Smokeless Ignition of Oil Fires in Ship Simulators for U. S. Navy Fire-Fighting Schools.

Abstract

An automatic, smokeless ignition system for use in ship-space simulators for U. S. Navy fire-fighting schools was developed and two prototype systems were installed at the Norfolk Fleet Training Center. In principle, a measured amount of gasoline is injected over the surface of fuel oil and lighted with an electric spark while smoke-suppressing water is sprayed into the fire. In six weeks of operation the system has provided smokeless ignitions on a routine basis. One unsolved problem is fouling of spark plugs with oil sludge. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1972
Accession Number
ADA056174

Entities

People

  • Don C. Caudy
  • Herbert R. Hazard
  • Robert D. Giammar

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Electrodes
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fires
  • Fuel Oils
  • Fuels
  • Gases
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Operating Systems
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Regulators
  • Simulators
  • Solenoid Valves
  • Spark Plugs
  • Valves

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster