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Fire Cause Reasoning of Self-regulating Heating Cable by a Fire Investigation Applying the Scientific Method and Fault Tree Analysis
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kim, Doo-Hyun Lee, Heung-Su |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | A self-regulating heating cable is an electrical heating element by flowing an electric current between parallel conductors filled with an extruded semi-conductive polymer. Self-regulating heating cables are used mainly for frost protection purposes because the construction is convenient and the price is low. On the other hand, structural problems with imperfections of the insulation can cause a fire despite their usefulness. This paper deduced a direct method to derive the cause by investigating the scene of a fire due to a self-regulating heating cable and analyzed the basic problem using fault tree analysis. In this paper, the actual fire scene was a cold storage warehouse, and fire investigation was conducted. After investigating the fire scene and fault tree analysis, the cause of the fire could be attributed to dielectric breakdown of the self-regulating heating cable. This paper could be utilized in the fire safety activities and similar fire investigations. |
| Starting Page | 73 |
| Ending Page | 81 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7731/KIFSE.2016.30.4.073 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/ksfst/HJSBCY/2016/v30n4/HJSBCY_2016_v30n4_73.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2016.30.4.073 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |