Study on Smoke Control Strategy in a High-rise Building Fire

Abstract

During the high-rise building fire, it is crucial to win the time for occupant evacuation. One of the possible methods is to utilize HVAC operations to control/slow down smoke propagation on the fire floor. It is also possible to supply fresh air to the path of the evacuation so that occupants will not breathe into the poison gases. HVAC operations can control heat change and smoke conditions and change the fluid flow directionally so that it is possible to optimize the HVAC operations to make the building safer during fire. In this paper, the effects of HVAC operations, air supply system and mechanical smoke exhaust system will be studied. A smoke propagation model using the Large Eddy Simulation will be developed to study the smoke propagation under different HVAC operations. Simulation results show the temperatures at the fire room exit for different supply air quantities. Results also show that smoke propagation method is affected by the building construction, air supply and smoke exhaust system. The smoke control strategy is investigated.