Contaminated Fuel Fires: Parametric Sensitivity of Resuspension and Boiling Particle Evolution

An innovative method for soot deposit quantification using a CO2 sensor: Application to fire studies in research facilities

“…Therefore, it is important to develop experimental and modeling tools to better understand the transport and deposition phenomenon of emitted particles in order to predict the consequences of such accidental situations and to implement relevant containment devices (high efficiency particulate air filters HEPA, physical barriers such as fire dampers or butterfly valves…) and strategies (pressure cascade, in depth defense…). For this purpose, development of simulation tools are currently in progress (Mensch & Cleary, 2019;Plagge et al, 2017) associated with specific prediction models of aerosol release/emission (Zepper et al, 2017), their transport (Gelain et al, 2021) and their deposition within industrial facilities or ventilation network (Overholt et al, 2016). Beyond the question of aerosol fate during conventional industrial fires, special care is an absolute requirement for fires involving radioactive materials due to potential release of these materials in airborne phase.…”

Airborne release of hazardous micron-sized metallic/metal oxide particles during thermal degradation of polycarbonate surfaces contaminated by particles: Towards a phenomenological description

“…Apart from these xeal h and environmental considerations, there is a lack of knowledge on the evaluation of the aerosol release associated with fire events involving hazardous materials within industrial facilities. Such data are primarily important in order to propose realistic contamination level and corresponding exposure doses of workers during their fire interventions or post-fire investigations in hazardous facilities (Brown, Zepper, Louie, & Restrepo, 2015;Plagge, Krause, Riva, Schafer, & Forkel-wirth, 2017;Zepper, Brown, Pierce, Voskuilen, & Louie, 2017). Furthermore, source terms are also needed as input data for atmospheric tr nspo '■ simulations (Sarkar et al, 2017) to predict contaminated aerosol deposition and estimate the toxicological and ecotoxicological impact of such contamination (Bryant, 2019;Kinoshita et al, 2011).…”