- Author
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Blake, D.
- Title
- Response of Aircraft Oxygen Generators Exposed to Elevated Temperatures.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ
- Report
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DOT/FAA/AR-TN03/35
April 2003
8 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: Federal Aviation Administration William J. Hughes Technical Center's Fire Safety Section's Full-Text technical reports page (in Adobe Acrobat portable document format [PDF]): http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/reports/report.stm AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
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oxygen generators
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sodium chlorate
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temperature
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thermal protection
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compartment fires
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physical properties
- Identifiers
- furnace and oxygen generator; outwardly bulged generator and normal generator
- Abstract
- The purpose of this testing was to determine the temperatures that would cause self-activation of sodium chlorate oxygen generators. The data will be used to establish the degree of thermal protection that would be required to prevent the activation of chemical oxygen generators should they be exposed to heat from a cargo compartment fire involving other materials. The minimum temperature that caused the activation of one of the generators was 600 deg F. Due to uncertainties with other designs not tested and the physical properties of sodium chlorate, it is recommended that the generators not be exposed to temperatures above 400 deg F.