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Comparison of CFAST Predictions to USCG Real-Scale Fire Tests
The zone model CFAST was used to make predictions of single room pre-flashover fire tests conducted in a steel enclosure. These results were then compared with previously published measurements obtained in fire tests. Tests included diesel pool fires, polyurethane slab fires, and wood crib fires. Half of these tests used natural ventilation while the remaining tests used forced ventilation. With the exception of heat release rates, all CFAST inputs were selected without knowledge of the experimental results. Key variables compared include the upper layer temperature, the hot layer interface location, and ceiling temperatures. Overall, predictions made by CFAST were in good agreement with the data. There was a general tendency to overpredict both the hot gas layer temperature and the boundary surface temperature which may be due to underprediction of boundary heat losses. Experimental results showed that heat release rates varied with ventilation configurations by as much as a factor of 3. This observation indicates that the wide practice of using free burn heat release rate data in compartment fire predictions can result in overprediction of compartment fire conditions.
Comparison of CFAST Predictions to USCG Real-Scale Fire Tests
The zone model CFAST was used to make predictions of single room pre-flashover fire tests conducted in a steel enclosure. These results were then compared with previously published measurements obtained in fire tests. Tests included diesel pool fires, polyurethane slab fires, and wood crib fires. Half of these tests used natural ventilation while the remaining tests used forced ventilation. With the exception of heat release rates, all CFAST inputs were selected without knowledge of the experimental results. Key variables compared include the upper layer temperature, the hot layer interface location, and ceiling temperatures. Overall, predictions made by CFAST were in good agreement with the data. There was a general tendency to overpredict both the hot gas layer temperature and the boundary surface temperature which may be due to underprediction of boundary heat losses. Experimental results showed that heat release rates varied with ventilation configurations by as much as a factor of 3. This observation indicates that the wide practice of using free burn heat release rate data in compartment fire predictions can result in overprediction of compartment fire conditions.
Comparison of CFAST Predictions to USCG Real-Scale Fire Tests
P. A. Reneke (author) / M. J. Peatross (author) / W. W. Jones (author) / C. L. Beyler (author) / R. Richards (author)
2000
20 pages
Report
No indication
English
Combustion & Ignition , Building Industry Technology , Ventilation , Fire tests , Comparative evaluations , Diesel fuels , Wood fuels , Polyurethane , Burning rate , Flame propagation , Smoke , Radiative heat transfer , Air flow , Air circulation , Flashover , Temperature measurement , Compartments , Test methods , Experimental data , Fire safety , CFAST model , Fire models , Zone models , Heat release rate , Pool fires , CFAST(Consolidated Fire Growth And Smoke Transport)
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