Design Fire Experiments for Commercial Premises

Zalok, Ehab; Hadjisophocleous, George; Lougheed, G. D.

doi:10.1177/0734904109104549

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“…The fuel packages were designed using data from a fire load survey completed by Zalok [2] in commercial stores. To accomplish this, tests using the above-mentioned fuel packages were conducted.…”

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An Experimental Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings

Wang¹,

Zalok

Hadjisophocleous

2010

Fire Technol

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This paper presents the results of an experimental study of smoke movement in a 10-storey building. Eight full-scale experiments including four real fuel fires and four propane fires were conducted in the National Research Council Canada (NRCC)'s 10-storey experimental tower to generate smoke movement data that can be used for the validation of computer models. The heat release rate (HRR) of fire cannot be measured in this tower, so to estimate the HRR of fuel-package fires in this study, an approach using propane as a fuel was developed to reproduce the temperature distribution of various fuel-package tests.

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An Experimental Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings

Wang¹,

Zalok

Hadjisophocleous

2010

Fire Technol

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“…Calorific values for some of the combustibles that are usually found in stores can be found in [11,12]. Details of the survey methodology can be found in [13]. .…”

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“…In Table 3 leather/rubber, which in Table 2 is included in the miscellaneous group, is defined separately as it was the main contributor to the fire load of the shoe store fuel package. Detailed discussion on these packages can be found in [13]. …”

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Development of Design Fires for Performance-Based Fire Safety Designs

Hadjisophocleous¹,

Zalok²

2008

Fire Saf. Sci.

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This paper discusses a procedure for the development of design fires for buildings and presents a study undertaken to quantify design fires for commercial buildings. This procedure includes building surveys, full-scale experiments and computer modelling. In this study, a survey of commercial premises was conducted to determine fire loads and types of combustibles present in these buildings. Based on the results of the survey a number of fuel packages were designed that represent fire loads and combustible materials in commercial buildings. The fuel packages were used to perform full-scale, post-flashover fire tests to collect data on heat release rates, compartment temperatures and production and concentration of toxic gases. Results from these experiments are presented and discussed. The paper also discusses a computer modelling study in which a computational fluid dynamics model was used to simulate the tests and to model a fire in a real-scale commercial store.

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“…These tests provided data on fire characteristics for the selected fuel packages, such as heat release rate (HRR) and production rates of toxic gases, which were used to develop input data files for the computational model, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). Details of the survey and experimental results can be found in Hadjisophocleous and Zalok [2], and Zalok [3].…”

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“…Statistical data from the literature were analysed to determine the frequency of fires, ignition sources, and locations relevant to these premises. The data gathered during the survey along with the statistical information were used to develop fuel packages for these premises, to be tested in mediumand full-scale fire tests [2,3]. These tests provided data on fire characteristics for the selected fuel packages, such as heat release rate (HRR) and production rates of toxic gases, which were used to develop input data files for the computational model, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS).…”

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Assessment of the Use of Fire Dynamics Simulator in Performance-Based Design

Zalok

Hadjisophocleous

2009

Fire Technol

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This paper discusses a procedure for the use of fire modelling in the performance-based design environment to quantify design fires for commercial buildings. This procedure includes building surveys, medium-and full-scale experiments and computer modelling. In this study, a survey of commercial premises was conducted to determine fire loads and types of combustibles present in these buildings. Statistical data from the literature were analysed to determine the frequency of fires, ignition sources, and locations relevant to these premises. Based on the results of the survey and the statistical analyses a number of fuel packages were designed that represent fire loads and combustible materials in commercial buildings. The fuel packages were used to perform medium-and full-scale, post-flashover fire tests to collect data on heat release rates, compartment temperatures and production and concentration of toxic gases. Based on the experimental results, input data files for the computational model, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), were developed to simulate the burning characteristics of the fuel packages observed in the experiments. Comparative analysis between FDS model predictions and experimental data of HRR, carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), indicated that FDS model was able to predict the HRR, temperature profile in the burn room, and the total production of CO and CO 2 for medium-and large-scale experiments as well as real size stores.

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Design Fire Experiments for Commercial Premises

Cited by 13 publications

References 3 publications

An Experimental Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings

An Experimental Study of Smoke Movement in Multi-Storey Buildings

Development of Design Fires for Performance-Based Fire Safety Designs

Assessment of the Use of Fire Dynamics Simulator in Performance-Based Design

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