사열 판넬 시험기를 이용하여 각종 바닥재에 대한 화염 전파거리, 임계 열류량 그리고 연기 발생농도 측정하였다. 측정결과 바닥재의 구성 물질 별로 서로 다른 연소특성을 나타내었으며, 바닥재의 표면 재질 및 구성성분이 열 방출과 연기 발생량에 있어 중요한 영향을 미치게 된다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 위의 평가방법은 화재위험성을 연구하는데 중요한 인자인 임계 열류량, 연기 발생량 및 화염 전파거리를 정량적으로 평가하는 중요한 시험방법임을 알 수 있었고 국내 건축용 바닥재 화재평가 방법을 국내실정에 맞게 제정 및 적용하는 것이 적합할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2005

미립 금속분체에 대한 산업 수요 증가와 함께, 퇴적 금속분의 착화에 의한 화재, 폭발사고가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 퇴적 금속분체의 화재, 폭발 위험특성을 조사하기 위하여 새로운 실험장치를 개발하였다. 금속분(Mg, Zr, Ta, Ti) 및 PMMA(polymethyl methacrylate)분진을 사용하여, 연소 거동(소염거리, 화염전파속도) 및 화염전파에 미치는 $N_2$ 치환 분위기 농도의 영향 등을 실험적으로 상세히 조사하였다. 실험결과로부터, 퇴적 금속 분체의 화염전파속도는 PMMA보다 크고, 화염전파속도의 퇴적층 두께에 대한 의존성은 작으며, 질소 치환 분위기에서의 Mg의 한계 산소 농도는 3.6-3.7 vol%로 나타났다. 퇴적금속 분체층의 화염전파속도와 소염거리 역수는 높은 상관관계를 가지고 있으며, 이들 연소성 지표에 있어서 상대적인 위험성의 예측이 가능하다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2017

샌드위치패널은 양면이 철판이며 단열재로 접착된 특징을 갖는 건축자재로서 시공의 간편성, 자재비용의 경제성 등의 장점으로 공장 및 창고 구조물 등에 사용되고 있다. 그러나 샌드위치패널의 연속적 결합으로 시공되는 패널구조물은 패널과 패널이 연결되는 조인트 부위가 발생하게 된다 조인트부위는 화재시 철판의 용융과 변형으로 화염이 쉽게 유입되며 화재에 취약한 부위이다. 패널 내에 유입된 화염은 급속한 연소로 인해 화재확산을 유발하며 인명 및 재산피해를 발생시킨다. 본 연구에서는 샌드위치패널의 화재확산을 방지하기 위한 화재확산방지플레이트를 개발하였다. 이는 기존 선행연구에서 4면의 패널 접합면을 화재확산방지 재료로 시공하는 방법에서 접합면에 개발 플레이트를 끼우는 방식으로 시공이 용이하게 개선된 것으로서 패널과 패널이 결합되는 연결부에 자립하여 적용 가능하며 화염의 유입 및 화재확산을 방지하도록 고안하였다. 샌드위치패널 시험체에 대해 KS F ISO 13784-1 시험방법의 실물화재시험을 수행하였으며, 패널 연결부에 화재확산방지플레이트의 적용 유무에 따른 연소거동을 파악하고 그 효과를 측정하였다. 시험결과 패널 연결부에 화재확산방지플레이트를 삽입하는 것은 플래시오버의 지연, 시험체의 붕괴방지, 개구부의 온도상승을 지연시키는 것으로 측정되었으며, 효과적으로 패널구조물이 화재안전성을 확보할 수 있는 방안으로 확인되었다. 화재에 취약한 패널 연결부에 시공성과 경제성이 확보된 다양한 방식의 화재확산방지용 시공방법을 적용하는 것은 구조물의 화재안전성을 확보하는데 기여할 것으로 판단된다.