Effects of Particle Size of Dry Water on Fire Extinguishing Performance 


Vol. 34,  No. 3, pp. 28-35, Jun.  2019
10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.28


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Dry water is a core-shell structured powder which comprises a very fine water core covered with hydrophobic silica particles. Recently, the dry water has attracted attention as a new type of fire extinguishing agents. However, characteristics of the dry water as a fire extinguishing agent have not been revealed until now. To our best knowledge, this is the first work to uncover effects of particle size of the dry water on the fire extinguishing performance. Pristine dry water, which has heterogeneous particle size distribution, was carefully separated by sieving method into three fractions which were a small size (ca. 110 ㎛) fraction, a medium size (ca. 220 ㎛) fraction and a large size (ca. 400 ㎛) fraction. Microscopic observations confirmed the effective separation of dry water’s particle size. In extinguishing tests of wood cribs fire, the medium size dry water showed most excellent fire extinguishing performance, as compared to other dry waters having small (ca. 110 ㎛) and large (ca. 400 ㎛) particle size. The good performance of the medium size (ca. 220 ㎛) dry water may be attributed to the balance between cooling effect of the water core and smothering effect of the silica particles. It is also revealed that small size dry water has poor flowability than large size dry water.

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[IEEE Style]

이응우 and 최영보, "Effects of Particle Size of Dry Water on Fire Extinguishing Performance," Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 28-35, 2019. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.28.

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이응우 and 최영보. 2019. Effects of Particle Size of Dry Water on Fire Extinguishing Performance. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, 34, 3, (2019), 28-35. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2019.34.3.28.

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