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Quan Wang1,2, Fengqi Wang1, Chengxiao Li1, Zhimin Li3, Rui Li1.
Abstract
In this work, four new dry water fire extinguishing agents (FEAs) were prepared by hydrophobic SiO2 and aqueous solution under certain conditions. The dry water FEAs were developed and we conducted two types of fire extinguishing experiments (i.e., class A solid fire and class B liquid fire test). Thermocouples and a color video camera were used to measure burning temperature and record the fire extinguishing process. Results indicate that the new dry water FEAs have the ability to extinguish A, B and C fires, and have a better cooling effect than dry powder FEA. It is noted, compared with traditional FEAs, that dry water FEAs have the advantages of high efficiency and high speed, and have a potential application prospect. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID: 35423501 PMCID: PMC8695479 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00253h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: RSC Adv ISSN: 2046-2069 Impact factor: 3.361
Fig. 1Preparation mechanism of dry water FEA.
Fig. 2Preparation process of dry water FEA.
Preparation parameters of dry water fire FEA
| Types of FEAs | Stirring speed (rpm) | Mixing time (s) |
| Additive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure water dry water FEA | 4000 | 60 | 1 : 10 | 0 |
| Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate dry water FEA | 4000 | 60 | 1 : 10 | 10% ammonium dihydrogen phosphate |
| Sodium chloride dry water FEA | 4000 | 60 | 1 : 10 | 10% sodium chloride |
| PVA dry water FEA | 4000 | 60 | 1 : 10 | 0.5% polyvinyl alcohol |
Fig. 3Class A fire simulation.
Fig. 4Class B fire simulation.
Fig. 5Four pictorial diagrams and microscopic images of dry water FEAs.
Performances of all kinds of FEA to extinguish class A fire
| Type of FEAs | Fire extinguishing time (s) | Average fire extinguishing time (s) | Consumption of FEAs (g) | Average consumption of FEAs (g) | Fire situation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure water dry water FEA | 1.78, 1.76 | 1.77 | 36.03, 37.67 | 36.85 | Out, out |
| PVA dry water FEA | 1.56, 1.59 | 1.58 | 34.52, 35.62 | 35.07 | Out, out |
| Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate dry water FEA | 1.42, 1.48 | 1.50 | 29.32, 31.42 | 30.37 | Out, out |
| Sodium chloride dry water FEA | 1.65, 1.60 | 1.63 | 33.12, 32.56 | 32.84 | Out, out |
| Dry powder FEA | 1.53, 1.55 | 1.54 | 31.26, 32.54 | 31.90 | Out, out |
Fig. 6Variation of class A fire temperature in the tests with five samples as suppressants.
Fig. 7Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate dry water FEA extinguishes class A fire.
Performances of all kinds of fire FEAs to extinguish class B fire
| Type of FEA | Fire extinguishing time (s) | Mean time to extinguish (s) | Consumption of fire FEA (g) | Average FEA consumption (g) | Fire situation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure water dry water FEA | 2.94, 3.12 | 3.02 | 132.23, 135.78 | 134.01 | Out, out |
| PVA dry water FEA | 2.88, 2.96 | 2.92 | 129.58, 134.42 | 132.00 | Out, out |
| Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate dry water FEA | 2.62, 2.68 | 2.65 | 108.74, 115.63 | 112.19 | Out, out |
| Sodium chloride dry water FEA | 2.84, 2.72 | 2.78 | 121.58, 127.93 | 124.76 | Out, out |
| Dry powder dry water FEA | 2.44, 2.51 | 2.48 | 117.52, 121.69 | 119.61 | Out, out |
Fig. 8Variation of class B fire temperature in the tests with four samples as suppressants.
Fig. 9Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate dry water FEA extinguishes class B fire.