Fire Suppression Efficiency Screening Method.
Fire Suppression Efficiency Screening Method.
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Yang, J. C.; Donnelly, M. K.; Grosshandler, W. L.
Partners in Environmental Technology. 3rd Annual SERDP
Symposium. Proceedings. Technical Session No. 18.
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
(SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP). December 3-5, 1997,
Washington, DC, 14-14 pp, 1997.
Keywords:
fire suppression; halon alternatives
Abstract:
Most of the current methods for fire suppression
efficiency screening (e.g., cup burners) are designed
for screening agents that can be delivered in the form
of vapor. The search for alternatives to halons for
fire suppression applications has identified several
classes of condensed-phase compounds that may be
delivered in the form of droplets or aerosols. The
objective of this work is to design and build a
bench-scale apparatus suitable for evaluating fire
suppression efficiencies of these new advanced liquid
agents. Five important design attributes have been
considered during the inception of the apparatus: (1)
applicability, (2) amenable to analysis, (3)
repeatability, (4) flexibility, and (5) operability.
There are three major parts to the apparatus: (1)
burner, (2) flow facility, and (3) droplet/aerosol
generator.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899