$----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ $ $ *** INPUT FORMAT INSTRUCTION FILE FOR PROGRAM MFIRE *** $ $ $ $ GENERAL RULES FOR DATA INPUT: $ $ $ $ * NO NEED TO DISTINGUISH INTERGER AND REAL NUMBERS. SYMBOLS USED $ $ IN NUMERICAL INPUT COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING LIST: $ $ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 . , - + BLANK $ $ * FREE FORMAT ALLOWED. COMMA AND BLANK SPACE CAN BOTH BE DELIMINA- $ $ TORS. SEQUENTIALLY DISTRIBUTED BLANK SPACES ACT AS ONE DELIMINATOR.$ $ BLANKS ADJACENT TO A COMMA HAS NO EFFECT IN SEPARATING INPUT TERMS.$ $ * ZERO INPUT CAN BE OMITTED BUT ITS DELIMINATOR CAN'T EXCEPT BEING $ $ THE LAST ONE IN A LINE. $ $ * A LINE WHOSE FIRST NON-BLANK SYMBOL IS "$" IS AN INSTRUCTION $ $ LINE WHICH WILL BE IGNORED IN A PROGRAM RUN. $ $ * A LINE WHOSE FIRST NON-BLANK SYMBOL IS NEITHER ONE USED IN THE $ $ ABOVE LIST FOR NUMERICAL INPUT NOR "$", OR WHICH CONTAINS MORE $ $ THAN 3 SYMBOLS OUTSIDE OF THE LIST, IS A COMMENT LINE WHICH WILL $ $ BE SHOWN IN THE OUTPUT FILE. $ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (1) COMMENTS (OPTIONAL) $ $ $ $ YOU MAY PUT NOTES HERE TO REMIND YOU IN THE FUTURE. THEY WILL BE $ $ SHOWN IN THE OUTPUT FILE. THE NUMBER OF TOTAL ACTIVE COMMENT LINES $ $ IS 50. THE ACTIVE WIDTH OF A LINE IS 72 COLUMNS. $ $----------------- INPUT YOUR COMMENTS HERE ----------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (2) CONTROL CARD I: $ $ NB,NFNUM,INFLOW,NVPN,NETW,TR,MADJ,ITN,NTEMP,TINC,SPAN,IOUT,TOUT $ $ CONCT,DR $ $ $ $ NB: NUMBER OF AIRWAYS IN NETWORK, MAX. 500 $ $ NFNUM: NUMBER OF FAN CHARACTERISTICS, MAX. 10. $ $ INFLOW: NUMBER OF CONTAMINATION SOURCES, MAX. 10. $ $ NVPN: MARKER FOR PRESENCE OF JUNCTION CARDS, 0: PRESENT. $ $ NETW: MARKER, 1: ONLY THE NETWORK PART WILL BE PERFORMED. $ $ TR: REFERENCE TEMPERATURE OF AIR, DEG. F. DEFAULT VALUE 75. $ $ MADJ: MAX. NO. OF ITERATION IN TEMP. PART. DEFAULT 20. $ $ ITN: MAX. NO. OF ITERATION IN DYNAMIC PART, DEFAULT 20. $ $ NTEMP: MARKER. 1: SIMULATION GOES ONLY UP TO TEMPERATURE PART. $ $ TINC: TIME INCREMENT IN DYNAMIC SIMULATION PART, SEC. $ $ SPAN: TIME SPAN OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION, MIN. $ $ IOUT: OUTPUT, 0: BRIEF; 1: NORMAL; -1: DETAIL; -2; MORE DETAILED.$ $ TOUT: TIME INTERVAL FOR OUTPUT, IN MIN. $ $ CONCT: MARKER. 1: SIMULATION GO TO TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION ONLY $ $ 0: SIMULATION GO TO ALL TRANSIENT STATE $ $ DR: REFERENCE DENSITY IN LBM/FT3, DEFAULT BASED ON TR AND 1 ATM. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT DATA FOR CONTROL CARD I HERE *** $ $NB,NFNUM,INFLOW,NVPN,NETW,TR,MADJ,ITN,NTEMP,TINC,SPAN,IOUT,TOUT,CONCT,DR $ AIRWAY LINES HERE $ NO,JS,JF,NWTYP,R,Q,KF,LA,A,O,HA,HK,CH4V,CH4PA,TROCK $ $ $ $ * IF NB IS 2 OR LARGER, THE NUMBER OF AIRWAY CARDS (LINES) MUST BE $ $ NB. IF NB IS 1 OR LESS, THE AIRWAY CARDS MUST END WITH 9999. $ $ * KF,LA,A,O,HA,HK HAVE THEIR AVERAGE OR DEFAULT VALUES WHICH ARE $ $ ACTIVATED BY INPUTING ZERO FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS. $ $ * TROCK DOES NOT NEED TO INPUT EXCEPT WHEN YOU WANT TO OVERRIDE THE$ $ PROGRAM CALCULATED VALUE. $ $ * COMMENT LINES ARE ACTIVE IN THIS DATA PARAGRAPH. $ $ $ $ NO: AIRWAY ID NUMBER (1 TO 9980). $ $ JS: JUNCTION ID NUMBER OF AIRWAY BEGINNING (1 TO 999). $ $ JF: JUNCTION ID NUMBER OF AIRWAY END (1 TO 999). $ $ NWTYP: AIRWAY TYPE, 1: FAN; 0: ORDINARY; -1: FIXED-Q. $ $ R: RESISTANCE OF AIRWAY 1.E-10 IN. W.G./(CFM)2. $ $ Q: AIRFLOW RATE IN CFM. $ $ KF: FRICTION FACTOR IN 1.E-10 LBM*MIN2/FT4. $ $ LA: AIRWAY LENGTH IN FT. $ $ A: AIRWAY CROSS SECTIONAL AREA IN FT**2. $ $ O: AIRWAY PERIMETER IN FT. $ $ HA: THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF ROCK, FT2/HR. $ $ HK: THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ROCK, BTU/HR*FT*F. $ $ CH4V: METHANE EMISION RATE IN AIRWAYS FT3/MIN. $ $ CH4PA: METHANE EMISION RATE PER UNIT SURFACE AREA, FT/MIN. $ $ TROCK: AVERAGE ROCK TEMPERATURE IN AIRWAY, DEGREE F. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT DATA FOR AIRWAY CARDS HERE *** $ $-------- NO,JS,JF,NWTYP,R,Q,KF,LA,A,O,HA,HK,CH4V,CH4PA,TROCK ---------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (4) JUNCTION CARDS: $ $ JNO,T,Z,CH4C $ $ $ $ * IF NVPN IS 0 OR LESS, EACH JUNCTION SPECIFIED IN JS AND JF MUST $ $ HAVE A ONE-LINE INPUT HERE. OTHERWISE JUNCTION CARDS MUST BE $ $ OMITTED. $ $ $ $ JNO: JUNCTION ID NUMBER (1 TO 999) $ $ T: TEMPERATURE OF AIR IN JUNCTIONS, DEGREE F. $ $ Z: ELEVATION OF JUNCTIONS, FT. $ $ CH4C: METHANE CONCENTRATION IN JUNCTIONS, PERCENTAGE. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT JUNCTION CARDS HERE *** $ $------------------------- JNO,T,Z,CH4C -------------------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (5) JUNCTION CARDS II (JUNCTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE) $ $ A STARTING JUNCTION IS THE JUNCTION WHERE ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS $ $ ARE DEFINED. ALL OTHER JUNCTIONS ON THE SURFACE ARE JUNCTIONS IN $ $ THE ATMOSPHERE. $ $ IF THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE JUNCTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE, JUNCTION $ $ CARD II IS EMPLOYED. OTHERWISE, ONLY NUMBER "1" IS READ IN. $ $ $ $ JAN: THE NUMBER OF THE JUNCTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE $ $ JA: JUNCTION ID NUMBER $ $ JATP: JUNCTION TYPE: $ $ 0: STARTING JUNCTION $ $ 1: OTHER ATMOSPHERE JUNCTIONS EXCEPT STARTING JUNCTION $ $ $ $ **** INPUT DATA FOR JUNCTION CARD II HERE **** $ $ $--------------------------- JAN --------------------------------------$ $------------------------- JA,JATP ------------------------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ FAN CARDS I AND II COMPRISE A DATA GROUP WHICH MUST REPEAT NFNUM $ $ TIMES FOR NFNUM FAN CURVES. IF NFNUM IS 0 OR LESS, FAN CARDS I AND $ $ II MUST BE OMITTED. $ $ $ $ (5) FAN CARD I: $ $ NOF,MPTS,NSWT $ $ NOF: ID NUMBER OF FAN BRANCH. $ $ MPTS: NUMBER OF POINTS DEFINING FAN CHAR, MAXIMUM 10. $ $ NSWT: SELECTION OF FAN CURVE FITTING, 1: LEAST SQUARES $ $ 2: SPLINE 3. AUTO 4.AUTO+MANUAL $ $ (6) FAN CARD II: (IF MPTS IS LARGER THAN 5, CONTINUE IN 2ND LINE.)$ $ QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF $ $ QF: AIRFLOW AT GIVEN POINT OF FAN CHAR, CFM. $ $ PF: PRESSURE AT GIVEN POINT OF FAN CHAR, IN.W.G. $ $ (7) FAN CARD III: NPLOT $ $ NPLOT: TREATMENT OF THE BOUNDARY RANGE OF FAN CURVE $ $ 1: EXTEND FAN CURVE BY FOLLOWING GRADIENTS OF TWO ENDS. $ $ 2: EXTEND FAN CURVE AS ABOVE AT LEFT BOUNDARY REGION AND $ $ SEND GRADIENT OF RIGHT BOUNDARY REGION TO ZERO. $ $ 3. SEND GRADIENT OF BOTH SIDES OF BOUNDARY REGION TO ZERO.$ $ *** INPUT FAN CARDS I,II, AND III HERE *** $ $--------------------------- NOF,MPTS,NSWT ----------------------------$ $------------------ QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF,QF,PF ---------------------$ $-------------------------------NPLOT----------------------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (7) CONTAMINATION (HEAT SOURCE) CARDS: $ $ NCENT,CONT,CONC,HEAT,O2MIN,SMPO2,HTPO2,QCENT,TPR $ $ $ $ * EACH HEAT SOURCE MUST HAVE A ONE-LINE INPUT HERE. THE NUMBER OF $ $ TOTAL FIRE SOURCES WAS SPECIFIED BY "INFLOW" IN CONTROL CARD I. $ $ $ $ NCENT: ID NUMBER OF AIRWAYS WHERE HEAT SOURCES LOCATE. $ $ CONT: VOLUME FLOW RATE OF CONTAMINATED GAS INFLOW IN CFM. $ $ CONC: CONCENTRATION OF CONTAMINANT IN GAS INFLOW, %. $ $ HEAT: HEAT ENTERING OR LEAVING AIRWAY IN BTU/MIN. $ $ O2MIN: OXYGEN CONCENTRATION OF AIR CURRECT LEAVING FIRE ZONE, %. $ $ SMPO2: CONTAMINANT PRODUCTION PER FT**3 OF OXYGEN DELIVERY. $ $ HTPO2: HEAT PRODUCTION (BTU) PER FT**3 OF OXYGEN DELIVERY. $ $ QCENT: REF. Q DEFINING FIRE CHARACTERISTICS, CFM. $ $ TPR: LEADING TIME PERIOD IN MIN. FOR FIRE TO REACH FULL STRENGTH.$ $ $ $ *** INPUT DATA FOR FIRE SOURCES HERE *** $ $---------- NCENT,CONT,CONC,HEAT,O2MIN,SMPO2,HTPO2,QCENT,TPR ----------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (8) CONTROL CARD II $ $ NAV,JSTART,TSTART,TIME,CRITSM,CRITGS,CRITHT,WRNPR,WRNSM,WRNGS,WRNHT$ $ $ $ * A SET OF DEFAULT VALUES ARE AVAILABLE. THEY CAN BE ACTIVATED BY $ $ INPUTING ZERO FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERMS. $ $ $ $ NAV: MARKER. 1 OR LARGER: AVERAGE-VALUE CARD IS PRESENT. $ $ JSTART: STARTING JUNCTION (ATMOSPHERE). $ $ TSTART: TEMPERATURE AT THE START JUNCTION, DEGREE F. $ $ TIME: TIME SPAN TO ASSUME QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM, HOUR. DEFAULT 10. $ $ CRITSM: ACCURACY IN FUME CALCULATION, %. DEFAULT 0.005. $ $ CRITGS: ACCURACY IN METHAME CALCULATION, %, DEFAULT .01. $ $ CRITHT: ACCURACY IN TEMPERATURE CALCULATION, F. DEFAULT 0.1. $ $ WRNPR: PRESSURE DROP WARNING CRITERIA, IN.W.G. DEFAULT 0.01. $ $ WRNSM: FUME CONCENTRATION WARNING CRITERIA, %. DEFAULT 0.05. $ $ WRNGS: METHANE CONCENTRATION WARNING CRITERIA, %. DEFAULT 1.0. $ $ WRNHT: HIGH TEMPERATURE WARNING CRITERIA, F. DEFAULT 100.0. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT DATA FOR CONTROL CARD II HERE *** $ $- NAV,JSTART,TSTART,TIME,CRITSM,CRITGS,CRITHT,WRNPR,WRNSM,WRNGS,WRNHT-$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (9) AVERAGE-VALUE CARD: $ $ HAAVR,HKAVR,KFAVR,LAAVR,AAVR,OAVR $ $ $ $ IT MUST EXIST IF NAV IN CONTROL CARD II IS 1 OR LARGER. A DEFAULT$ $ VALUE CAN BE ACTIVATED BY INPUTING ZERO FOR THE RESPECTIVE TERM. $ $ WHEN NAV IS ZERO OR LESS, THE WHOLE SET OF DEFAULT VALUES WILL BE $ $ TAKEN. $ $ $ $ HAAVR: AVERAGE THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF ROCK, FT2/HR. DEFAULT 0.1. $ $ HKAVR: AVERAGE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ROCK, BTU/HR*FT*F. $ $ DEFAULT 3.0. $ $ KFAVR: FRICTION FACTOR, 1.E-10 LBM*MIN2/FT4. DEFAULT 100. $ $ LAAVR: AVERAGE LENGTH OF AIRWAY, FT. DEFAULT 500. $ $ AAVR: AVERAGE SECTIONAL AREA OF AIRWAY, FT2. DEFAULT 100. $ $ OAVR: AVERAGE PERIMETER, FT. DEFAULT 40. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT AVERAGE-VALUE CARD HERE IF NEEDED *** $ $----------------- HAAVR,HKAVR,KFAVR,LAAVR,AAVR,OAVR ------------------$ $----------------------------------------------------------------------$ $ (10) TIME TABLE FOR CONDITION CHANGES: $ $ $ $ THIS TIME TABLE CAN CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING CONDITION CHANGES. IT $ $ MUST END WITH A ONE-LINE INPUT OF A VALUE LARGER THAN "SPAN" IN $ $ CONTROL CARD I. THIS TIME TABLE MUST EXIST, BUT MAY CONTAIN ONLY $ $ THE ENDING LINE. THE ORDER OF CHANGING CONDITIONS MUST BE ARRANGED$ $ ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE OCCURING TIME. $ $ $ $ 1) TS,1,NBR,R $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES BRANCH "NBR" TO AN ORDINARY AIRWAY WITH $ $ AIRFLOW RESISTANCE EQUAL TO "R" AT "TS" MIN. AFTER TIME ZERO. $ $ TS: OCCURING TIME OF THE CHANGE CONDITION, MIN. $ $ NBR: AIRWAY ID NUMBER. $ $ R: RESISTANCE OF AIRWAY 1.E-10 IN. W.G./(CFM)2. $ $ 2) TS,2,NBR,INDEX,QF1,PF1,QF2,PF2,QF3,PF3,QF4,PF4,QF5,PF5 $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES BRANCH "NBR" TO A FAN BRANCH WITH ITS $ $ CHARACTERISTICS SPECIFIED BY "QF1" TO "PF5". $ $ INDEX: NUMBER OF DATA POINTS TO DEFINE FAN CHAR. MAX. 5. $ $ QF: AIRFLOW RATE IN FT**3/MIN. $ $ PF: CORRESPONDING FAN PRESSURE IN IN. W.G. $ $ 3) TS,3,NBR,CONT,CONC,HEAT,02MIN,SMPO2,HTPO2,QCENT,TPR $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES BRANCH "NBR" TO A FIRE SOURCE BRANCH WITH $ $ FIRE CHAR. SPECIFIED BY "CONT" TO "TPR", WHICH RETAIN THE SAME $ $ MEANING AS IN FIRE SOURCE CARD (7). REFER BACK TO (7) FOR DETAIL $ $ 4) TS,4,NBR $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES FIRE BRANCH "NBR" TO AN ORDINARY AIRWAY AT $ $ TIME "TS". $ $ 5) TS,5,TINC $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES TIME INCREMENT IN SYNAMIC SIMULATION TO A $ $ NEW VALUE "TINC" IN SEC. $ $ 6) TS,6,TOUT $ $ THIS INPUT CHANGES OUTPUT INTERVAL TO A NEW VALUE OF "TOUT" $ $ MIN. $ $ 7) TS,7,JDPP $ $ THIS INPUT FORCES DETAILED RECORDS TO BE SET UP FOR AIRWAYS $ $ WHICH ARE ON THE IMMEDIATE DOWN-STREAM SIDE OF JUNCTION "JDPP" $ $ AT "TS" MIN. AFTER TIME ZERO. $ $ $ $ *** INPUT CONDITION CHANGE TIME TABLE HERE *** $ $-- (IT MUST END WITH A ONE-LINE VALUE LARGER THAN "SPAN" IN CARD I) --$