VENTCF2: An Algorithm and Associated FORTRAN 77 Subroutine for Calculating Flow through a Horizontal Ceiling/Floor Vent in a Zone-Type Compartment Fire Model

摘要

An algorithm and associated FORTRAN 77 subroutine, called VENTCF2, is presented for calculating the effects on two-layer compartment fire environments of the quasi-steady flow through a circular, shallow (i.e., small ratio of depth to diameter), horizontal vent connecting two spaces. The two spaces can be either two inside rooms of a multi-room facility or one inside room and the outside ambient environment local to the vent. The description of the flow through the vent is determined by combining considerations of the uni-directional-type of flow driven by a cross-vent pressure difference and, when appropriate, the combined pressure- and buoyancy-driven flows which occur when the density configuration across the vent is unstable, i.e., a relatively cool, dense gas in the upper space overlays a less dense gas in the lower space. In the algorithm, calculation of the rates of flow exchange between the two spaces is based on previously reported model equations. Characteristics of the geometry and the instantaneous environments of the two spaces are assumed to be known and spacified as inputs. The outputs calculated by the algorithm/subroutine are the rates and the properties of the vent flow at the elevation of the vent as it enters the top space from the bottom space and/or as it enters the bottom space from the top space. Rates of mass, enthalpy, and products of combustion extracted by the vent flows from upper and lower layers of inside room environments and from outside ambient spaces are determined explicitly.