Characterization of the fire behaviour of a burning passenger car. Part II: Parametrization of measured rate of heat release curves

Mangs, Johan; Keski-Rahkonen, Olavi

doi:10.1016/0379-7112(94)90060-4

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“…Work on the fire behaviour of cars in car parks has been carried out in a number of countries using various configurations and numbers of cars and these are reported extensively in the literature [1, [3][4][5][6][7][8] a. Summary of statistics survey BRE has carried out a statistical analysis of fires in car parks in the UK.…”

Section: Fire Source: Source For Smoke and Heatmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is largely based on a recent extensive full-scale experimental campaign with modern cars, with different set-ups [1]. However, fire development in car parks has been the subject of a number of experimental programmes over recent years [3][4][5][6][7][8]. These various experiments have examined the heat release rates and temperatures of individual modern cars and small numbers of cars parked in typical car park arrangements, some in test rigs intended to represent a car park.…”

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Smoke and heat control for fires in large car parks: Lessons learnt from research?

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2013

Fire Safety Journal

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This paper focuses on car park fire safety, more particularly on fire and smoke (and heat) dynamics. The first part deals with the choice of design fire, based on recent full-scale car fire experiments with modern cars and different set-ups. Different aspects of smoke and heat control (SHC) systems are then discussed from the perspective of smoke (and heat) dynamics. The focus is mainly on the effect of horizontal mechanical ventilation, a popular technique, on the smoke and heat, generated by the fire source. Some fundamental differences from (longitudinal) mechanical ventilation in tunnels are described. Possible effects of water (sprinklers, water mist or from a fire brigade intervention), as well as some possible routes for further research, are briefly commented.

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Section: Fire Source: Source For Smoke and Heatmentioning

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Smoke and heat control for fires in large car parks: Lessons learnt from research?

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Shipp

2013

Fire Safety Journal

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“…The burner was placed inside the engine compartment. The growth rate and heat release rate during the test were controlled manually and were similar to those produced by a real vehicle engine compartment fire [21,22].…”

Section: Engine Compartment Firesmentioning

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“…The dimension of the fuel pan was 1.0 m wide by 2.0m long by 0.2 m high. During the test, the size of the opening of the pan gradually increased to simulate the fire growth rate produced by a real vehicle engine compartment fire [21,22]. The maximum heat release rate produced in the test was approximately 2,000 kW.…”

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Investigation on the Performance of Fire Detection Systems for Tunnel Applications––Part 1: Full-Scale Experiments at a Laboratory Tunnel

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Thermal effect on surrounding combustibles in minivan passenger car fires

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Summary In the fire safety design of parking lots and buildings, estimating the possibility of fire spreading to surrounding combustibles, such as neighboring buildings and cars, is essential. The ignition possibility to surrounding combustibles can be predicted from the heat flux from a burning car to the combustibles. In this study, we conducted 2 full‐scale car fire experiments using minivan passenger cars and measured the heat fluxes to their surroundings. The cars were ignited at the rear bumper with 80 g of alcohol gel fuel. The windows were closed. Heat flux gauges were placed around the car to measure the heat flux in various directions. Cedar boards were placed next to the gauges, and burn damage to the boards was observed. When the windows shattered in succession, combustion in the passenger compartment became larger. At a distance of 50 cm from the burning car, the heat flux was greater than 40 kW/m2, and most of the cedar boards were completely burned. At a distance of 1 m, the heat flux was 10 to 20 kW/m2, and some of the cedar boards were burned. We devised a method for modeling the shape and temperature of flames in the burning cars. Furthermore, we propose a method for calculating heat fluxes in the lateral direction of the burning minivan passenger car, and we compared the calculated and measured heat fluxes as a means of verifying the proposed method. The shape of flame in the burning car was approximated as a rectangular prism to calculate the heat flux. The calculation results were in good agreement with the experimental results. The proposed method is expected to be useful for fire safety engineering.

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Characterization of the fire behaviour of a burning passenger car. Part II: Parametrization of measured rate of heat release curves

Cited by 35 publications

References 2 publications

Smoke and heat control for fires in large car parks: Lessons learnt from research?

Smoke and heat control for fires in large car parks: Lessons learnt from research?

Investigation on the Performance of Fire Detection Systems for Tunnel Applications––Part 1: Full-Scale Experiments at a Laboratory Tunnel

Thermal effect on surrounding combustibles in minivan passenger car fires

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