Nontoxic Smoke Generator.

Abstract

A nontoxic smoke generator for simulating the smoke of a fire. The nontoxic smoke generator comprises a cylindrical housing, a vaporization chamber mounted within the cylindrical housing, a preheating coil wound around the periphery of the cylindrical housing for preheating a liquid, and a nozzle connected to one end of the preheating coil for spraying the liquid against the inner surface of the vaporization chamber. Compressed air which is heated by a pair of heater elements is then fed to the nontoxic smoke generator and circulated around the periphery of the vaporization chamber in a helical pattern so as to provide a maximum rate of heat transfer to the vaporization chamber. This, in turn, vaporizes the liquid so as to produce a nontoxic smoke. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1980
Accession Number
ADD007214

Entities

People

  • Edmund Swiatosz

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Boundaries
  • Compressed Air
  • Energy
  • Fluids
  • Generators
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Liquids
  • Smoke
  • Smoke Generators
  • Vaporization

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.