- Author
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Grosshandler, W. L.
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Presser, C.
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Lowe, D. L.
- Title
- Validation of a Turbulent Spray Flame Facility for the Assessment of Halon Alternatives.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
- Book or Conf
- Halon Alternatives Technical Working Conference 1993. Proceedings. HOTWC 1993. (Halon Options Technical Working Conference.) University of New Mexico; New Mexico Engineering Research Institute; Center for Global Environmental Technologies; National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors, Inc.; Halon Alternative Research Corp.; Fire Suppression Systems Assoc.; and Hughes Associates, Inc. May 11-13, 1993,
Albuquerque, NM,
129-136 p.,
1993
- Keywords
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halons
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validation
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experiments
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air velocity
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injection
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nitrogen
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air temperature
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halon alternatives
- Identifiers
- halon alternatives; turbulent spray burner
- Abstract
- The work discussed in this paper is part of a larger effort at NIST focused on finding an alternative to halon 1301 for application to aircraft engine nacelle and dry bay in-flight fire protection. Alternative chemical compounds are sought which will perform similarly to halon 1301, and whick do not create unacceptable safety, environmental, or systems compatibility problems. A cup burner, an opposed flow diffusion flame, a turbulent spray flame, and a deflagration/detonation tube are being used to rank the relative combustion suppression effectiveness of the following agents: R-32 (CH₂F₂), R-32/R-125 (CH₂F₂/CHF₂CF₃), HFC-227 (C₃HF₇), R-22 (CHF₂Cl), HFC-134a (CH₂FCF₃), FC-116 (C₂F₆), HCFC-124 (CHFClCF₃), R-125 (CHF₂CF₃), FC-218 (C₃F₈), FC-31-10 (C₄F₁₀), and FC-318 (cyclo-C₄F₈). Table 1 lists the fuels and agents to be evaluated and the experimental variables for each configuration.