Suppression of Wellhead Fires by Use of Water Sprays.
Suppression of Wellhead Fires by Use of Water Sprays.
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Evans, D. D.; McCaffrey, B. J.
U.S. Department of the Interior. Technology Assessment
and Research Program for Offshore Minerals Operations.
OCS Study MMS-86-0083. 1986 Report, Gregory, J. B. and
Smith, C. E., Editor(s), 159-162 pp, 1986.
Keywords:
water sprays; fire suppression; blowout fires; offshore
platforms
Abstract:
The Center for Fire Research (CFR) of the National
Bureau of Standards (NBS) is investigating the
feasibility of controlling the radiation from, and the
extinguishment of, blowout fires by use of a water spray
fire suppression system. It is known that when water is
added to hydrocarbon flames, even in small amounts,
radiation from the flames is greatly reduced. When
sufficiently large quantities of water are added, the
flames can be extinguished. The mojor problem to be
overcome is delivering the desired quantity of water and
mixing it with the burning hydrocarbons to either
control or extinguish the fires.
