Development of a test method for fire detection in road tunnels

The report presents the main results of a study carried out for the Swedish Transport Administration on fire detection in tunnels. A literature study on different detection systems, earlier large-scale tests, and fire development in vehicles was carried out. Following that laboratory tests and numerous large-scale tests were carried out in order to verify a proposal for a test method for fire detection systems in road tunnels. The main aim was to investigate possible fire detector systems and to see if they could fulfil the requirement given by the Swedish Transport Administration to detect the fire within 90 seconds. The tests are presented as well as a recommendation for testing detection systems in Swedish road tunnels. In order to perform the fire test, pans of different sizes were tested in order to obtain a reasonable fire size. The method proposed requires the use of three 0.6 m diameter standard pans, each containing eight litres of 95 octane gasoline, and air flow velocities of 2 m/s and 6 m/s. It was found out that using only one 0.6 m pan is sufficient if early warning is required without identifying the position for the fire-fighting system.

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  • http://publikationer.extweb.sp.se/user/default.aspx?RapportId=20380#20380
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  SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

  Borås,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Ingason, Haukur
  • Appel, Glenn
  • Gehandler, Jonatan
  • Li, Ying Zhen
  • Nyman, Hans
  • Karlsson, Peter
  • Arvidson, Magnus
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 51
• Serial:
  • SP Report
  • Issue Number: 2015:13
  • Publisher: SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
  • ISSN: 0284-5172

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification; Fire; Highways; Methodology; Test procedures; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Full scale
• ITRD Terms: 9115: Detection; 1624: Fire; 6227: Full scale; 2755: Highway type; 9102: Method; 2755: Road; 6288: Test method; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I25: Design of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01664392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 9789188001436
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Mar 28 2018 10:21AM