- Author
- Hamins, A.
- Title
- Flame Suppression by Halon Alternatives.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6030, June 1997,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editors, 119-127 p., 1997
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire research | fire suppression | halon alternatives | aircraft safety | flame extinguishment | halogenated compounds | pool fires | sprays | air velocity | fuel flow | pressure | air temperature | pool fires
- Identifiers
- effect of agent injection interval; effect of fuel flow, pressure, and air temperature; suppression of baffle stabilized pool fires; agent mass fraction at extinction with JP-8 fuel
- Abstract
- A series of experimental measurements were conducted in a baffle stabilized turbulent jet spray flame and a baffle stabilized pool fire in an effort to provide an improved understanding of the influence of various parameters on the processes controlling flame stability. The importance of a number of parameters including the agent injection duration, air velocity, air temperature, and system pressure were tested. A comparison of flame stability in pool fires and spray flames showed that for similar air flows and baffle sizes, baffle stabilized pool fires were more difficult to extinguish than baffle stabilized spray fires. For small air flows, the agent required to extinguish the pool fires was similar to the peak flammability limits related to premixed flames.