Studies on fire behavior in a confined compartment based on reduced-scale experiment

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10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.256How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Fire behavior, Confined compartment, Reduced-scale experiment

Abstract

A reduced-scale compartment model was built to investigate the fire behavior in a confined compartment. Three different sizes of pool fire were involved in this study. And the fire behaviors in open space were also studied to compare with which in the confined compartment. The results shows the fire in confined space associated with larger pool exhibits a sharper growth and decrease in mass burning rate(MBR); meanwhile, a larger pool led to higher top MBR. When compare the fires in confined space with open space, the fires in open space got their top burning rate earlier, and they exhibited stronger and more frequent fluctuation. The influence brought by confined compartment on the fire was more pronounced in smaller pool fire. The processes of heat release rate (HRR) in confined compartment was also obtained.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jin Zhou
AU  - Jinfeng Mao
AU  - Yuliang Huang
AU  - Zheli Xing
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Studies on fire behavior in a confined compartment based on reduced-scale experiment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1410
EP  - 1415
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.256
DO  - 10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.256
ID  - Zhou2015/09
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