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| Alsaati,Hytham A.; Ditzler,Danielle; Burapatana,Vorakan; Tanner,Robert D.. |
| Oil, coal and chemical fires are often difficult to put out using water. In certain hydrocarbon fires, protein foam can extinguish fires better than water by keeping air (oxygen) away from the flames and by ''blowing'' the flame away from its fuel source. Egg albumin is a relatively inexpensive protein and is representative of foaming proteins, which are candidates for use as fire suppression agents. This paper begins to deal with the effect of the foam bulk pH, foam protein concentration and generating air flow rate into the foam on the fire extinguishing time in laboratory experiments. A Bunsen burner was used to generate a small, controlled laboratory fire within a plastic container, which represented a point source in a partially open room in the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Protein Foam; Albumin; Fire Suppression; Biodegradable Foams; Natural Gas Flame. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132003000400029 |
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