Fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire

Abstract

Described herein is a fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire utilizing water mists, wherein the water mists are discharged so as to surround the flame base portion of a pool fire virtually without a gap, directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis from a plurality of positions on the side of the burning surface, while water mists are being discharged toward the flame center axis above the flame base portion from a plurality of positions above the burning surface, so that the fire is extinguished.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a schematic drawing showing a fire-extinguishing method in accordance with Example 1.

FIGS. 2( a) and 2(b) are schematic drawings showing a fire-extinguishing method in accordance with Example 2, and FIG. 2(a) is a plan view, and FIG. 2(b) is an elevation thereof.

FIGS. 3( a) and 3(b) are schematic drawings showing a fire-extinguishing method of the present invention in accordance with Example 3, and FIG. 3(a) is a plan view, and FIG. 3(b) is an elevation thereof.

Claims

1. A fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire utilizing water mists, characterized in that the water mists are discharged toward the flame center axis above a flame base portion from a plurality of positions above the burning surface so as to generate a descending flow of water mists, and the descending flow forms vapor inside the flames so that the vapor increases the inner pressure of the flames to suppress a flow of oxygen toward the flame base portion, thereby extinguishing the fire.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein nozzles capable of discharging water mists are placed at plurality of positions with equal intervals on a circle around the flame center axis on the horizontal plane above the burning surface, and the water mists are discharged with the nozzles being directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the same flame center axis below the horizontal surface.

3. A fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire utilizing water mists, characterized in that the water mists are discharged so as to surround the flame base portion of a pool fire virtually without a gap, with the nozzles being directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis, so that an oxygen supply to the flame base portion is prevented by vapor generated from the water mists, thereby extinguishing the fire.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the discharging directions of the water mists are made virtually in parallel with flows of flames.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein a flow rate of the water mists to be discharged is set to a speed that sufficiently preventing an air flow from entering the flame base portion.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the water mists to be discharged is set to an average particle size in a range from 10 μm to 200 μm.

7. A fire-extinguishing method of a pool fire utilizing water mists, characterized in that the water mists are discharged so as to surround the flame base portion of a pool fire virtually without a gap, directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis from a plurality of positions on the side of the burning surface, while water mists are being discharged toward the flame center axis above the flame base portion from a plurality of positions above the burning surface, so that the fire is extinguished.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the discharging process of water mists from the sides of the burning surface is carried out prior to the discharging process of water mists from above the burning surface.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein nozzles capable of discharging water mists are attached to a plurality of places with equal intervals so as to surround the burning surface on the periphery of the burning surface, and water mists are discharged with the nozzles being directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis above the burning surface.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein nozzles capable of discharging water mists are placed at a plurality of portions with equal intervals on a circle around the flame center axis on the horizontal plane above the burning surface, and the water mists are discharged with the nozzles being directed not to the burning surface and the flame base portion directly, but to any of positions of the flame center axis below the horizontal surface.