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CSNI2006 PRISME.

PRISME, Fire and smoke propagation tests

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1. NAME

OECD/NEA PRISME Project.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name Package id Status Status date
PRISME CSNI2006/03 Arrived 10-JUN-2015

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
CSNI2006/03 Many Computers
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3. DESCRIPTION

The PRISME project consists of a series of fire and smoke propagation tests in a dedicated facility at the French Institut de radioprotection et de surete nucleaire (IRSN) centre at Cadarache. The facility is used to investigate room-to-room heat and smoke propagation, the effect of network ventilation and the resulting thermal stresses to sensitive safety equipment of such room configurations. It is also planned to use data from the project to study multi-room fires and for validating fire computer codes.

 

Several propagation modes are being studied: through a door; along a ventilation duct that crosses the room containing the fire and that ventilates an adjacent room; along a ventilation duct when flow is reversed within; and through leakages between several rooms.

 

The project aims to provide such critical information as the time that elapses before target equipment malfunctions and to qualify computer codes modelling heat and smoke propagation phenomena. The objective is to answer questions concerning smoke and heat propagation inside an installation, by means of experiments tailored for code validation purposes. In particular, the project aims to provide answers to the following questions:

  • What is, for a given fire scenario, the failure time for equipment situated in the nearby rooms that communicate with the fire room by the ventilation network and/or by a door (which is open before the fire or opens during the fire)?

  • Is it valid to assume that no propagation occurs beyond the second room from the fire room when the rooms communicate through doors, and beyond the first room when rooms communicate only by the ventilation network?

  • What are the safety consequences of the damper or door failing to close, or of an intervention delay which is too long?

  • What is the best way to operate the ventilation network in order to limit pressure-driven phenomena and releases to nearby rooms?

  • Is it the admission damper closing following fire detection? Is it the extraction damper closing when the temperature threshold of filters has been reached or when the filters are plugged?

 

The results obtained will be used as a basis for qualifying fire codes (either simplified zone model codes or computerised fluid dynamics codes used in the fire safety analysis of nuclear installations and plants). After qualification, these codes could be applied for simulating other fire propagation scenarios in various room configurations with a good degree of confidence. The information will be useful for designers in order to select the best fire protection strategy. For the operators, this data could be useful for establishing the suitable operation of the plant, such as the operation of the ventilation network (e.g. closing dampers to reduce the ventilation flow rate or to stop the ventilation) in case of a fire.

 

The first tests were carried out and reported on in 2006. At the same time the conditions for the entire test series were discussed, including how to support the experimental projects with analyses and code assessments. Further tests were carried out and reported upon as scheduled in 2007. Two meetings of the project steering bodies were held in April and October 2007. The conditions for the entire test series were addressed in the meetings, including ways to support the experimental projects with analyses and code assessments. As requested by the project members, the French IRSN also prepared and submitted the plans and conditions for the four tests to be carried out in 2008, which were circulated among participants and subsequently revised according according to the input received. These tests will also involve facility modifications to meet specific members' requirements. The PRISME Integral Tests are currently being carried out as per the schedule (these involve fire scenarios with the possibility to integrate specific devices and conditions).

 

The acronym PRISME stands for the French phrase "Propagation d'un incendie pour des scenarios multi-locaux elementaires", which in English can be translated as "Fire propagation in elementary multi-room scenarios".

 

Project participants: Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden., United Kingdom, United States.

 

Project period: January 2006 to June 2011

 

The distribution of this package is restricted and subject to prior approval.

 

For more detailed information visit http://www.oecd-nea.org/jointproj/prisme.html

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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
CSNI2006/03 10-JUN-2015 Masterfiled restricted
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10. REFERENCES
CSNI2006/03, included references:
See PRS_00_Official reports\OECD_000_PRISME List of Reports.pdf
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
No specified programming language
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15. AUTHOR

Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)
Major Accident Prevention Division
BP3
13115 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex
France

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
CSNI2006/03
reports
experimental data
videos
photos
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17. CATEGORIES
  • Y. Integral Experiments Data, Databases, Benchmarks

Keywords: fire, hydrogenated tetrapropylene, propagation, smoke, ventilation.