Water Mist Flashover Suppression and Boundary Cooling System for Integration with DC-ARM Volume 1: Summary of Testing

Abstract

This report describes the results of the first year of an experimental program aimed at developing a prototype water mist fire suppression (WMFS) system for integration with DC-ARM (Damage Control-Automation for Reduced Manning) objectives on Navy shipboard applications. The WMFS system is to provide, as a minimum, flashover suppression and boundary cooling, so that a fire may be controlled and confined to the compartment of origin for an extended period. Damage control crews responding to the fire will encounter small fires, which can be extinguished using a minimum of manpower. In this way the number of persons required for Damage Control response will be reduced from current levels. The WMFS system is to be designed to be reflexive, so that battle damage to piping will be self-isolated to the area of direct damage, leaving the surrounding parts of the distribution system in operable condition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369112

Entities

People

  • Frederic W. Williams
  • J. Mawhinney
  • P. J. Dinenno

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Burning Rate
  • Climate Change
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Flux Density
  • High Pressure
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Particle Size
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Steady State
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.