Citation

Hu LH, Fong NK, Yang LZ, Chow WK, Li YZ, Huo R. J. Hazard. Mater. 2007; 140(1-2): 293-298.

Affiliation

State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China. hlh@ustc.edu.cn

Erratum On

J Hazard Mater 2007;148(3):780.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.08.075

PMID

17049158

Abstract

Smoke and toxic gases, such as carbon monoxide, are the most fatal factors in fires. This paper models fire-induced smoke spread and carbon monoxide transportation in an 88m long channel by Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) with large eddy simulation (LES). FDS is now a well-founded fire dynamics computational fluid dynamic (CFD) program, which was developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Two full scale experiments with fire sizes of 0.75 and 1.6MW were conducted in this channel to validate the program. The spread of the fire-induced smoke flow together with the smoke temperature distribution along the channel, and the carbon monoxide concentration at an assigned position were measured. The FDS simulation results were compared with experimental data with fairly good agreement demonstrated. The validation work is then extended to numerically study the carbon monoxide concentration distribution, both vertically and longitudinally, in this long channel. Results showed that carbon monoxide concentration increase linearly with the height above the floor and decreases exponentially with the distance away from the fire source.

Language: en