Study of a proposed tunnel evacuation passageway formed by opposite-double air curtain ventilation

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• Affiliation of Author(s):建筑设备科学与工程学院
• Journal:Safety Science
• Key Words:中文关键字：隧道疏散通道；火灾；烟气；空气幕通风；地铁隧道，英文关键字：Tunnel evacuation passageway; Fire; Smoke; Air cur
• Abstract:Subway tunnel fires often result in catastrophes and heavy casualties. To help people evacuate from a tunnel fire, an opposite-double air curtain ventilation assisted tunnel evacuation system (OTES) is introduced. It can be used to create a safe evacuation passageway that is free of smoke through out the length of the tunnel. The performance of the OTES is compared with that of the traditional ventilation systems: longitudinal ventilation and natural ventilation. The effect of the heat release rate, fire source location, and fire detection time are also discussed. This study also shows that compared with natural ventilation and longitudinal ventilation, the carbon monoxide, CO, concentration with OTES is significantly lower. Given the same HRR, the CO concentration values with OTES are only 0.58–2.41% of natural ventilation or 0.52–3.12% of longitudinal ventilation at the back end of the tunnel. An obviously clear evacuation passageway is created by OTES. The effects of changes in fire source location and fire detection time on tunnel ventilation are tested. Also the effect of these changes on the formation of an evacuation passageway by OTES is reported.
• Note:李安桂
• Co-author:雷文君等
• First Author:李安桂[重名-待确认],gaoran
• Indexed by:Journal paper
• Volume:卷：50
• Issue:期：7
• Page Number:页：1549-1557
• Translation or Not:no
• Date of Publication:2012-08-01