Quantitative Evaluation of Smoke Abatement System for Crash/Rescue Training Fires

Abstract

The training of Air Force firefighting personnel involves the extinguishing of large fires that simulate aircraft crash situations. Such fires generate clouds of thick black smoke that are objectionable from an air pollution viewpoint and, therefore, cannot be continued on the present basis. This report outlines the quantitative evaluation of the water spray injection smoke abatement system for the training fires. Basic design criteria have been established for the smoke abatement systems and emission factors in terms of pounds of particulates per 1000 pounds of fuel were determined for JP-4 fires.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0910336

Entities

People

  • James T. Haney
  • William T. Ristau

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Pollution
  • Aldehydes
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Emission
  • Environmental Health
  • Fuel Oils
  • Gases
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Materials Laboratories
  • New Mexico
  • Research Facilities
  • Smoke Abatement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.