Water Sprays Suppress Gas-Well Blowout Fires.
Water Sprays Suppress Gas-Well Blowout Fires.
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Evans, D. D.; Pfenning, D. B.
NIST SP 995; Volume 2; March 2003.
Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 83, No. 17, 80-86, April 29,
1985.
Keywords:
water sprays
Abstract:
Large-scale simulation tests were conducted to
demonstrate the effectiveness of water spray systems to
control and extinguish gas well blowout fires. Selected
results from small-scale experiments performed in this
research program are given primarily to help explain the
development of the water spray extinguishment method,
but also to examine scaling of important phenomena.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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