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Water-Based Halon Replacement Sprays
Water delivered as a spray is more effective against hydrocarbon fires than a stream of water. Water as a mist is even more effective. The delivery system influences the effectiveness of water. The major problem with using water in a combat vehicle is freezing at low temperatures. Experiments have been conducted using sprays of water and water with additives to extinguish JP-8 pool fires. Additives were chosen to provide low freezing points to the water and to improve the fire extinguishing capability of the water. As expected, sprays of just water were not particularly effective for extinguishing JP-8 pool fires. Water with calcium chloride, added to give a -55 deg C freezing point, showed no improvement in fire suppression over the baseline water tests. Other additives, however, did show remarkable improvements over the water case.
Water-Based Halon Replacement Sprays
Water delivered as a spray is more effective against hydrocarbon fires than a stream of water. Water as a mist is even more effective. The delivery system influences the effectiveness of water. The major problem with using water in a combat vehicle is freezing at low temperatures. Experiments have been conducted using sprays of water and water with additives to extinguish JP-8 pool fires. Additives were chosen to provide low freezing points to the water and to improve the fire extinguishing capability of the water. As expected, sprays of just water were not particularly effective for extinguishing JP-8 pool fires. Water with calcium chloride, added to give a -55 deg C freezing point, showed no improvement in fire suppression over the baseline water tests. Other additives, however, did show remarkable improvements over the water case.
Water-Based Halon Replacement Sprays
A. E. Finnerty (author) / R. L. McGill (author) / W. A. Slack (author)
1996
38 pages
Report
No indication
English
Miscellaneous Materials , Physical & Theoretical Chemistry , Water , Replacement , Fire suppression , Halogenated hydrocarbons , Sprays , Extinguishing , Test and evaluation , Low temperature , Solutions(Mixtures) , Freezing , Base lines , Hydrocarbons , Chlorides , Additives , Fires , Calcium compounds , Halon 1301
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