Fire Suppression Foam System

Fire in a storage tank is a challenge to both tank operators and fire fighters.

Fire suppression foam system.

Formulated using high performance synthetic foam concentrate technology re healing foam is designed to replace traditional afff and ar afff foam concentrates and fluor protein foams. Taking into consideration this minimum density the foam solution shall be designed to discharge for a period of 10 minutes over the entire system s area for deluge and spray foam water systems and over the design area design area is equal to 465 square meters in accordance with paragraph 7 3 7 1 of nfpa 16 for wet pipe dry pipe and preaction foam water systems. The foam maker is normally installed in the line of a semi fixed or fixed foam fire protection system. Foam makers are air aspirating foam discharge devices used primarily for the protection of the seal area of open top floating roof storage tanks and dike areas around storage tanks.

Storage tank fire protection system. Arctic foam aqueous film forming foam afff and aqueous film forming foam alcohol type concentrate afff atc concentrates for class b fires. Federal emergency management agency. References oke shawn performance characteristics of wetting agents u s.

Compressed air foam system. Multiple studies all indicate that using compressed air foam instead of water alone greatly improves fire extinguishment and firefighter safety. Foam amplifies the effectiveness of water in fire suppression by breaking the surface tension making the droplets smaller and enhancing cooling of the water. Fire protectioncomau 3 foam has been used as a fire fighting media for many years yet new foam compounds are continually being developed.

Foam and chemical fire suppression systems are used to cool the fire and coat the fuel that the fire is consuming to prevent contact with oxygen and reduce combustion ability.