Abstract
A full-scale compartment fire esperiment was performed in order to quantitatively evaluate the fire control effect of a water discharge system. In this experiment, the reduction effect of temperature and heat flux by the water discharge system was considered. Sprinkler (SP) and water mist (WM) equipment were used as the water discharge system. The heat release rate of the fire source in the compartment was 73kW on the average. The temperature reduction ratio during the operation of the sprinkler and water mist equipment was approximately 55% and 16%, respectively. The total heat flux reduction ratio during the operation of the sprinkler and water mist equipment was approximately 40%-70% and 30%-40%, respectively.
