Issue 17, 2021

Fire extinguishing performance and mechanism for several typical dry water extinguishing agents

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.

Graphical abstract: Fire extinguishing performance and mechanism for several typical dry water extinguishing agents

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Jan 2021
Accepted
01 Mar 2021
First published
08 Mar 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 9827-9836

Fire extinguishing performance and mechanism for several typical dry water extinguishing agents

Q. Wang, F. Wang, C. Li, Z. Li and R. Li, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 9827 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00253H

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