2023 October - 41 articles
Pipeline transportation is widely regarded as the most cost-effective method for conveying substantial volumes of hydrogen across extensive distances. However, before hydrogen can be widely used, a new pipeline network must be built to reliably suppl...
Like many places around the world, the wildland–urban interface areas surrounding urban regions are subject to variable levels of fire risk, threatening the natural habitats they contact. This risk has been assessed by various authors using man...
SiO2 aerogel is a super-insulating material that can be used for tunnel fireproofing to eliminate high-temperature spalling and extend the safe evacuation time of personnel. This study aimed to replace traditional aggregates with SiO2 aerogel in mort...
Driving wind and slope of terrain can increase the rate of surface fire propagation. Previous physical modelling under higher driving wind (3–12.5 m/s) on slopes (Innocent et al., IJWF, 2023, 32(4), pp. 496–512 and 513–530) demonstr...
Presently, as human activity and climate warming gradually increase, straw burning leads to more accidental burning in neighbouring wetlands, which threatens wetland carbon stores. Plants are important carbon fixers in wetlands, converting carbon dio...
PVC plastic products are common combustible substances seen in fires, but their thermal degradation behavior under different oxygen concentrations has not been adequately studied. The thermal degradation behavior of PVC materials in atmospheres with...
Urban areas adjacent to wildlands are very dangerous zones for residents and their properties during a wildfire event. We attempted to connect wildfire simulations with field inventories and surveys to create a framework that can be used to enhance t...
Agricultural biomass burning plays a critical role in carbon emissions, with implications for climate change. This study aims to assess carbon (C) emissions and establish C, CO, CO2 and CH4 emission factors (EFs) by simultaneously testing the effects...
High temperatures, toxic gases, and smoke resulting from indoor fires pose evident threats to the lives of both trapped individuals and firefighters. This study aims to predict indoor fire development effectively, facilitating rapid rescue decisions...
The new situations, problems, and challenges facing urban fire safety work are gradually increasing in China, so innovating urban fire safety governance modes is an urgent task. In the fire management practice of the Chinese government, the establish...
Globally, most fire-related deaths and injuries occur in residential areas. The aim of this systematic review is to report on the economic costs of residential fires from a societal perspective. Five databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, EconLit, CINAHL, and S...
FIRELAN was developed as a model expected to foster the resilience to fire and sustainability of a landscape that is based on a number of premises about fire behaviour. We critically review FIRELAN and find that flawed ecological concepts and termino...
Climate and land-use changes have been contributing to the increase in the occurrence of extreme wildfires, shifting fire regimes and driving desertification, particularly in Mediterranean-climate regions. However, few studies have researched the inf...
Due to high stress, high ground temperature, high moisture, and other factors in deep mines, the risk of coal spontaneous combustion (CSC) is enhanced, seriously affecting the safety of coal mining. To achieve early prediction of spontaneous combusti...
Accurate fuel mapping is crucial for effectively determining wildfire risk and implementing management strategies. The primary challenge in fuel type mapping lies in the need to develop accurate and efficient methods for identifying and categorizing...
Terrestrial LiDAR scans (TLS) offer a rich data source for high-fidelity vegetation characterization, addressing the limitations of traditional fuel sampling methods by capturing spatially explicit distributions that have a significant impact on fire...
This study investigates the behavior of air supply in tunnels with multiple vertical shafts during fire incidents, focusing on natural ventilation dynamics. Numerical simulation is utilized to analyze the effect of different variables on air supply w...
This work proposed a novel model to simultaneously reconstruct temperature distribution and soot volume fraction field for two-dimensional thin-slice flames using the knowledge of monochromatic radiation intensities at two wavelengths using a CCD cam...
Hydrogen is gaining prominence as a sustainable energy source in the UK, aligning with the country’s commitment to advancing sustainable development across diverse sectors. However, a rigorous examination of the interplay between the hydrogen e...
For the safe utilization and management of hydrogen energy within a fuel-cell room in a hydrogen-fueled house, an explosion test was conducted to evaluate the potential hazards associated with hydrogen accident scenarios. The overpressure and heat ra...
Unlike traditional coal-powered energy generation, renewable energy sources do not generate carbon dioxide emissions. To enhance the efficiency of renewable energy systems, energy storage systems (ESSs) have been implemented. However, in South Korea,...
In the history of human civilization, traditional villages and buildings have been significantly threatened by fire. As an essential part of Huizhou traditional architecture, fire seal walls play a crucial role in preserving Huizhou architecture by e...
The fire effect and performance of bridge pylons under construction were investigated via an analysis conducted on two types of pylons with different wall thicknesses. Three fire scenarios, namely internal fire, external ring fire, and external side...
Certain polymers, such as polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyimide (PI), and poly (phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) (PPESK), are commonly used separator materials in batteries. However, during the thermal runaway (TR) processing of batteries, sig...
In the Republic of Korea, a new rocket launchpad was constructed to launch the KSLV-II on an island, and all the launchpad facilities are located in basement. Because of the complex and diverse facilities, fire accidents have increased. Using the FDS...
Fires are disastrous events with significant negative impacts on both people and the environment. Thus, timely and accurate fire detection and firefighting operations are crucial for social development and ecological protection. In order to segment t...
To further improve the detection of smoke and small target smoke in complex backgrounds, a novel smoke detection model called RepVGG-YOLOv7 is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the ECA attention mechanism and SIoU loss function are applied to the YOLO...
Fire is the origin of serious environmental and social impacts in Mediterranean-like landscapes, such as those in California, Australia, and southern Europe. Portugal is one of the southern European countries most affected by fire, which has increase...
The limit parameters of coal spontaneous combustion are important indicators for determining the risk of spontaneous combustion in coal seams. By analyzing the limit parameters of coal spontaneous combustion, the dangerous areas of coal spontaneous c...
In the face of fire in buildings, people need to quickly plan their escape routes. Intelligent optimization algorithms can achieve this goal, including the sparrow search algorithm (SSA). Despite the powerful search ability of the SSA, there are stil...
The surface fine dead fuel moisture content (FFMC) is an important factor in predicting forest fire risk and is influenced by various meteorological factors. Many prediction methods rely on temperature and humidity as factors, resulting in poor model...
Due to the particularity of mine spaces and the limitations of underground ventilation, the gas in disaster areas changes greatly after a fire occurs. Rapid sealing technology is beneficial for preventing the development of fires and gas explosions b...
The vast majority of fire-related deaths occur in residential buildings. Until recently, the fire risk for these buildings was only considered through static risk assessments or period-based assessments applying to certain periods of the year, e.g.,...
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An assessment of the performance of FireFOAM in simulating a large-scale compartment fire scenario is presented in this study, using the Edinburgh Tall Building Fire Test I (2017) as the basis for evaluation. Different mesh geometries and sizes are t...
This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations on the progressive collapse behavior of a two-story glulam frame when the middle column is exposed to ISO834 standard fire. The stress characteristics, temperature distributions, and defor...
Due to the intensification of climate change around the world, the incidence of natural disasters is increasing year by year, and monitoring, forecasting, and detecting evolution using satellite imaging technology are important methods for remote sen...
Prescribed fire is an important land conservation tool to meet ecological, cultural, and public safety objectives across terrestrial ecosystems. While estimates of prescribed burning in the U.S.A. exceed 4.5 million hectares annually, tracking the ex...
Explosion chambers are crucial to the technology used to prevent coal mine gas explosions. Investigating the shock wave propagation law at various coal mine tunnel cross-sections helps ensure mine safety. A self-built, highly explosive experimental s...
The widespread use of single-base propellant may contribute to serious pollution of the environment. The study of single-base propellant pyrolysis could provide an in-depth understanding of the combustion mechanism, reveal the key steps and reaction...
Real fire simulation training systems have gradually become an important method of emergency rescue team training and improvement. However, the failure rate of such systems is high, which threatens the safety of the trainers. Therefore, this study ta...
