An Experimental Study on the Fire Spread Rate and Separation Distance between Facing Stores in Passage-Type Traditional Markets

Hong-Seok Yun, Dong-Gun Nam and Cheol-Hong Hwang
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Hong-Seok Yun: Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University, 62 Daehak-ro, Dong-Gu, Daejeon 34520, Korea
Dong-Gun Nam: Department of Research and Development Laboratory, Korea Fire Institute, 331 Jisam-ro, Giheung-Gu, Yongin 17088, Korea
Cheol-Hong Hwang: Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University, 62 Daehak-ro, Dong-Gu, Daejeon 34520, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Real-scale fire experiments were conducted to understand the fire spread characteristics of the major combustibles handled in traditional markets, a space with high fire risk. The major combustibles were selected through field surveys administered at a number of traditional markets. Through real-scale fire experiments, the horizontal fire spread rate according to the maximum heat release rate of major combustibles was examined. In addition, the separation distance to prevent fire spread to the facing store by radiant heat transfer was examined. As a result of the experiments, it was confirmed that the arrangement method of the combustibles causes a large change in the maximum heat release rate, fire growth rate, and fire spread rate. The horizontal fire spread rate showed a linear proportional relationship with respect to the maximum heat release rate regardless of the type of combustibles, and a correlation to define the relationship was proposed. A correlation equation for predicting the separation distance that can prevent fire spread by radiant heat transfer was proposed, and the curve by the correlation equation was in good agreement with the experimental results. Through this study, it is expected that the correlation proposed to examine the horizontal fire spread rate and the separation distance of major combustibles in a traditional market can be usefully used in the design of fire protection systems to reduce fire damage in the traditional market.

Keywords: traditional market; maximum heat release rate; fire spread rate; radiant heat flux; separation distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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