Mechanism of Extinguishment of Jet Fuel Fires.
Abstract
This study is an attempt to examine the mechanisms by which halogenated hydrocarbons, such as trifluorobromomethane (CF3BR) and methyl bromide (CH3BR), function as fire extinguishments in a hydrocarbon combustion situation. The hydrocarbon fuels used in this study are n-pentane and cyclohexane. The technique of kinetic spectroscopy coupled to a spark ignition bomb is used to obtain combustion of the fuels in air or oxygen and to resolve the absorption spectra of the combustion intermediates as a function of time during the burning of the fuels. Combustion duration ranges from a few hundred microseconds ( micrometer sec.) to several milliseconds (m sec.). The final products of combustion are determined by chromatographic separation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA022706
Entities
People
- H. R. Frick
- R. V. Petrella