Analysis of Performance and Development of Environment-friendly High Expansion Foam Concentrate

친환경 고발포 소화약제 개발 및 성능 분석 연구

  • Kim, Ha-Young (Graduate School of Safety Engineering, University of Incheon) ;
  • Nam, Jun-Seok (Korea Institute of Fire Industry & Technology) ;
  • Rie, Dong-Ho (Department of Safety Engineering, University of Incheon)
  • Received : 2010.01.20
  • Accepted : 2010.07.20
  • Published : 2010.08.31

Abstract

Foam concentrate is used for fire-extinguishing purposes, occurring foam, mixed with air. In huge oil-fire or the efficiency of fire-extinguishing with small quantity of water, Foam concentrate is used widely. However, perfluorooc tanoicsulfonate and nonylpenol that are included in Foam concentrate could be exposure in danger while they were discharged. The purpose of the research is the development of environment-friendly high expansion foam that exclude the dangerous substances and improvement of danger of the existing foam concentrate. The developed foam is analyzed as the environment-friendly foam in indexes of the environment-toxicity, the biodegradation appraisal, and the dangerous substances-detecting. In addition, the performances of expansion rate, discharge rate, and fire-extinguishing are suitable in the domestic regulation, so it is useful for fire-extinguishing in real fire situation.

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