- Author
- Moore, T. A. | Lifke, J. L.
- Title
- Evaluation and Testing of Clean Agents for U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Portable Fire Extinguishers.
- Coporate
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Center for Global Environmental Technologies, New Mexico Engineering Research Institute, University of New Mexico, 901 University Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106-4339 USA. Telephone: 505-272-7250, Fax: 505-272-7203. WEB: http://nmeri.unm.edu/cget/confinfo.htm
- Book or Conf
- Halon Options Technical Working Conference. Proceedings. HOTWC 1997. Sponsored by: University of New Mexico, Halon Alternative Research Corp., National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, Inc., Hughes Associates, Inc., and Kidde International. May 6-8, 1997, Albuquerque, NM, 453-466 p., 1997
- Keywords
- halon alternatives | halons | cleaning agents | fire extinguishers | evaluation | FT-IR | decomposition | field tests | extinguishment | nozzles | test fires
- Identifiers
- review of tests performaed at Aberdeen Test Center (ATC); list of acceptable agent criteria; list of compounds and blends that were tested; extinguisher nozzle design; liquid fill densities; fill density and weight relationships for the tested agents and the 2.5-lb CO2 extinguisher; summary of NMERI jet A-1 test fires; optimum test parameters for each compound