The Synthesis of an Aqueous Film Forming Foam Concentration and the Drainage Characteristic of the Foam

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10.2991/cas-15.2015.5How to use a DOI?

Keywords

formulation; drain; firefighting foam; AFFF; foam mass

Abstract

Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) is a very effective agent for firefighting hydrocarbon fuel fires. A study was conducted to develop a small-scale test for quantifying the drainage behavior of a synthesized AFFF formulation in accordance with the requirements of MIL-24385-F. The rate of drainage was measured to increase sharply to top firstly and then to decrease significantly. Furthermore, the results revealed that there was a critical moment when the drainage of solution slowed down suddenly, and when the most part of solution had drained from the foam.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wu Xiujuan
AU  - Li Changhai
AU  - Zhao Chuanwen
AU  - Sheng Youjie
AU  - Lu Shouxiang
PY  - 2015/08
DA  - 2015/08
TI  - The Synthesis of an Aqueous Film Forming Foam Concentration and the Drainage Characteristic of the Foam
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 AASRI International Conference on Circuits and Systems
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 18
EP  - 20
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cas-15.2015.5
DO  - 10.2991/cas-15.2015.5
ID  - Xiujuan2015/08
ER  -