Development of fire test methodology with portable powder fire extinguishers with a charge of special purpose fire extinguishing powder
- Authors: Kazakov A.V.1, Emelyanov R..2, Bukhtoyarov D.V.2, Lyukshin A.S.2, Khatuntseva S.Y.1
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- 1All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
- All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
- Issue: Vol 118, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 50-54
- Section: Scientific and Technical Developments
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2411-3778/article/view/309890
- ID: 309890
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Abstract
Due to the specifics of extinguishing, the combustion process of active metals and metal-containing compounds occupies a special place among fires that occur at various facilities. Taking into account the fact that the technological processes of treatment and storage of this kind of fire load is mainly in enterprises of great state importance, the development and application of effective means to eliminate metal and metal-containing compounds from an early stage is highly relevant.
The main extinguishing agent, when extinguishing such fires, is a special purpose extinguishing powder that creates a protective layer on the surface of the burning metal. The means of extinguishing powder supply also plays an important role in the extinguishing process. As with other fire classes (A, B, C and E), fire extinguishers are used as primary means of extinguishing fires at the initial stage of development. Given that a fire extinguisher is used manually by a person in an emergency situation, it must have maximum reliability, which implies meeting certain requirements, the most important of which is the fire extinguishing capacity requirement. In the case with fire extinguishers designed to extinguish fires of metals and metal-containing compounds, there is currently a gap in the domestic regulatory literature, unlike the so-called “classic” fire extinguishers designed to extinguish fires of A, B, C and E classes. In view of this fact, an attempt has been made to find approaches to the development of model fires of metals and metal-containing compounds and methods of testing their extinguishing with portable fire extinguishers.
About the authors
Aleksey V. Kazakov
1All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
Email: vniipo22@vniipo.ru
SPIN-code: 4844-4550
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of Department
Russian Federation, VNIIPO microdistrict, house 12, Balashikha, Moscow region, 143903, RussiaRoman A. Emelyanov
All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
Email: roman_e77@mail.ru
Deputy Head of the Institute – Head of the Research Center
Russian Federation, VNIIPO microdistrict, building 12, Balashikha, Moscow region, 143903Dmitry V. Bukhtoyarov
All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
Email: dvb01@bk.ru
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Chief of Sector
Russian Federation, VNIIPO microdistrict, building 12, Balashikha, Moscow region, 143903Aleksandr S. Lyukshin
All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
Email: vniipo22@vniipo.ru
Research Associate
Russian Federation, VNIIPO microdistrict, building 12, Balashikha, Moscow region, 143903Svetlana Yu. Khatuntseva
1All-Russian Research Institute for Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia)
Author for correspondence.
Email: lu2986@yandex.ru
Chief of Sector
Russian Federation, VNIIPO district, 12, Balashikha, Moscow region, 143903, RussiaReferences
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