- Author
- Evans, D. D.
- Title
- Wellhead Fire Suppression With Water Sprays.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- U.S. Department of the Interior. Technology Assessment and Research Program for Offshore Minerals Operations. OCS Study MMS-86-0057. 1988 Report, Gregory, J. B. and Smith, C. E., Editors, 164-168 p., 1988
- Keywords
- water sprays | fire suppression | blowout fires | offshore platforms
- Identifiers
- gas operations
- Abstract
- The Center for Fire Research (CFR) of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is investigating the feasibility of controlling the radiation from, and the extinguishment of, blowout fires by use of a water spray fire suppression system. When water is added to any hydrocarbon fuel fire, even in small amounts, radiation from the flames is reduced. It has been found in this research that when sufficiently large amounts of water are added, simulated gas wellhead fires can be extinguished. Research has focused on analysis of radiation from simulated gas well blowout fires, testing of a prototype water spray fire suppression system with obstructed gas jet fires, and measurement of radiation from combined liquid and gas hydrocarbon jet-flames.