- Author
- McDaniel, D. E.
- Title
- Evaluation of Halon 1301 for Shipboard Use.
- Coporate
- Coast Guard, Washington, DC
- Book or Conf
- National Research Council. Appraisal of Halogenated Fire Extinguishing Agents. April 11-12, 1972, Washington, DC, 196-214 p., 1972
- Keywords
- fire extinguishing agents | halon 1301 | shipboard fires | large scale fire tests | toxic gases | hydrogen fluorides | hydrogen bromide | fire tests
- Identifiers
- fire extinguishing agents
- Abstract
- A series of seven full-scale Halon 1301 tests, one agent distribution and six fire tests, was conducted in the machinery space of the M/V RHODE ISLAND at the Coast Guard's Fire and Safety Testing Facility, Mobile, Alabama. These tests were designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Halon 1301 in extinguishing major machine space fires and measure the production of toxic gases hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen bromide. All fires were effectively extinguished. There were no reflashes. This indicates that a design concentration of 5.65 percent is adequate to extinguish major machinery space fires. Decomposition products were low in all tests, save the one requiring 28 seconds to discharge. In the 28 second discharge test, some potentially dangerous readings were recorded, suggesting that more rapid discharge times are desirable. It appears that properly designed Halon 1301 systems provide machinery space protection at least edquivalent to presently used systems.