Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
Confidenciality: No
Education area(s): Enginyeria Industrial
Title in different languages: Technical-economic analysis of the implementation of smoke barriers in industrial warehouses
Abstract: Smoke is the leading cause of fire-related deaths. 75% of fire deaths occur from inhalation of smoke, not from fire or burns. So that, it is of great importance to perform a control of these smokes and combustion gases through the different Temperature Control and Smoke Evacuation Systems (SCTEH); which include two systems that complement each other: natural smoke exhaust ventilators and smoke barriers. The introduction of a smoke barrier, allows to increase the dimensions of the smoke tank, causing a reduction in the number of natural smoke exhaust ventilators needed to evacuate the same amount of smoke, with possible economic consequences. The project analyses the conditions under which it is economically viable to install smoke barriers, with the help of natural smoke exhaust ventilators, to carry out the evacuation of the smokes correctly; and in which cases it is better only to use natural smoke exhaust ventilators to evacuate the same amount of smoke. Different case studies of SCTEH have been simulated, analysing the viability of smoke barriers; concluding with the high reduction of natural smoke exhaust ventilators that can be achieved in certain circumstances, as is the case of large warehouses with high fire loads. Tarragona 2017
Subject: Enginyeria mecànica
Academic year: 2016-2017
Language: Català
Work's public defense date: 2017-06-20
Subject areas: Mechanical engineering
Student: Insa Pascual, Víctor
Department: Enginyeria Mecànica
TFM credits: 12
Creation date in repository: 2017-10-10
Keywords: Smoke barrier
Title in original language: Anàlisis tècnic-econòmic de la implantació de barreres de fum en magatzems industrials
Project director: Turón Rodríguez, Carlos
Repositori URV