VATIS UPDATE Article

In a study a team of researchers from Benha University, Egypt, set up a full scale model for the purpose of predicting the geometry of fire spread and water mist particles distribution and movement. The results are based on full scale model simulation for several properties of water mist droplet. The water mist droplet speed, mist flux, droplet size and droplet distribution are discussed. The research has been published in the Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering.

It can be concluded that the water mist droplet movement, particle size and droplet distribution play a vital role to suppress fire. The study was carried out using Fire dynamic simulator (FDS) to perform the model of room fire scenario require to investigate and compute particle distribution, droplet velocity, mist flux and droplet size. The FDS program is used to simulate the fire compartment and show output results of the droplet velocity and diameter of droplet for several models.