Multiphase CFD modelling for enclosure fires—A review on past studies and future perspectives

ACY Yuen, IM De Cachinho Cordeiro… - Experimental and …, 2022 - Springer
Modern buildings and structures are commonly equipped with fire safety detection and
protection systems. Owing to the complexity in building architectures, performance-based …

CFD-based study and analysis on the effectiveness of water mist in interacting pool fire suppression

A Dasgotra, G Rangarajan, SM Tauseef - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accidental fires result in extensive loss of property, damage to the environment and a large
number of fatalities every year. When fuel collects in the form of a pool and burns, it is …

Analysis and validation of a CFD-DPM method for simulating dust suppression sprays

J Roberts, P Wypych, D Hastie… - Particulate Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Predicting the performance of finely atomized sprays used for airborne dust suppression is
an important aspect in ensuring workers are properly protected from harmful dust emissions …

Influence of the particle injection rate, droplet size distribution and volume flux angular distribution on the results and computational time of water spray CFD …

T Beji, SE Zadeh, G Maragkos, B Merci - Fire Safety Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper presents a detailed sensitivity analysis on the volume flux probability density
function (PDF) to represent water spray patterns with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the gas temperature of a hydrogen jet fire in a compartment with the Fire Dynamics Simulator

W Liu, F Markert, L Giuliani, S Hostikka - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a method to simulate hydrogen jet fire using the Fire Dynamics
Simulator (FDS). To avoid modeling an actual nozzle, high-speed Lagrangian particles …

Critical assessment on operating water droplet sizes for fire sprinkler and water mist systems

H Liu, C Wang, IMDC Cordeiro, ACY Yuen… - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
With recent developments in the design and manufacturing process of water-based fire
suppression systems, more advanced technologies such as water mist systems have …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical analysis on the rapid fire suppression using a water mist nozzle in a fire compartment with a door opening

J Lee - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Fire suppression using a water mist nozzle directly above an n-Heptane pool in a fire
compartment with a door opening was numerically investigated using the Fire Dynamics …

Experimental and numerical study of high-pressure water-mist nozzle sprays

HMI Mahmud, KAM Moinuddin, GR Thorpe - Fire Safety Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
The performance of extinguishment of fires by water sprays is strongly influenced by the
characteristics of the sprays produced by nozzles. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …

Assessment of the fire dynamics simulator for modeling fire suppression in engine rooms of ships with low-pressure water mist

R Bellas, MA Gómez, A González-Gil, J Porteiro… - Fire Technology, 2020 - Springer
Water mist-based fire-extinguishing systems are gaining acceptance for the protection of
ship machinery spaces. The use of simulation tools presents a great potential for taking a …

Large eddy simulation of smoke blocking by water sprays in a tunnel fire

R Nishino, N Ren, Y Noda, F Tanaka - Tunnelling and Underground Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents a large eddy simulation (LES) of smoke blocking by water sprays in
tunnel fires to investigate the effect of water sprays on the characteristics of the smoke flow …