A Review on Fire Suppression by Fire Sprinklers
Peer reviewed, Journal article
Published version
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984723Utgivelsesdato
2021Metadata
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Originalversjon
10.1177/07349041211013698Sammendrag
Water spray remains the most effective, environment-friendly and economical way of fighting
accidental or unwanted fires, and this is largely due to its thermal characteristics. The mechanism
of fire suppression by sprinkler water sprays is influenced by numerous factors, which have been
the focus of years’-long and on-going research studies to improve its extinguishing performances.
A comprehensive review study was carried out in this study to assess the level of technological
know-how and current state of research in the field. A total of 2473 published articles spanning
50 years (i.e. 1970–2020) were systematically collected and analysed, whereby more than 100 rel evant articles were selected and integrated in the discussion. In particular, the review focuses on
research relating to the interactions of sprinkler sprays with flame, fire plume and hot surfaces,
aiming to provide a better understanding of the phenomena involved in fire suppression.