Numerical simulation study on combustion characteristics of square hollow oil pool fire in ship cabins

¹ Marine Design & Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200011, China
² China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430070, China

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Abstract

To study the combustion phenomenon of square hollow fire sources in ship cabins, PyroSim software was used to establish numerical models of different inner and outer edge lengths of the same fire source area. FDS software was used to numerically simulate fire temperature and smoke spread, observe and record the flame and smoke spread characteristics in cabins under different working conditions, and analyze the temperature distribution of flame plumes and the temperature field characteristics inside the cabin. The results indicate that: During the combustion process of a square hollow fire source in a ship’s cabin, a typical flame convergence phenomenon occurs, and the flame temperature of the fire source combustion first increases significantly and then gradually stabilizes. The smaller the inner edge length of a square hollow, the higher the combustion temperature of the fire source, the faster the heating rate, the more obvious the phenomenon of fire convergence, and the more intense the flame combustion. As the inner edge length increases, the influence of flame combustion at the center of the square decreases, and the peak temperature of the flame decreases with a smaller amplitude and tends to concentrate.