Fire Extinguishers: Foaming Agents and Generators for Foam Fire Extinguishers

Abstract

This report discusses studies of the properties of various synthetic foaming agents for use in generating fire-extinguishing foam and tests of mechanical foam generators using these foaming agents. It is concluded that the German foam generators using a German foaming agent, Tutogen, are superior to available domestic foam equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 1937
Accession Number
AD1153555

Entities

People

  • E. G. Lunn

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Domestic
  • Generators

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.