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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.3.035

Experimental Study on the Extinguishing Characteristics of Twin-fluid Nozzle using a Small-scale Hexane Pool Fire  

Jeong, Chan Seok (Dept. of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Lee, Chi Young (Dept. of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.3, 2018 , pp. 35-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
Experiments were performed on 140 ml hexane pool fire extinguishment using a twin-fluid nozzle. For this pool fire, the area of the fire source (round shape of 80 mm in diameter) was $0.005027m^2$ and the measured heat release rate was 2.81 kW. The flow rates of water and gas (air and nitrogen) supplied to the twin-fluid nozzle were 156-483 g/min (~0.156-0.483 l/min) and 30-70 l/min, respectively. In the present experimental ranges, the high gas flow rate conditions led to the successful extinguishing of the pool fire. Under the low gas flow rate conditions in the extinguishment regime, the extinguishment time was long and the estimated water consumption was high. Under high gas flow rate conditions, however, the water flow rate conditions did not appear to have a great impact on the extinguishment time and estimated water consumption. On the other hand, in the present experimental ranges, the types of supply gas did not appear to affect the extinguishable flow rate condition, extinguishment time, and estimated water consumption. Finally, using the present experimental results with previous ones using a single-fluid nozzle, the water consumption of twin-fluid and single-fluid nozzles for extinguishing a 140 ml hexane pool fire were preliminarily compared and discussed.
Keywords
Twin-fluid nozzle; Hexane pool fire; Fire extinguishment; Water mist;
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