TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance evaluation on fixed water-based firefighting system in suppressing large fire in urban tunnels
AU - Li, J.
AU - Li, Y. F.
AU - Bi, Q.
AU - Li, Y.
AU - Chow, W. K.
AU - Cheng, C. H.
AU - To, C. W.
AU - Chow, C. L.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Operating fixed water-based firefighting systems (FFFS) might affect the performance of other parts of an integrated tunnel safety system, particularly the longitudinal ventilation system. The interaction of the water spray discharged from two FFFS (with and without foam), with the longitudinal ventilation system in a new city tunnel under construction was studied by full-scale burning tests. Results of the study under large fires up to 20 MW in diesel pool fires or wood pallet fires are reported in this paper. The impact of longitudinal ventilation, the activation sequences of the ventilation system and the fixed fire-fighting system, and the performance of the two FFFS in suppressing vehicular fires with and without shields to fire sources were evaluated. Results are expected to be useful for drafting appropriate fire codes on fire suppression systems for controlling urban tunnel fires.
AB - Operating fixed water-based firefighting systems (FFFS) might affect the performance of other parts of an integrated tunnel safety system, particularly the longitudinal ventilation system. The interaction of the water spray discharged from two FFFS (with and without foam), with the longitudinal ventilation system in a new city tunnel under construction was studied by full-scale burning tests. Results of the study under large fires up to 20 MW in diesel pool fires or wood pallet fires are reported in this paper. The impact of longitudinal ventilation, the activation sequences of the ventilation system and the fixed fire-fighting system, and the performance of the two FFFS in suppressing vehicular fires with and without shields to fire sources were evaluated. Results are expected to be useful for drafting appropriate fire codes on fire suppression systems for controlling urban tunnel fires.
KW - Fire suppression
KW - Full-scale burning test
KW - Longitudinal ventilation
KW - Tunnel safety
KW - Water-based firefighting system
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tust.2018.10.020
DO - 10.1016/j.tust.2018.10.020
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0886-7798
VL - 84
SP - 56
EP - 69
JO - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
JF - Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
ER -