CA2144540A1 - Fire extinguishing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Fire extinguishing apparatus and method

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CA2144540A1
CA2144540A1 CA002144540A CA2144540A CA2144540A1 CA 2144540 A1 CA2144540 A1 CA 2144540A1 CA 002144540 A CA002144540 A CA 002144540A CA 2144540 A CA2144540 A CA 2144540A CA 2144540 A1 CA2144540 A1 CA 2144540A1
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Prior art keywords
fire extinguishing
extinguishing apparatus
mist
water
fire
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CA002144540A
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CA2144540C (en
Inventor
Kenneth Hillier
Mitchell Edwin Byfield
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Invention Technologies Pty Ltd
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Priority claimed from PCT/AU1994/000389 external-priority patent/WO1995002434A1/en
Publication of CA2144540A1 publication Critical patent/CA2144540A1/en
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Publication of CA2144540C publication Critical patent/CA2144540C/en
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Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C35/00—Permanently-installed equipment
    • A62C35/02—Permanently-installed equipment with containers for delivering the extinguishing substance
    • A62C35/023—Permanently-installed equipment with containers for delivering the extinguishing substance the extinguishing material being expelled by compressed gas, taken from storage tanks, or by generating a pressure gas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A62C99/0009—Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames
    • A62C99/0072—Methods of extinguishing or preventing the spread of fire by cooling down or suffocating the flames using sprayed or atomised water

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
  • Fire-Extinguishing By Fire Departments, And Fire-Extinguishing Equipment And Control Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

A fire extinguishing apparatus (10) producing a mist of water vapour with a median droplet diameter of between 50 and 500 micron for extinguishing fires in a confined risk area. The mist being generated through nozzles (18) operating at < 2000 kPa (i.e. low pressure). The fire extinguishing apparatus using less than 1.0 litres of water per cubic meter of the risk area in which the fire is contained (i.e. a small volume of water).
CA002144540A 1993-07-12 1994-07-12 Fire extinguishing apparatus and method Expired - Fee Related CA2144540C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AUPL9935 1993-07-12
AUPL993593 1993-07-12
PCT/AU1994/000389 WO1995002434A1 (en) 1993-07-12 1994-07-12 Fire extinguishing apparatus

Publications (2)

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CA2144540A1 true CA2144540A1 (en) 1995-01-26
CA2144540C CA2144540C (en) 2007-04-03

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CA002144540A Expired - Fee Related CA2144540C (en) 1993-07-12 1994-07-12 Fire extinguishing apparatus and method

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CA2144540C (en) 2007-04-03

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