Building Fire Prediction and Suppression

A special issue of Fire (ISSN 2571-6255).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 542

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School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: complex building fires; water spray; water mist; tunnel fire; suppression; smoke control

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanics and Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Interests: fire extinguishing agent and mechanism; fire dynamics simulation; first principles’ calculation

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Guest Editor
School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China
Interests: fire safety; tunnel fire; water mist; smoke control

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce a Special Issue on “Building Fire Prediction and Suppression”. Complex buildings and underground infrastructures are both products of modern society and play important roles in economic development. However, they come with increasing fire risks, resulting in severe damage on people, society, and the environment. The challenges in complex buildings’ fire design, assessment, and rescue are mainly caused by their unconventional architectural structure (e.g., high-rise and atriums) and specific purpose (e.g., logistic warehouse and cold storage). Similarly, long, narrow spaces and huge traffic loads in underground infrastructures (such as tunnels and metros) increase difficulties in fire prediction, evacuation, and suppression. Therefore, more advanced theories and intelligent technologies are desperately needed in these domains.

This Special Issue aims to highlight original findings related to building fire prediction and suppression in experimental, simulation, or machine learning methods. Additionally, potential perspectives for future investigations are also encouraged.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome on areas that may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Fire suppression:
    • Fundamental research on the interactions of fire dynamics and the characteristics of suppression agents;
    • Fire suppression performance and optimization of water-based firefighting systems, such as water sprinkler, water spray, water mist, and foam systems;
    • Fire suppression in lithium-ion battery fires;
    • Integration of fire suppression systems with tunnel ventilation strategies.
  • Complex Building and Tunnel Fire Safety:
    • Smoke movement and control strategies under various ventilation conditions;
    • Fire behavior and smoke propagation in tunnels with different slopes and ventilation systems;
    • Fire safety design and risk assessment for utility corridors and metro stations;
    • Evacuation modeling and occupant behavior in complex fire scenarios.
  • Smart Firefighting Technologies:
    • Machine learning and AI applications for fire detection and prediction;
    • Sensor networks for real-time fire monitoring and data analysis;
    • Decision support systems for optimizing firefighting strategies.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhi Tang
Prof. Dr. Tianshui Liang
Dr. Yuanjun Liu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • fire suppression
  • complex building fire
  • smoke control
  • smart firefighting
  • tunnel fire
  • metro station safety
  • fire dynamics modeling
  • evacuation modeling
  • artificial intelligence

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Article
Effects of Rectangular Obstacles on the Flow Characteristics of Ultrafine Dry Powder Fire Extinguishing Agent in Confined Spaces
by Quanwei Li, Qingshan Liu, Cheng Lu, Lulin Tang, Dan Wu and Xin Huang
Fire 2025, 8(6), 236; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8060236 - 18 Jun 2025
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Abstract
This study establishes a transient numerical model for the gas–solid two-phase flow of ultrafine dry powder fire extinguishing agents released in the confined space based on the Fluent software platform. The model investigates the spatial flow and diffusion characteristics of ultrafine dry powder [...] Read more.
This study establishes a transient numerical model for the gas–solid two-phase flow of ultrafine dry powder fire extinguishing agents released in the confined space based on the Fluent software platform. The model investigates the spatial flow and diffusion characteristics of ultrafine dry powder under different obstacle volumes and relative positions. The results show that when an obstacle is present, two recirculation zones are formed by the upper surface of the obstacle, and a low-concentration unfavorable region is created around the obstacle. The concentration difference in ultrafine dry powder between the upper and lower recirculation zones increases monotonically with the obstacle volume. When the obstacle volume increases from 8 dm3 to 15.7 dm3, the concentration difference between the upper and lower zones increases by 5 times at 3.2 s. The time required for the average concentration in both zones to reach the minimum extinguishing concentration, as well as the reduction rate of the normalized characteristic dimension of the adverse region, follows an approximately exponential trend with changes in obstacle volume. The concentration difference between the upper and lower recirculation zones decreases as the distance between the obstacle and the nozzle increases. Compared to the upper position, the concentration difference decreases by 89% and 108% when the obstacle is positioned in the middle and lower parts at 3.2 s, respectively. And the reduction rate of the normalized characteristic dimension increases by 12% and 60% when the obstacle is positioned in the middle and lower parts, respectively. Full article
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