Fire prevention and control using gel-stabilization foam to inhibit spontaneous combustion of coal: Characteristics and engineering applications

D Xue, X Hu, W Cheng, J Wei, Y Zhao, L Shen - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to address the issue of spontaneous combustion in coal mines during the mining
process, we have proposed gel-stabilized foam (GSF) that can prevent and control fires in …

Preparation of new gel foam and evaluation of its fire extinguishing performance

M Wu, Y Liang, Y Zhao, W Wang, X Hu, F Tian… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing a material that efficiently prevents spontaneous combustion of coal and can
extinguish fire remains challenging. This research developed a gel foam that integrates the …

[HTML][HTML] Hot aerosol fire extinguishing agents and the associated technologies: a review

X Zhang, MHS Ismail, C Hee - Brazilian Journal of Chemical …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Since the phase out of Halon extinguishers in the 1980s, hot aerosol fire suppression
technology has gained much attention. Unlike traditional inert gas, foam, water mist and …

Experimental investigation of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets influence on integral characteristics of their evaporation during motion through high …

RS Volkov, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - International Journal of Thermal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Experimental investigation of influence of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets
on integral characteristics of their evaporation during the motion through high-temperature …

Planar laser-induced fluorescence diagnostics of water droplets heating and evaporation at high-temperature

RS Volkov, PA Strizhak - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Gas-steam-droplet technologies are widely used in systems operating at high temperatures
ranging between 400 and 2000° C, namely: fire-fighting systems, thermal fluid cleaning, fuel …

Experimental investigation of atomized water droplet initial parameters influence on evaporation intensity in flaming combustion zone

OV Vysokomornaya, GV Kuznetsov, PA Strizhak - Fire Safety Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Experimental investigation of integral characteristics of typical extinguishing liquid (water)
droplet evaporation in flaming combustion zone was carried out with varying of their basic …

Unsteady temperature fields of evaporating water droplets exposed to conductive, convective and radiative heating

GV Kuznetsov, MV Piskunov, RS Volkov… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the rates and typical durations of high-temperature heating and
evaporation of water droplets determined for the dominating conductive, convective or …

Research of temperature fields and convection velocities in evaporating water droplets using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Particle Image Velocimetry

RS Volkov, PA Strizhak - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Today, requirements to the resource efficiency of power plants are becoming increasingly
stringent, but hardware limitations are still there. The scientific community keeps searching …

Flame retardant cellulose-based hybrid hydrogels for firefighting and fire prevention

H Nabipour, H Shi, X Wang, X Hu, L Song, Y Hu - Fire Technology, 2022 - Springer
Wildfires have been recognized as a natural incident in some forests, however, fire season
is now more severe and extensive, even in tropical rainforests in which fire could have …

Study of resource utilization and fire prevention characteristics of a novel gel formulated from coal mine sludge (MS)

X Ren, X Hu, W Cheng, S Bian, Y Zhao, M Wu, D Xue… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to utilize coal mine sludge (MS) and reduce material cost, this paper reports the
preparation method of a novel MS/CMC-Al 3+ fire prevention and extinguishing material by …