| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Application of water mist to extinguish large cooking oil pool fires for industrial oil cooker protection (PDF, 493 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Liu, Z. G.; Search for: Carpenter, D. W.1; Search for: Kim, A. K.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 8th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, September 18, 2005, Beijing, China |
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| Subject | Water mist; water mist; fire suppression; cooking oil fires; industrial oil cooker |
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| Abstract | Large oil fires occurring in industrial oil cookers are very challenging to extinguish due to their size and the large amount of hot oil involved. This paper reports a study to use water mist for large industrial oil cooker protection. The extinguishing mechanisms of water mist and corresponding criteria required for extinguishing large pool cooking oil fires were investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Based on the extinguishing mechanisms and required criteria, two water mist systems were developed in the present work. A series of full-scale fire tests were conducted in a large industrial oil cooker mock-up. The study showed that the two water mist systems presently developed worked effectively to extinguish large cooking oil fires and prevented them from re-igniting. Their extinguishing performance was determined by the type of water mist system, discharge pressure and hood position in the oil cooker. |
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| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC 47638
NRC-IRC-16762 |
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| NPARC number | 20378003 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 9ea8e5ba-c915-436c-9134-3a04538d955f |
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| Record created | 2012-07-24 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-07 |
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