TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Study of a proposed tunnel evacuation passageway formed by opposite-double air curtain ventilation
JO  - Safety science
A1  - Gao, Ran
A1  - Li, Angui
A1  - Lei, Wenjun
A1  - Zhao, Yujiao
A1  - Zhang, Ying
A1  - Deng, Baoshun
SP  - 1549
EP  - 1557
VL  - 50
IS  - 7
N2  - 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.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0925-7535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -