Previous studies have proven the performance of
certain water mist system in general or in suppressing certain
tunnel fires. The southern tunnel under the Suez Canal in the
province of Ismailia length of 4 kilometers and 800 meters is
serving the movement from Ismailia to Sinai through the Suez
Canal old and new, while serving the northern tunnel movement
from Sinai to Ismailia through the two channels. This tunnel in
Ismailia is the largest in the world, with outer diameter of 12.6
meters, the internal 11,40 meters, the length of the tunnel is 4830
meters and reaches 6830 meters with the entrances and exits, the
distance between the north and south tunnels 12 meters, and the
maximum depth of the tunnel 45 meters down both Suez Canals.
Since completing this project in the begin of 2019, this Tunnel
did not experimentally test. This paper describes an experimental
study of a low-pressure water-mist system (LPWMS) used in a
scaled fire test conducted in a section of a scaled down road
tunnel. The length, width, and height of the tunnel were 6 m, 2.4
m, and 2 m, respectively, which are in a ratio of 1:4 to the
dimensions of an actual tunnel. The LPWMS used a pump
pressure of 5.5 bar, and the system configuration was designed
according to the pressure generated by the pump. Without a
ventilation fan, the fire suppression time was 275 s, and amount
of water required to fully suppress the fire was 696.67 L. When a
ventilation fan was used, the maximum temperature location was
moved from the center of the 6 m long tunnel toward the air inlet
end of the tunnel (upstream). While this study will find the
performance of the LPWMS in suppressing a fire in a small
section of the Ismailia tunnel, determining the times spent and
the amount of water consumed in the various stages of fire
suppression, and in addition to studying the effect of the
ventilation fan on These results and the location of the maximum
temperature in the tunnel.