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Numerical Modelling of Underventilated Fire in a Compartment Cover

Numerical Modelling of Underventilated Fire in a Compartment

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|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Figure of the analyzed room

Table 1.

Considered cases

Air inlet
Case 1inlet A
Case 2inlet A, B
Case 3inlet A, B, C
Figure 2.

Numerical mesh (symmetry plane visible)

Table 2.

Numerical model summary

FeatureValue
Turbulence model k-omega SST
Combustion modelNon-premixed combustion
FuelMethane (CH4)
Fluid materialMixture (according to PDF table, ideal gas)
Operating pressure10325 Pa
Temperature288 K
Gravitational acceleration9.81 m/s2
SolverPressure based
Calculation modeTransient
Pressure / velocity couplingSimple
Under-relaxation factorsPressure0.3
Momentum0.2
Energy1.0
OthersDefault
Calculation modeTransient
Time stepAdaptive (0.001 – 0.6 s)
Figure 3.

Temperature distribution at two time moments for Case1

Figure 4.

Mass fraction of CO2 distribution at two time moments for Case1

Figure 5.

Distribution of mass fraction of O2 at two time moments for three Cases [kg/kg]

Figure 6.

Distribution of mass fraction of CO2 at two time moments for three Cases [kg/kg]

Figure 7.

Distribution of temperature at two time moments for three Cases [K]

Figure 8.

Distribution of air velocity vectors at two time moments for three Cases [m/s]

Figure 9.

Variability in time of mass fraction of O2 at the height of 2.0 m (left tree).

Figure 10.

Variability in time of volume flow rate through vent A

Figure 11.

Variability in time of temperature [K] at the height of 0.5 andw 2.0 m (left tree)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-029 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 (formerly 1899-0142) | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 115 - 123
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2018
Accepted on: Mar 26, 2018
Published on: Apr 4, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2019 Małgorzata KRÓL, Aleksander KRÓL, published by Silesian University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.