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Characterization of a simplex water mist nozzle and its performance in extinguishing liquid pool fire
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In this article, a single head full cone simplex nozzle with X-type swirl-insert and an orifice diameter of 1.2mm is used to produce water mist.About:
This article is published in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science.The article was published on 2018-05-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sauter mean diameter & Discharge coefficient.read more
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Research progress of water mist fire extinguishing technology and its application in battery fires
Yan Cui,Jianghong Liu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the influence of internal and external factors on the fire suppression effectiveness of water mist, such as water mist characteristics, additives, obstacles, ventilation conditions, fuel types and flame scales.
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Critical assessment on operating water droplet sizes for fire sprinkler and water mist systems
Hengrui Liu,Cheng Wang,Ivan Miguel De Cachinho Cordeiro,Anthony Chun Yin Yuen,Qian Chen,Qing Nian Chan,Sanghoon Kook,Guan Heng Yeoh,Guan Heng Yeoh +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the critical fire suppression mechanisms of water mist systems and conventional fire sprinklers are investigated and compared, with emphasis on the influence of water droplet sizes on the fire suppression mechanism.
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Numerical study on water curtain system for fire evacuation in a long and narrow tunnel under construction
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the water curtain systems for fire evacuation in a long and narrow water tunnel under construction by shield tunnelling machine (STM), where the designed fire is located near the working face with a heat release rate of 40MW.
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Condensed Aerosol Based Fire Extinguishing System Covering Versatile Applications: A Review
Meenakshi Rohilla,Amit Saxena,Yogesh K Tyagi,Inderpal Singh,Rajesh Kumar Tanwar,Rajiv Narang +5 more
TL;DR: Condensed aerosol based fire extinguishing systems (CAFES) have found versatile fire safety applications worldwide in many areas such as power generation, transportation, storage rooms, public buildings, heavy industries, battery storage systems, defence etc as discussed by the authors.
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Characterization of solid-cone simplex mist nozzles
TL;DR: In this paper, three solid-cone simplex nozzles with X-type swirl-insert and orifice diameters of 1.65, 1.9, and 2.45mm are characterized in detail.
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Fire suppression by water sprays
G. Grant,J. Brenton,D. Drysdale +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive literature review conducted within Edinburgh University's Fire Safety Engineering Group and sponsored by the UK Home Office Fire Research and Development Group was conducted to establish the current state-of-the-art regarding the use of water sprays for the suppression and extinguishment of typical (Class ‘A) compartment fires and to identify where gaps exist in the current knowledge.
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Modeling drop size distributions
E. Babinsky,Paul E. Sojka +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the three available methods for modeling drop size distributions: the maximum entropy method, the discrete probability function method, and the empirical method and compare them with the empirical estimation of drop diameter.
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A Review of Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems— Fundamental Studies:
Zhigang Liu,Andrew K. Kim +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the fundamental research in water mist fire suppression systems is provided in this article, which includes a review of extinguishing mechanisms and factors that influence the performance of water mist, such as spray characteristics, enclosure effects, dynamic mixing, the use of additives and methods of generating water mist.
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Mean Drop Sizes from Pressure-Swirl Nozzles
Arthur H. Lefebvre,X. F. Wang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the factors governing the atomization process in pressure-swirl nozzles is presented, and a very satisfactory correlation is demonstrated between predictions based on this equation and the actual measured values of mean drop size.