Stack Gas Measurement of Burning Propane Gas for an Experimental Fire Fighting Trainer

Abstract

The Navy's fire fighting training facilities include burning diesel oil which results in a multitude of chemicals and present pollution and health hazard problems. A possible solution is replacement of diesel fuel with a relatively clean burning gaseous fuel. To determine this feasibility, stack gas measurements were made from a 4 million btu per hour gas burner facility under a fire fighting training environment. The concentrations of stack gases were found to be sensitive to various test parameters including air-fuel ratio (primary air), stack exhaust size and draft inlet openings (secondary air). These concentrations were determined as controllable and within acceptable safe limits for fire fighting training application.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0781886

Entities

People

  • Edmund Swiatosz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Emission
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Flue Gases
  • Fuels
  • Gaseous Fuels
  • Heat Transfer
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Measurement
  • Naval Training
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Oxides
  • Test Equipment
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.