- Author
- Kim, A. | Crampton, G.
- Title
- Fire Protection of Power Transformers With Compressed-Air-Foam (CAF) System.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- NRCC-49485,
- Book or Conf
- Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST) Symposium, 7th. Proceedings. September 19-22, 2007, Hong Kong, 1-8 p., 2007
- Keywords
- compressed air foam | fire protection | transformers | pipes | test facilities | instruments | fuels | heat flux | measuring instruments | nozzles | temperature | fire suppression
- Identifiers
- power transformer mock-up test facility; test fuels; summary of test conditions and results
- Abstract
- The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has developed a means of producing Compressed-Air-Foam (CAF) in a fixed pipe system. This system provides superior quality foam with uniform distribution and high momentum. In previous studies, NRC has proven by full-scale tests that CAF has superior fire suppression performance compared to current foam or sprinkler systems. Recently, a study was carried out to develop a CAF distribution system and to evaluate the fire suppression capability of the CAF system for the protection of power transformers. This paper describes the experimental facility, including the power transformer mock-up and instrumentation, and presents experimental results of the fire suppression capability of the CAF system for power transformer protection.