NZ782860B2 - Long-term fire retardant with corrosion inhibitors and methods for making and using same - Google Patents

Long-term fire retardant with corrosion inhibitors and methods for making and using same

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NZ782860B2
NZ782860B2 NZ782860A NZ78286020A NZ782860B2 NZ 782860 B2 NZ782860 B2 NZ 782860B2 NZ 782860 A NZ782860 A NZ 782860A NZ 78286020 A NZ78286020 A NZ 78286020A NZ 782860 B2 NZ782860 B2 NZ 782860B2
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Robert J Burnham
Gerald Geissler
Dennis Hulbert
Joseph Mclellan
Michael S Schnarr
David W Wilkening
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Frs Group Llc
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62CFIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C27/00Fire-fighting land vehicles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62CFIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C3/00Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
    • A62C3/02Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62CFIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C3/00Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
    • A62C3/02Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires
    • A62C3/0228Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires with delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62DCHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D1/00Fire-extinguishing compositions; Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires
    • A62D1/0007Solid extinguishing substances
    • A62D1/0014Powders; Granules
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62DCHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D1/00Fire-extinguishing compositions; Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires
    • A62D1/0028Liquid extinguishing substances
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62DCHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D1/00Fire-extinguishing compositions; Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires
    • A62D1/0028Liquid extinguishing substances
    • A62D1/0035Aqueous solutions
    • A62D1/0042"Wet" water, i.e. containing surfactant
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62DCHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
    • A62D1/00Fire-extinguishing compositions; Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires
    • A62D1/0028Liquid extinguishing substances
    • A62D1/005Dispersions; Emulsions

Abstract

forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a magnesium halide salt, a corrosion inhibitor, and a thickening agent. The forest fire retardant composition may include at least one anhydrous salt and at least one hydrate salt. The halide salt may be magnesium chloride. The magnesium chloride hydrate has a formula MgCl2(H2O)x wherein x is at least one of x = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 12. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.

Claims (21)

WE CLAIM:
1. A composition when used as a forest fire retardant, the composition comprising: a magnesium halide salt; a corrosion inhibitor for at least one of iron, brass, or aluminum, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 5.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition; and a thickening agent, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.015% to about 5.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition.
2. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein: the ium halide salt ses MgCl2 anhydrous and magnesium chloride hydrate MgCl2(H2O)x in an amount having a weight ratio (MgCl2 anhydrous : MgCl2(H2O)x) of about 0:100 or between about 20:80 to about 50:50, wherein x is selected from at least one of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 or 12; the corrosion inhibitor comprises at least one of an organic amine or one or more azoles; the thickening agent comprises a polysaccharide gum and is present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.1% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the ium halide salt in the ition.
3. The ition when used according to claim 2, wherein: the magnesium de hydrate MgCl2(H2O)x is magnesium chloride hexahydrate MgCl2(H2O)6; and wherein: the composition is a dry concentrate having no more than about 3% by weight of water ve to the total weight of the dry concentrate; and the magnesium halide salt is present in the dry concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 75% to about 96% relative to the total weight of the dry concentrate.
4. The composition when used according to claim 2, the composition further comprising: a buffering agent, present in the composition in an amount having a weight t of about 0.6% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition; and a colorant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.02% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition.
5. The composition when used ing to claim 1, wherein: the magnesium halide salt ses MgCl2 anhydrous and magnesium chloride hexahydrate MgCl2(H2O)6 and is present in the composition in an amount having a weight ratio (MgCl2 ous : MgCl2(H2O)6) of about 20:80 to about 50:50; the corrosion inhibitor comprises at least one of an organic amine or one or more azoles; the thickening agent is present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.1% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition; and the composition r comprising: a ing agent, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.6% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition; a colorant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.02% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition; and a surfactant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.0075% to about 1.25% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition.
6. The composition when used according to claim 5, the ition further comprising: a pigment, present in the composition in an amount having a weight t of about 0.025% to about 1.75% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition; wherein: the colorant comprises at least one of iron oxide or a fluorescent pigment; the thickening agent ses at least two thickening agents comprising a polysaccharide gum and a chemically substituted cellulose; the buffering agent comprises at least two buffering agents comprising triethanolamine and magnesium hydroxide; the surfactant comprises sodium lauryl sulfate; and the pigment comprises titanium dioxide.
7. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein: the magnesium halide salt comprises magnesium chloride anhydrous and magnesium de hydrate; the thickening agent comprises at least two thickening agents, comprising a polysaccharide gum and a chemically substituted ose, the polysaccharide gum being present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.05% to about 3.75% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition, and the chemically substituted cellulose being present in the composition in an amount having a weight t of about 0.05% to about 2.8% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition; and the composition further sing: a buffering agent, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.6% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition; a colorant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.02% to about 3.0% ve to the weight of the magnesium halide salt in the composition; a t, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.02% to about 2.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition; and a tant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about % to about 1.25% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride salt in the composition.
8. The composition when used according to claim 3, wherein the weight ratio (MgCl2 anhydrous : H2O)6) is about 30:70 to about 40:60.
9. The composition when used according to claim 7, wherein: the composition is a dry concentrate having no more than about 3% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the dry concentrate; and the magnesium salt is t in the dry concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 75% to about 96% relative to the total weight of the dry concentrate.
10. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein: the magnesium halide salt comprises magnesium de anhydrous and magnesium chloride hydrate; the corrosion inhibitor comprises at least one of an organic amine or one or more azoles; the composition further comprising: a buffering agent, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.6% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the ium salt in the composition; a colorant comprising iron oxide, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.02% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the composition; and a surfactant, present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.0075% to about 1.25% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the composition; wherein: the composition is a dry concentrate having no more than about 3% by weight of water relative to the total weight of the dry concentrate; and the magnesium salt is present in the dry trate in an amount having a weight percent of about 75% to about 96% relative to the total weight of the dry concentrate.
11. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein: the magnesium halide salt is present in the composition in a liquid salt solution sing magnesium chloride dissolved in water; the corrosion tor comprises at least one of an organic amine or one or more azoles t in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 5.0% relative to the weight of the ium chloride in the composition; and the thickening agent is a polysaccharide gum present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 1.0% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the ium chloride in the composition.
12. The composition when used according to claim 11, n: the corrosion inhibitor is present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 1% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the composition; and the composition further comprising a colorant present in the composition in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 6.0% ve to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the composition.
13. The composition when used according to claim 11, wherein the composition is a liquid concentrate, and wherein: the magnesium chloride is present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 20% to 45% ve to the total weight of the liquid concentrate.
14. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein the ition is a liquid concentrate, and wherein: the magnesium halide salt comprises magnesium chloride and the magnesium chloride is present in the composition in a magnesium chloride salt solution comprising magnesium chloride dissolved in water, the magnesium chloride being present in the magnesium chloride salt solution in an amount having a weight percent of about 15% to about 45% relative to the total weight of the magnesium chloride salt solution, and the magnesium chloride salt solution being present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 85% to about 99% ve to the total weight of the liquid trate; the corrosion tor is a corrosion inhibitor for at least one of iron, brass, or aluminum, and is present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 5.0% ve to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate; and the thickening agent is t in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.75% to about 5.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate.
15.The liquid concentrate when used according to claim 14, wherein: the magnesium salt is present in the ium chloride salt solution in an amount having a weight percent of about 25% to about 35% relative to the total weight of the magnesium chloride salt solution; and the liquid concentrate r comprising: a buffering agent, t in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 5.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate; and a colorant, present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight t of about 1.25% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate.
16. The liquid concentrate when used according to claim 15, wherein: the corrosion tor is a corrosion inhibitor for at least one of iron, brass, or aluminum, present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.5% to about 4.5% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the liquid concentrate; the liquid concentrate further comprising: a surfactant, present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight t of about 0.025% to about 1.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the liquid concentrate.
17. The liquid concentrate when used according to claim 16, the liquid concentrate further comprising: a pigment, present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.2% to about 1.75% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the liquid concentrate; wherein: the colorant comprises at least one of iron oxide or a fluorescent pigment; the thickening agent comprises a polysaccharide gum; the buffering agent comprises at least two buffering agents comprising anolamine and magnesium hydroxide, the triethanolamine being present in the liquid trate in an amount having a weight t of about 0.75% to about 4.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the liquid concentrate, and the magnesium hydroxide being present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.25% to about 3.0% relative to the weight of the magnesium salt in the liquid concentrate; the pigment ses titanium dioxide; and the surfactant comprises sodium lauryl sulfate.
18. The liquid concentrate when used according to claim 14, wherein: the magnesium de solution is present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 26% to about 33% relative to the total weight of the liquid concentrate.
19. The composition when used according to claim 1, wherein the composition is a liquid concentrate, and wherein: the ium halide salt is present in the liquid concentrate in a liquid salt solution comprising magnesium chloride dissolved in water; the corrosion inhibitor is an organic amine or one or more azoles and is present in the liquid concentrate in a weight percent of about 1.0% to about 3.5% relative to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate; and the composition r comprising a surfactant present in the liquid concentrate in an amount having a weight percent of about 0.01% to about 1.25% ve to the weight of the magnesium chloride in the liquid concentrate.
20. A method of combating a forest fire, the method comprising: receiving the liquid concentrate as d by claim 16; diluting the liquid concentrate with water to form a final diluted product intended for use to suppress, retard, or contain forest fires; and depositing, via aerial or ground-based application, the final diluted product; wherein the magnesium salt is present in the final d product in an amount having a weight percent of about 7% to about 30% relative to the total weight of the final diluted product; wherein the step of ting comprises at least one of a direct attack on the fire or an indirect attack before the fire.
21. The composition when used according to claim 1, the ition further comprising water; wherein: the composition is a final d product intended for use to suppress, retard, or contain forest fires; the magnesium halide salt is present in the final diluted product in an amount having a weight percent of about 7% to about 30% relative to the total weight of the final diluted product. FRS Group, LLC By the Attorneys for the Applicant SPRUSON & FERGUSON
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US201962858640P 2019-06-07 2019-06-07
US202062989350P 2020-03-13 2020-03-13
US202063024040P 2020-05-13 2020-05-13
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