Extinguishment of liquid fuel fires by local application of water mist

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Author	Search for: Liu, Z. G.; Search for: Kim, A. K.¹; Search for: Carpenter, D. W.¹; Search for: Yen, P-L.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Conference	2001 Combustion Institute/Canadian Section, Spring Technical Meeting: 01 May 2001, Montreal, Quebec
Subject	water mist, local fire suppression; Water mist
Abstract	Statistics show that almost 80 percent of fires are extinguished without the intervention of the fire service and within that 80 percent, local or portable fire extinguishers play a crucial part in limiting fire losses [1]. However, some currently available extinguishers create clean-up and environmental problems and often their use is limited to specific types of fires. In addition, they may also generate toxic or corrosivecombustion by-products during fire suppression, causing danger to people and damage to facilities [2], and thus are not suitable for protecting medical centres, telecommunication facilities, industrial 'clean rooms' or food processing plants.
Publication date	2001-05-23
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 44771 NRC-IRC-10316
NPARC number	20378509
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