- Author
- Evans, D. D.
- Title
- Extinguishment of Blowout Fires With Water Sprays.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Minerals Management Service. Technology Assessment and Research Program for Offshore Operations. Annual Information Transfer Meeting, 6th. Session IIA. October 22, 1985, Reston, VA, 17-19 p., 1985
- Keywords
- blowout fires
- Abstract
- The Center for Fire Research (CFR) of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is investigating the feasibility of controlling radiation from blowout fires and extinguishing these fires using a water based fire suppression system. It is known that when water is added to hydrocarbon flames, even in small amounts, radiation from the flames is greatly reduced. When larger quantities of water are added, the flames can be extinguished. The major problem to be overcome in the development of blowout fire protection systems is to determine methods for delivering the desired quantity of water and mixing it with the burning hydrocarbons to either control or extinguish fires.