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Extinguishing of Pool Fires using the Water Mist

Communications, 2020
Currently, there is progressive use of fire protection systems that use the high-pressure water mist. The extinguishing effect of water mist on flammable liquids is not sufficiently elucidated.
Daniel Ondrusik, Dalibor Balner, Adam Thomitzek   +2 more
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Numerical Study on Blast Mitigation by a Water Mist: Impact of the Mean Droplet Diameter and Volume Fraction [PDF]

Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics
The ability of water mist to mitigate blast loads has been widely recognized. However, the effects of the mean droplet diameter and volume fraction of water mist on the blast mitigation effect and underlying mechanisms have not been comprehensively ...
J. X. Zhao, S. H. Liu, W. X. Yu, L. Jiang   +3 more
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The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
This study explores the origins of life by linking prebiotic chemistry, the emergence of information‐carrying molecules such as RNA and proteins, and philosophical questions about consciousness. The study emphasizes the role of molecular evolution in the Central Dogma and provides insights into the chemical origins of biology and the basis of life's ...
Harald Schwalbe, Josef Wachtveitl, Alexander Heckel, Florian Buhr, Sabrina Toews, Thomas M. Schimmer   +5 more
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Full-Scale Experimental Investigation of Temperature Distribution and Smoke Flow in a Road Tunnel with a Novel Water Mist Fire Fighting System

Fire
This study presents a novel water mist fire fighting system that integrates water mist sprays and water mist curtains, designed to achieve simultaneous fire suppression, thermal insulation, and smoke control.
Shouzhong Feng, Deyuan Kan, Chao Guo
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The Quasistatic Pressure Characteristics of a Confined Cabin in a Water Mist Environment

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
To investigate the quasistatic pressure load characteristics of an explosion in a confined cabin in a water mist environment, explosion tests were conducted under different explosive and water mist masses.
Ya Zhang, Xiaobin Li, Xiuyi Xi, Mengzhen Li, Yiheng Zhang, Hai Huang, Wei Chen   +6 more
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The Characteristics of Methane Combustion Suppression by Water Mist and Its Engineering Applications

Energies, 2017
To safely mine coal, engineers must prevent gas combustion and explosions, as well as seek feasible and reasonable techniques to control for these types of incidents. This paper analyzes the causes and characteristics of methane combustion and explosions.
Rongkun Pan, Zejun Xiao, Minggao Yu
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Effect of ambient temperature on water absorption of coal dust with different metamorphic degrees under saturated water mist

Meikuang Anquan, 2021
In order to study the influence of the ambient temperature on the coal dust absorption rate of the heading face under saturated water mist condition, a self-designed ultrasonic atomization moisture adsorption experiment system was used to create a ...
REN Peng, WANG Fei, YAN Jingjing, HE Zhihong, LIU Zhenming, SHEN Long   +5 more
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INCREASING EXTINGUISHING EFFECT OF WATER MIST BY ELEKTRIFICATION [PDF]

Civil Engineering Journal, 2017
This paper describes extinguishing experiments to verify the possibility of increasing the fire-extinguishing efficiency of low-, medium- and high-pressure water mist by its charging by the electric field of high DC voltage.
Otto Dvořák, Jan Koller
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Research on suppression and extinguishment of belt conveyor fire by water mist based on FDS

Meikuang Anquan, 2023
For exploring the influence mechanism of fine water mist system parameters on extinguishing mine belt fires, FDS was used to study the cooling characteristics and the fire extinguishing effect of fine water mist under different parameters.
He LI, Xianhua SHEN, Li TIAN, Jiexin LU, Yi LU, Gang ZENG   +5 more
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Implications of fine water mist environment on the post-detonation processes of a PE4 explosive charge in a semi-confined blast chamber

Defence Technology, 2018
The effects of a fine water mist environment in a semi-confined blast chamber on the chemical and thermodynamic processes following detonation of a 20 g PE4 explosive charge have been investigated.
Zetu Jiba, Tleyane Jonas Sono, Frederik Johannes Mostert   +2 more
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