Methods for extinguishing tank fires, including low boiling poin

Details Methods for extinguishing tank fires, including low boiling poin Methods for extinguishing tank fires, including low boiling poin

1996-10-21

1999-06-22

Hoge, Gary C.

Fire extinguishers

Processes

Of extinguishing fire

169 66, 169 68, A62C 306

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active

059133660

ABSTRACT:
Improved methods for extinguishing tank fires, in particular of low boiling point and/or low auto ignition point fluids, the improved methods including cooling inner and outer tank wall portions and improving a foam attack from staged nozzles through creating side foot prints at the site and correcting footprint range, footprint length, footprint width or foam run for variations in factors such as wind conditions, nozzle stream width, head pressure, percent of foam concentrate, the burning fluid, the type of foam and the temperature of the burning fluid.

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patent: 1775846 (1930-09-01), Blaw
patent: 4781252 (1988-11-01), Wilburn et al.
patent: 5240078 (1993-08-01), Worthington
patent: 5566766 (1996-10-01), Williams

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