COMPBRN IIIE: An interactive computer code for fire risk analysis
- California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (USA). Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
The computer code COMPBRN has been used extensively in Probabilistic Risk Assessments to quantify fire hazards in compartments. This code, originally developed to run on a mainframe computer, provides limited user interface, and the input file preparation process is usually the bottleneck of the analysis. This report presents a new version of the code, COMPBRN IIIe, which provides a user-friendly environment to assist users in the input file preparation process. An uncertainty analysis module is also incorporated into the code. Other modifications include a built-in database to assist users in selecting hard-to-find parameter values. Various physical models are updated to improve the accuracy of the computation. With these new features and capabilities, COMPBRN IIIe can reduce the time required to perform a fire risk assessment significantly. 9 refs., 19 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (USA). Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5785292
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-NP-7282
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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