Extinguishment of compartment fires using portable chemical extinguishers and water

Matti Kokkala

doi:10.1016/0379-7112(86)90063-9

Extinguishment of compartment fires using portable chemical extinguishers and water

Matti Kokkala

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

Extinguishing experiments on post-flashover room fires, using various kinds of portable extinguihers or water jets, are reported. Typically 2–3 kg of AB-type (general purpose) powders were required to put out test fires of almost 5 MW heat release rate. With water the minimum flow for extinction was 17 l/min or 7.5 g/m² s. When halon or B-type powder was used the fire re-ignited.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-209
Journal	Fire Safety Journal
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0379-7112(86)90063-9
Publication status	Published - 1986
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Extinguishment of compartment fires using portable chemical extinguishers and water

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