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PLoS ONE, 2013 Available data show that future changes in global change drivers may lead to an increasing impact of fires on terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Yet, fire regime changes in highly humanised fire-prone regions are difficult to predict because fire effects ...
Miquel de Cáceres +2 more
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Fire, 2023 A compressed-gas fire extinguishing experiment was carried out to analyze the impact of gas-liquid flow ratio, liquid flow rate and driving pressure on the fire suppression efficiency of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in a diesel pool fire, and a ...
Long Yan +5 more
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Using unplanned fires to help suppressing future large fires in Mediterranean forests. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Despite the huge resources invested in fire suppression, the impact of wildfires has considerably increased across the Mediterranean region since the second half of the 20th century.
Adrián Regos +4 more
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Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems for Building and Industrial Applications: Issues and Challenges
Fire, 2023 Interest in water mist fire suppression has increased within the fire protection industry due to its ability to control the spread and development of fire without using environmentally damaging agents.
Kyle Farrell +6 more
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Increasing Synchronous Fire Danger in Forests of the Western United States
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 Widespread fire activity taxes suppression resources and can compound wildfire hazards. We examine the geographic synchronicity of fire danger across western United States forests as a proxy for the strain on fire suppression resource availability ...
John T. Abatzoglou +4 more
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Containment and Suppression of Class A Fires Using CO2 Hydrate
Fire, 2023 This paper presents the experimental findings on fire containment and suppression by dropping CO2 hydrate granules and tablets on burning solid materials.
Olga Gaidukova +3 more
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A Numerical Analysis of the Fire Characteristics after Sprinkler Activation in the Compartment Fire
Energies, 2020 Understanding fire characteristics under sprinkler spray is valuable for performance-based safety design. However, fire characteristics during fire suppression by sprinkler spray has seldom been studied in detail.
Ho Trong Khoat +4 more
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Thermal Runaway and Fire Suppression Applications for Different Types of Lithium Ion Batteries
Vehicles, 2021 With the improvement of lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology, safety is becoming increasingly urgent topic for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Short circuits, overcharging, high temperatures and overheating can cause thermal runaway reactions and the ...
Cagri Un, Kadir Aydın
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On the Large Eddy Simulation Modelling of Water Suppression Systems Droplet Impact and Coverage Area
Fire, 2022 In this article, a collective database from validated numerical simulation has been established to study the suppression effects of water-based suppression systems under a single-compartment fire scenario at various suppression configurations and fire ...
Ivan Miguel De Cachinho Cordeiro +7 more
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Energies, 2022 Gas-fire-suppression systems are currently applied to some specific buildings in Norway, as sprinkler systems may not provide sufficient protection in some cases.
Xiaoqin Hu, Arjen Kraaijeveld
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