EP1552860A1 - Schaum-Feuerlöschsystem - Google Patents

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EP1552860A1
EP1552860A1 EP03405902A EP03405902A EP1552860A1 EP 1552860 A1 EP1552860 A1 EP 1552860A1 EP 03405902 A EP03405902 A EP 03405902A EP 03405902 A EP03405902 A EP 03405902A EP 1552860 A1 EP1552860 A1 EP 1552860A1
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Priority to AT03405902T priority patent/ATE448837T1/de
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C5/00—Making of fire-extinguishing materials immediately before use
    • A62C5/02—Making of fire-extinguishing materials immediately before use of foam
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C31/00—Delivery of fire-extinguishing material
    • A62C31/02—Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
    • A62C31/12—Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing for delivering foam or atomised foam

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  • the present invention relates to protection installations against fires. It concerns, more particularly, a system of extinction by watering the fire using foam particularly well adapted to the fight against fires in large confined spaces, such as tunnels, car parks or warehouses.
  • a fire-fighting facility in a large space must also be able to respond, in a targeted way, to several separate fires each other, which is common during a willful fire or when, in a tunnel, a first fire causes chain collisions and new fires. It is therefore vital that the installation intervenes at this location and is not prematurely out of extinction means as it has too quickly exhausted his resources on the first fire.
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide an improved version a foam extinguishing system that can equip, not only, the above-mentioned installation, but also any existing installation that it either automatic or manual.
  • FIG. 1 represents very schematically, seen from the ground, a portion the roof of a road tunnel equipped with an installation using a system extinguishing foam according to the invention.
  • the installation proposed as a non-restrictive example is divided into sectors of twenty to thirty meters, each with a watering tube 10 located under the arch of the tunnel, parallel to the axis AA of the sector concerned, and provided with foam extinguishing nozzles 12 arranged, all three meters around. These nozzles are directed towards the ground and, in the example shown, aligned along the AA axis.
  • the installation also comprises a mixer 14 whose input E1 is connected a single pipe of pressurized water 16 running through the tunnel and the inlet E2 is connected to an emulsifier tank 18 via a control valve 20.
  • the output S of the mixer 14 is connected to the irrigation tube 10 through a control valve 22.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show, more precise, the watering tube 10 and the foam extinguishing nozzles 12 according to the invention.
  • the tube 10 is of circular section. Its diameter is typically understood between 25 and 150 mm and its length is that of the sector, that is, from twenty to thirty meters in the example described.
  • the nozzles 12 each consist of a slot 24 formed in the wall tube 10 vertically and parallel to its axis AA and a device 26, called foam expansion cage, disposed in front of the slot.
  • a device 26 called foam expansion cage, disposed in front of the slot.
  • the length thereof is between 60 and 100 mm and its width is approximately 0.2 to 1 mm depending on the water supply and the foam flow required for extinction.
  • the expansion cage 26 is formed of an upper wall 28, a wall lower 30 and an intermediate wall 32, made by means of a mesh made of stainless steel or synthetic material whose mesh is between 1 and 3 mm.
  • the top wall 28 has a triangle-shaped section whose ridge faces at the slot 24 parallel to it and is disposed about 1 mm from it.
  • the angle at the apex of the triangle is between 110 and 130 °, while its base has substantially the same dimension as the diameter of the tube 10.
  • the lower wall 30 is curved, with a center substantially coinciding with that of the tube 10. Its base has the same dimension as that of the wall superior 28.
  • the intermediate wall 32 flat, provides the connection between the upper wall 28 and the bottom wall 30. It will be noted that it extends, beyond its junction with the upper wall 28, by a portion 34 which ends at level of the edge of it. The distance between the edge and the furthest point the bottom wall 30 is typically between 30 and 50 mm.
  • the walls of the cage 26 are advantageously joined by welding or by stapling.
  • the edge of the upper wall 28 extends, at both ends thereof by a tongue 36 which is welded to a collar 38 taking place around the tube and hanging on it with a loop 40 and a hook 42.
  • control valve 22 In operation, when a fire is detected, by whatever means either, the control valve 22 is manually opened or automatically. A mixture of water and emulsifier whose content, typically from 2 to 5%, was previously adjusted by the regulating valve 20, is sent into the irrigation tube 10.
  • the slot 24 creates a powerful jet directed on the edge of the upper wall 28. This jet enters the cage 26 and invades it while generating a current suction that brings air intimately mixing with the particles of liquid.
  • the mixture then passes through the intermediate wall 32 and the bottom wall 30 with sufficient pressure to confine the emulsion and produce a dense foam and heavy enough to cover the tunnel floor without being driven by drafts.
  • the projected jet of water and foam concentrate is sufficiently diverted to that foam is also produced above the cage 26 and passes through the upper portion 34 of the intermediate wall 32, thus adding to the foam ejected from the cage.
  • the cage 26 also has the effect of diverting the jet of foam by 90 °. It is likely that this deviation is due to Coriolis forces.
  • the foam forms a screen whose plane is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tunnel and which flaps and absorbs the smoke from the fire.
  • K is an experimental shape coefficient, characteristic of the nozzle
  • P is the pressure of the mixture in the tube 10
  • f is the expansion coefficient defined as the ratio between the volume of foam produced and the volume of liquid.
  • the purpose of this installation is to produce a thickness of 15 cm foam per minute per square meter evenly distributed on the roadway of the tunnel. This thickness is sufficient to extinguish most fires.
  • a single nozzle, sized as described above, produces: 26.2 x 3 1/2 x 30 1.351 m 3 / min of foam.
  • the water flow must therefore be 1034 L / min.
  • the installation may comprise two or three parallel tubes distributed under the vault.
  • each nozzle can have a plurality of slots centered on the vertex edge of the triangle of the cage, for example, three 0.2 mm slots separated by 2 mm.

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EP03405902A 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Schaum-Feuerlöschsystem Expired - Lifetime EP1552860B1 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SI200331734T SI1552860T1 (sl) 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Gasilni sistem s peno
DE60330170T DE60330170D1 (de) 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Schaum-Feuerlöschsystem
EP03405902A EP1552860B1 (de) 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Schaum-Feuerlöschsystem
ES03405902T ES2335982T3 (es) 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Sistema de extincion de fuego con espuma.
AT03405902T ATE448837T1 (de) 2003-12-17 2003-12-17 Schaum-feuerlöschsystem
PCT/CH2004/000725 WO2005058424A1 (fr) 2003-12-17 2004-12-09 Systeme d’extinction d’incendie a mousse

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DE102016212391A1 (de) * 2016-07-07 2018-01-11 Fabrik chemischer Präparate von Dr. Richard Sthamer GmbH & Co KG Schaumwassersprinkler

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US3592269A (en) * 1968-12-09 1971-07-13 Howard C Stults Self-contained foam fire extinguishing system
DE19539991C1 (de) * 1995-10-27 1997-02-27 Preussag Ag Minimax Schaumwassersprinkler
US5785126A (en) * 1993-10-25 1998-07-28 Svenska Skum Ab Method of extinguishing of fire in open or closed spaces and means for performing the method
WO2003041806A1 (fr) 2001-11-13 2003-05-22 Claude Ciocca Installation d'extinction d'incendie a mousse

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US3592269A (en) * 1968-12-09 1971-07-13 Howard C Stults Self-contained foam fire extinguishing system
US5785126A (en) * 1993-10-25 1998-07-28 Svenska Skum Ab Method of extinguishing of fire in open or closed spaces and means for performing the method
DE19539991C1 (de) * 1995-10-27 1997-02-27 Preussag Ag Minimax Schaumwassersprinkler
WO2003041806A1 (fr) 2001-11-13 2003-05-22 Claude Ciocca Installation d'extinction d'incendie a mousse

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102016212391A1 (de) * 2016-07-07 2018-01-11 Fabrik chemischer Präparate von Dr. Richard Sthamer GmbH & Co KG Schaumwassersprinkler
DE102016212391B4 (de) * 2016-07-07 2019-06-13 Fabrik chemischer Präparate von Dr. Richard Sthamer GmbH & Co KG Schaumwassersprinkler

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WO2005058424A1 (fr) 2005-06-30
SI1552860T1 (sl) 2010-02-26
ATE448837T1 (de) 2009-12-15
DE60330170D1 (de) 2009-12-31

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