- Author
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Jonas, L. A.
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Steel, J. S.
- Title
- Energy Fields for Fire Extinguishment. Final Report. August 1989-February 1990.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Wheaton, MD
- Sponsor
- Air Force Engineering and Services Center, Tnydall AFB, FL
- Report
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ESL-TR-90-11,
August 1990,
24 p.
- Keywords
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fire extinguishment
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fire suppression
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fire fighting
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fire fighting equipment
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pool fires
- Identifiers
- energy field; electrostatic field
- Abstract
- Previous studies of the interactions between flames and energy fields were found, reviewed and analyzed for the purposes of enhancing or causing fire extinguishment. Thirty-three publications were analyzed in this project and ten types of energy fields were evaluated. The electrostatic field is the optimum field for enhancing fire extinguishment. It is technically feasible to apply an electrostatic field to a fire using modified firefighting equipment. It is recommended that the project be continued with the development of this equipment and its testing on standard pool fires. The results of these tests may indicate a substantial improvement in the capability of firefighting equipment.