Evaluation of Suppression of Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (SPK) Fuel Fires with Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)

Abstract

Synthetic fuels have been selected as an alternative energy source to petroleum-based fuels by the United States Air Force (USAF) and have been recently performance tested in both aircraft and ground vehicles by the USAF. Pending successful evaluation, the wide spread usage of these fuels is expected to increase throughout the military in the near future. In response to this transition, the USAF Fire Panel requested the Air Force Research Laboratory Fire Research Team (AFRL/RXQD) to evaluate the extinguishment performance of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) on synthetic fuel fires to aid Air Force firefighters' response to an incident. Results show that AFFF can extinguish synthetic fuel fires with the same level of success as compared to conventional fuel fires. Consequently, USAF fire protection services will not have to make significant modifications to fire fighting equipment or procedures when combating synthetic fuel spill fires.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA512268

Entities

People

  • Brent M. Pickett
  • Christopher P. Menchini
  • Parren F. Burnette
  • Steven P. Wells

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Combustion
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Fire Suppression
  • Fires
  • Flash Point
  • Governments
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Physical Properties
  • Safety
  • Safety Equipment
  • Synthetic Diesels
  • Synthetic Fuels

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Petroleum Engineering