doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7724-8_05-06

ABSTRACT

The confinement of fire inside an area is justified when the duration and thermal conditions of the hypothetical fires are less than what the fire barriers can resist, in other words their fire performance. This is typically based on conventional theoretical fire duration and thermal stress curves. Given the advances in the knowledge concerning the spread of fire in compartments, an improved method called EPRESSI has been developed by EDF for EPR Nuclear Power Plants. This method provides a better estimate of fire condition and duration, together with an enhanced description of fire resistance of partitioning components.

Keywords: Partitioning, Fire resistance, Nuclear power plant.

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