Abstract
Many cables are placed in the underground utility tunnel, which are with greater fire hazards. Once fire occurs in an enclosed tunnel, thermal radiation may ignite the adjacent cables, which will cause cable fire and further expanding of fire scale, and oxygen will be consumed over time. Thus, it's important to investigate cable fire under low oxygen concentration. In this paper, a fire experiment has carried out in a reduced-scale enclosed tunnel with different heights of linear fire near the side wall. The combustion parameters, as well as transverse temperature distribution and maximum ceiling temperature rise under different oxygen concentration are investigated. Based on oxygen consumption calorimetry, the combustion efficiency and heat release rate of each fire source can be obtained. And two formulas to predict transverse temperature distribution and temperature rise under ceiling are proposed based on dimensionless analysis. Results show that different combustion parameters changing under varies oxygen concentrations, two temperature peaks exist in the cross section and the highest temperature is directly above the fire source. Conclusions are given to provide references in fire protection work in utility tunnel.
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