International Journal of Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materials
Vol 3, No 2 (2021)

CFD SIMULATION OF PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM IN FIRE STAIRS WTC 6 BUILDING

Salahudin Arif (Universitas Mercu Buana)
Rita Sundari (Universitas Mercu Buana)
Rini Anggraini (Universitas Mercu Buana)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Sep 2021

Abstract

Pressurization system in fire stairs is required for high-rise building for safety evacuation in fire attack. This paper has highlighted on the problem of WTC 6 high-rise building with 18 floors related to safety evacuation in fire attack. In real situation, the minimum air pressure (12.5 Pa) at closed condition and minimum air velocity (1 m/s) at open door chamber in fire stairs as stated in the SNI 03-6571-2001 requirements are not fulfilled by the WTC 6 high-rise building. Therefore, a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation has been used to overcome the problems. The CFD results show that volumetric air flow rate of 7.24 m3/s injected to fire stairs in multiple injection system yielded pressure difference of 39.5–44.7 Pa and air velocity of 1.1–1.2 m/s. The CFD simulation implemented in real situation yields air pressure difference of 38.2 Pa in closed condition and air velocity in open door chamber of 1.16 m/s assumed to solve the problem.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijimeam

Publisher

Subject

Automotive Engineering Energy Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering

Description

The journal publishes research manuscripts dealing with problems of modern technology (power and process engineering, structural and machine design, production engineering mechanism and materials, etc.). It considers activities such as design, construction, operation, environmental protection, etc. ...