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Efficiency of Water Mist Suppression System Containing Viscosity Agent to Extinguish Wood Cribs Fire

증점제를 함유한 미분무수의 목재화재 소화효과

  • Kim, Min Hyung (National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation) ;
  • Shin, Changsub (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2014.02.05
  • Accepted : 2014.07.09
  • Published : 2014.08.31
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Abstract

Viscosity agents were added to water to improve extinguishing performance of low pressure water mist suppression system on wood cribs fire, and a small scale wood cribs fire experiment was conducted to measure the extinguishing performance. CMC and agar were used for viscosity agent and as the amount of viscosity agent enlarges, it showed the increase of the viscosity of aqueous solution and the decrease of the fluidity. On wood cribs fire experiment, the extinguishing efficiency was improved with supplemental viscosity agent as it enhanced the adhesive time of aqueous solution on the wood, and therefore expanded the contact time of fire surface. The surface tension of aqueous solution was decreased with the addition of agar which to be assumed as an increase factor of extinguishing efficiency. By the extinguishing experimental result, the most effective extinguishing agent was CMC 0.6 wt.%, with the flame suppression time and the extinguishing time were reduced by 70s and 93s respectively at this concentration.

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