Prediction of Fire Behavior in the Accommodation of Semi-Submersible Drilling Rigs

Abstract

To predict the behavior of a fire occurring in an accommodation area, heat conduction through the walls is an important factor for determining the room temperature and fire spread. We established a predictive method that can accurately reflect any types of wall structure(e.g.consisting of steel plate, rockwool panel and air space)and can consider the change in thermal conductivity of rockwool panel due to the variation in water content therein. This paper presents also a comparison with an experiment to demonstrate the accuracy of this method. Examples of calculating the temperature of several types of walls using this method are also shown.