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By using various simulation program developed by ourselves, appropriate mapping of firefighting appliances, such as fire trucks, foam/water monitors,etc., can be studied for the case of tank fire or process area fire.The following factors will be considered for the study.
The simulation results above will be reflected to the consideration of firefighting strategy.
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Appropriate mapping drawing for fire trucks, foam/water monitors, hoses, etc., which are required for each tank fire will be prepared.
Prediction of extinguishing time and possibility of boil-over will be also studied by simulation.
To confirm no obstruction against water or foam discharge, 3D layout drawing is required. FPEC will make 3D plant layout drawing by AutoCAD if 2D layout drawing is available. If no layout drawing is available, 3D layout drawing can be made from aerial photographic map. please ask us.
Appropriate mapping drawing for fire trucks, foam/water monitors, hoses, etc., which are required for each fire in process area will be prepared.
To set a pool fire of fuel spill at any location and to indicate flame size on the 3D plant layout drawing. you can find equipment enveloped by the flame and safe area for fire fighters by heat radiation map, which are calculated by simulation.
To confirm no obstruction against water or foam discharge, 3D layout drawing, just showing large equipment, structures, is required. FPEC will make 3D plant layout drawing by AutoCAD if 2D layout drawing is available. If no layout drawing is available, 3D layout drawing can be made from aerial photographic map. please ask us.
The figure below shows the case that a spill fire and a tank fire occur simultaneously, and water and foam are discharged from fire trucks and fixed water monitors under windy condition. For this drawing, heat radiation and water/foam trajectory have been simulated.
The figure below shows the simulation result of study to confirm if equipment installed on the elevated floor of the structure are well cooled by water discharge streams from fixed water monitors under windy condition. As you can see, it is easy to confirm the water coverage visually.The trajectory characteristic of a water or foam nozzle depends on each manufacture's model. At least one trajectory curve obtained by an actual discharge is required to input the nozzle data into the simulation program.
In case of fire at a large capacity crude oil tank, various judgements will be required depending on situations.Regarding to firefighting tactics and the concerns for large capacity tank fires, LASTFIRE, consisting of oil majors, is recommending useful data every year. And also, very beneficial information are available in international standards and guidelines.We will investigate these information including fire incident investigation reports etc. and provide standard guidelines or reference reports regarding firefighting strategy manuals based on our experience and knowledge of plant disaster engineering.
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