Abstract: Based on the field investigation of a luxury passenger ship, a simulation experiment platform for the smoke spreading in passenger cabin area of a passenger ship was built, the characteristics of smoke spreading were studied through typical combustion experiments. The temperature distribution at different heights in typical sections of the cabin and evacuation corridors and the response time of different types of marine fire detectors were obtained. According to the experimental results, suggestions on fire detector selection and smoke control of passenger ships are put forward, which can also provide some references for passenger ship evacuation analysis.

Key words: luxury passenger ship, smoke movement, fire detection, response time