In recent years, highway tunnel fire accidents have occurred from time to time. Because of its closeness and narrow length, once a fire occurs, it is more likely to cause mass casualties. In order to explore the evacuation safety of highway tunnel and the strategy to improve its evacuation efficiency, Nanjing Fugui mountain double line highway tunnel is selected as the research object. The simulation model is established by using pyrosim, and FDS is used to carry out the numerical simulation of fire under typical working conditions (fire source power is 3MW, 15MW, 20MW and 30MW respectively). The temperature, CO concentration and visibility in the tunnel are analyzed to determine the available safe evacuation time. The required safe evacuation time is obtained through the evacuation simulation by Pathfinder, and then the judgment and evacuation strategy optimization verification are carried out according to the safe evacuation criteria. The results show that: The greater the power of the fire source, the shorter the time to reach the dangerous state, and the fire conditions of 15MW and above can not meet the safety evacuation requirements, indicating that the safety evacuation requirements are not met in case of large fire. The safe evacuation can be ensured by increasing the longitudinal wind speed, adding smoke exhaust devices and optimizing the evacuation route. The research results can provide reference for emergency evacuation of highway tunnel fire.
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In order to explore the low-temperature oxidation characteristics and evolution law of oxidized coal, this paper adopted a temperature-programmed experiment system. Firstly, the low-temperature oxidation temperature-programmed experiment was carried out on the oxidized coal formed by N2 anaerobic cooling after the coal samples were pre-oxidized to 60 ℃, 90 ℃, 120 ℃, 150 ℃, 180 ℃ and 210 ℃ respectively. At the same time, in order to further reveal the characteristics of low-temperature oxidation behavior of oxidized coal formed under different fire extinguishing conditions, the low-temperature oxidation temperature programmed test was carried out on the oxidized coal formed after fire extinguishing with three different volume fractions of N2 when the coal sample was pre-oxidized to 120 ℃. This reveals the changes of oxygen consumption rate, production rate of signature gases (CO, CO2) and heat release intensity of these two kinds of oxidized coals during low temperature oxidation process. The results show that the oxygen consumption rate, signature gas generation rate and heat release intensity of oxidized coal are all lower than those of raw coal. Furthermore, the spontaneous combustion characteristic parameters of coal samples pre-oxidized to 90 ℃ are closer to that of raw coal, indicating that coals pre-oxidized to critical temperature are more likely to reignite. When pre-oxidized to 120 ℃, the higher the volume fraction of N2, the closer the spontaneous combustion characteristic parameters of this oxidized coal are to the original coal, indicating that the coal with higher volume fraction of N2 has stronger recrudescence ability. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the recurrence of coal when mining the coal body in the near coal seam group, the recrudescence working face and the unsealing fire area.
Multisource fire accidents frequently occur in tunnels, and their combustion characteristics are complex, influenced by both the parameters of the source itself and air entrainment and thermal feedback of adjacent fire sources. The combustion characteristics of multisource fires are related to the size, fuel type, and spacing of neighboring sources. In a dual-source fire in a tunnel, adjacent dual sources may compete for air, leading to flame merging. During flame merging, special flame phenomena occur, such as flying fire and fire whirlwinds, increasing the probability of fire spread and the degree of danger. Thus, building a reduced-size tunnel model to systematically analyze the evolution mechanism of multisource fire behavior is necessary.
Herein, we built a 1∶6-scaled tunnel model and conducted scaled experiments to investigate the dynamic evolution characteristics of restricted symmetric dual-source fire in natural ventilation tunnels under different fire source spacings. We studied the combustion rate, flame morphology, flame fusion, and ceiling temperature distribution. In particular, the ceiling temperature was further divided into near- and far-fire-source regions. We aimed to reveal the evolution of an asymmetric entrainment mechanism involving flame tilting and the fusion of a restricted symmetric dual-source fire in a tunnel. In addition, we constructed a quantitative model for the highest temperature rise of symmetrical dual-source fires under different fire source spacings and lateral offset distances. Thus, the dynamic characteristics of the tilting or even fusion of a restricted symmetric dual-source fire were elucidated.
This study found that the mass loss rate, heat release rate, and flame height of the fuel were negatively correlated with the lateral offset distance and fire source spacing. When the dimensionless distance between the fire sources (S/D) was less than or equal to 1, flame fusion occurred, and a peak temperature occurred below the ceiling. As the distance between fire sources increased, the maximum temperature distribution transitioned from a "single peak" to a "double peak". When the S/D≥4, the two fire sources essentially burned independently, and the peak number of the maximum temperature curve changed to 2. The dimensionless maximum temperature rise in the near-fire-source region exhibited an exponential decay relationship with the dimensionless lateral offset distance. A prediction model for the maximum temperature rise in the near-fire-source region was established and verified through comparison with experimental data from previous study and this study and numerical simulation results.
This study provides basic data to further elucidate the combustion mechanism of dual-source fire in tunnels under different lateral offset distances. Moreover, this study offers a theoretical basis for smoke control and emergency rescue during multisource fires in tunnels.
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