- Author
-
Reid, G. R.
- Title
- Engineering Survey for Installation of a Halon 1301 System at Naval Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Coporate
- Walter Kidde and Co., Inc., Belleville, NJ
- Sponsor
- Naval Ship System Command, Washington, DC
- Report
-
R-2341
1971
115 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- N00024-72-C-5475
- Keywords
-
halon 1301
|
surveys
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installing
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systems engineering
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fire extinguishers
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shipboard fires
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discharge rate
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fire suppression
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equipment design
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inerting
- Identifiers
- description of on-site inspection; system specification; system design; halon concentration tests; measurement of toxic by-products
- Abstract
- An engineering survey for installation of a Halon 1301 system in a simulated ship engine room was performed. Basedon this survey a system specification was prepared, and an engineered system was designed to meet the requirement. The system is designed to provide a 6% vapor concentration with an 8 second discharge time. However, the proposed design offers flexibility in modifying both the discharge time and/or the vapor concentration without the procurement of additional hardware. The Kidde design procedures and hardware have been proven by system tests at the Underwriters' Laboratories, and a preliminary listing is expected in July 1972. The survey can conclude that a halon vapor concentration of 4.0% will provide extinguishment. However, there is no industry acceptance or a standard for the inerting requirement.