WO2003024537A1 - Fire suppressing and extinguishing compositions - Google Patents
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- WO2003024537A1 WO2003024537A1 PCT/US2002/030260 US0230260W WO03024537A1 WO 2003024537 A1 WO2003024537 A1 WO 2003024537A1 US 0230260 W US0230260 W US 0230260W WO 03024537 A1 WO03024537 A1 WO 03024537A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62D—CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS
- A62D1/00—Fire-extinguishing compositions; Use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires
- A62D1/0028—Liquid extinguishing substances
- A62D1/0057—Polyhaloalkanes
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- the present invention is directed toward fire extinguishing compositions and
- extinguishing agents can be applied to a fire in three manners: 1)
- Flooding application can be carried out by vaporizing a fire extinguishing agent to uniformly occupy the entirety of an enclosed space in which the
- fire is contained (total flooding) or by moving a body of the material in the form of a
- alkanes certain subgenus groupings of which are also known in various industries as
- bromo-trifluoromethane (BrCF 3 ).
- L 0 Halo-alkanes used as fire extinguishing agents may exhibit a fire extinguishing
- L 5 the halo-alkanes exhibit one or more of these properties when applied to a fire.
- the fire extinguishing agent is presented to the fire as
- Fogging agents which are suspended droplets of a liquid extinguishing agent in
- a gas usually air, typically have very high liquid to gas phase change heat of
- An example of a good fogging agent is water.
- fire extinguishing agent compositions based on halo-alkanes have
- bromo-trifluoromethane (BrCF 3 ), which is non-
- agent compositions and may be candidates for replacing the above-identified halo-
- One such compound is 1,1,1,2,3,3,3 heptafluoro-propane.
- Pentafluoroethane compares favorably with bromotrifluoro-methane, based on a comparison of the vapor phase
- pentafluoroethane is a good candidate for use as a fire extinguishing agent.
- compositions for replacing them include compositions
- a first composition is generically
- a second composition is described as containing one or more fluoro- or
- chlorofluoro carbon compounds from a list naming about 40 such compounds.
- Pentafluoroethane is encompassed within this list. However, pentafluoroethane alone
- compositions described in the '758 application also include from about 0.1 to about 10
- compositions which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which are adaptable for use in flooding applications and which
- propane compounds selected from a list comprising chloro-flouoropropanes, hexa- and
- compositions as streaming or fogging agents.
- compositions for use as flooding agents which comprise one or more fluorocarbon
- acid scavenging compound comprising terpenes, unsaturated oils, and alkali metal
- compositions which tend to overcome some or all
- One aspect of the present invention involves a method of extinguishing a fire
- a fire extinguishing agent comprising pentafluoropropane and optionally pentafluoroethane, generating a fog of said fire extinguishing agent
- the methods comprise
- 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane can be further improved by the addition of
- bromochlorodifluoromethane when 1,1,1 ,3, 3 -pentafluoropropane is applied to a fire it
- compositions provides a fire extinguishing agent which in many cases is
- One aspect of the present invention provides a fire extinguishing agent
- pentafluoropropane preferably 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.
- 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane is present in the composition in amount of
- composition at least about 20 wt.% of the composition. In other embodiments, the composition
- HF hydrogen fluoride
- HF scavenging agent is employed it is comprises from about 2 wt% and about 10 wt%
- Another aspect of the present invention is the provision of a fire extinguishing
- agent in the form of a fog made from a composition comprising, and preferably
- pentafluoropropane to about 80 wt.% 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane.
- Another aspect of the present invention is the provision of a fire extinguishing
- agent in the form of a stream made from a composition
- a composition comprising, and preferably
- the fire extinguishing stream of the present invention is formed using a composition comprising from about
- Another aspect of the present invention is the provision of a method of
- 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane is present in amount of at least about 45 wt.% of the
- composition and the pentafluoroethane is present to a level of at least 6 wt.% of the
- the stream application fire extinguishing composition can contain
- scavenging component is employed it is added to the composition to a level of
- Another aspect of the present development is the provision of a method of
- composition present to a level of at least 20 wt.% of the composition.
- the fog application fire extinguishing agent can have up to about 10 wt% additional of an HF scavenging agent.
- the present compositions do not contain fire
- compositions do not contain any substantial amount of, and even more preferably are
- alkanes having a majority of the hydrogens replaced
- perfluorinated -alkanes are those surmised to be not as likely to participate in ozone
- 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane may be used by itself as a replacement
- fluoro alkanes may be blended with 1,1,1,3,3 pentafluoropropane to provide for fire
- extinguishing agent compositions which may be used in stream or mist applications.
- Examples include, but are not limited to HC(C1)F 2 (HCFC-22), HCF 3 (HFC-23), F 3 C-
- H 3 C-C(F 2 )-CF 3 HFC-245cb
- ICF 3 ICF 3 .
- agent is required, for example, in fighting large fire, use of 1,1,1,3,3-
- streaming application fire extinguishing agent is improved to the point where it
- Preferred blends of pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane have a
- boiling range defined as the “bubble point” to “dew point” of the material measured
- blends consisting essentially of pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,3,3-
- pentafluoropropane having between 74 and 94 wt.% of the pentafluoropropane can be
- dichloro-2,2,2 trifluoroethane An example of such a blend comprises 23 wt%
- 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane can be employed as a suspension of droplets, for
- a fog dispersion for example a fog or a mist, hereinafter “a fog dispersion”, produced using conventional
- Blends consisting essentially of pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,3,3-
- extinguishing agents have pentafluoroethane present in an amount between about 20
- pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,3,3 - pentafluoropropane can be employed to extinguish
- Copious HF generation is particularly acute in compounds that have a high ratio of hydrogen to
- extinguishing agent compositions are delivered to a fire along
- Extinguishing agent compositions of the present invention may also incorporate
- compositions are heated in the process of extinguishing a fire.
- agents are heated in the process of extinguishing a fire.
- HF scavenging properties beta-carotene, citral, citronellol,
- citronnellal para-cymeme, camphor, lanosterol, limonene, lutein, lycopene,
- pinene phytol, sabinene, saponin, squalene, sylvestrene, terpinene, alpha-terpineol,
- acid scavenging compounds are added to the fire extinguishing
- composition in an amount between about 0.1 and 10 wt% of the composition. ..
- they are added in an amount that is between about 2.0 wt% to about 10 wt.
- compositions of the present invention may be prepared by mixing the
- composition comprising 10 wt% of an acid scavenging component, 80 wt.% of
- the mixture can be any suitable acid scavenging component initially charged into the cylinder.
- the mixture can be any suitable acid scavenging component initially charged into the cylinder.
- compositions comprising a blend of 1 , 1 , 1 ,3,3-pentafluoropropane with
- pentafluoroethane present in amounts varied between 0 and 55 mole % were studied.
- composition is then released from the vessel under the force of the driving pressure
- composition and temperature of the stream and vapor of the discharged material were
- boiling constituents increases the amount of low boiling constituent comprising the
- volume of vapor discharged represents the relative amount of suffocant available from each composition. Heat removal calculations were performed by assuming a final
- composition increases monotonically with the increase in pentafluoroethane
- the streaming agent is known to produce a smothering volume of 47.1 ml/g.
- the streaming agent is known
- composition comprising between about 20 wt. % to about 36 wt.
- composition within this range can be achieved in a single composition.
- a composition within this range can be achieved in a single composition.
- a composition within this range can be achieved in a single composition.
- R125 1,1,1,3,3 pentafluoropropane
- R245fa 1,1,1,3,3 pentafluoropropane
- cup-burner apparatus was calibrated using pure R 125 as an
- Cup-burner tests were repeated using 25 1/min of air
- volume percent of the extinguishing agent in the air stream is presented graphically in
- Figure 1 presents three traces, a base line trace, a trace of the above-described
- test data and a trace of "no-effect blend” data, further described below.
- the test data
- trace of Figure 1 is in the form of a black diamond located at the value (in volume %
- the base line trace is a line comprising alternating long and short dashed
- the "no-effect blend" trace is a dotted line.
- composition in the burner air stream is the amount of pure R125, expressed as Vol. %
- composition comprising a diluent having no fire extinguishing properties
- volume percent of the composition was introduced into the burner air stream that the
- test data trace the middle trace in Figure 1
- the test data trace is indicated by a series of black
- test can not indicate its suitablity for use as a "streaming” or "fogging” agent.
- the fire extinguishing agent comprising a blend of R245fa and R125
- fire extinguishing agent which has the physical properties suitable for use in fogging
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