EVALUATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM UNDER SIMULATED FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

Abstract

A total of one hundred and thirty tests were performed to date, and data were obtained which contribute to the evaluation of a lightweight fire extinguishing system under simulated flight conditions. Design work during this period consisted only of adapting surveillance and continuous fire detection systems to the simulated jet engine used in these tests. Testing during this period consisted of extinguishing fires created in the simulated jet engine with both conventional and lightweight extinguishing systems. The fires were created by igniting a six-gallon-per-minute spray of JP-4 jet engine fuel within the simulated jet engine. Tests were performed with air flows of 2500, 6000, and 9500 cubic feet per minute; engine skin temperatures of 200 and 550 degrees Fahrenheit and weights of Freon 13B1 (extinguishing agent) of 8, 3.7, 2.5, and 1 pounds.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 02, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603746

Entities

People

  • C. J. Cole

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Detection
  • Engines
  • Extinguishing
  • Flow
  • Fuels
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Jet Engines
  • Lightweight
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weight

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.