Objective
Sustainable human activity calls for a search of new, effective and ecologically safe fire suppressants. At present, environmentally benign, effective fire suppressants are urgently needed to replace ozone-depleting halon compounds including Halon 1301, banned by the Montreal Protocol. The proposed research is focused upon a search for new effective fire suppressants among: (i) fluorinated organophosphorus compounds and/or their mixtures with halons, and (ii) organic salts of alkali metals dissolved in halons. An integral part of the study is the development of an effective model for simulation and predicting fire behaviour and extinguishment. The following tasks will be completed: synthesis of fluorinated incombustible and volatile organophosphorus compounds; laboratory-scale versatile testing for determination of fire extinguishing effectiveness of the fire suppressants; assessment of environmental impact of organophosphorus compounds including their toxicity, ozone depletion and global warming potentials; selection of the most effective fire suppressants for further studies; laboratory-scale study of flammability parameters of fuel/air/selected fire suppressants; large-scale tests for different scenarios of fire development; chemical kinetics model for flame extinguishment by organophosphorus compounds; and modelling of compartment fire dynamics and extinguishment by organophosphorus compounds. The proposed research is expected to result in the development, versatile testing and practical application of a new-generation of fire suppressants. Comprehensive studies of the effectiveness of fire suppressants and assessment of their toxicity and environment impact will be carried out using practically all known experimental techniques. Evaluation of the production cost of fire suppressants, which is of importance for their industrial manufacturing, will be carried out. Large-scale testing of the fire suppressants will demonstrate the possibilities of their practical application for extinguishing fires in compartments, large fires (forest fires, pool fires) and fires inside an aircraft engine in a nacelle. The proposed research will be carried out by nine research teams, three of which represent INTAS countries and include the University of Central Lancashire, UK; Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France and Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. Six research teams from Russia include four institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences: the Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Novosibirsk; Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds, Chernogolovka (Moscow Region); Institute Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk and the Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Moscow; Institute of Remote Sound and Nature Management of the Siberian State Ggeodesic Academy; and the leading fire research institution, All Russian Research Institute of Fire Protection (VNIIPO), the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Balashikha (Moscow Region).
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United Kingdom
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