Development of an Innovative Fireball Fire Extinguishing System

Abstract

Industries are facing a lot of fire based accidents these days. As a result, massive losses of lives as well as money are suffered by the owners. The conventional fire extinguishing systems are found to be not enough to reduce losses, let alone eliminating them. Everyone is familiar with the fact that the huge fires originate from very small sparks or pretty little fires which are very easy to control. So, we tried to work keeping the fact in mind that we can easily control these small fires at the initial phase. By using the conventional fire extinguisher, it is not always possible to extinguish small fire. One of the major reasons of this inability is the manual handling nature. So, we worked with the automatic exciting equipment and tried to improve them in order to extinguish the small fire at a very initial stage. This is expected to lead us in a success in preventing huge fire that will cause massive losses. In our research project, dry powder is used as fire extinguisher known as ABC dry chemical powder. A stands for ash, B stands for barrel while C stands for current. The powder is usually a mix of monoammonium phosphate and ammonium sulfate, the former being the active one. The mix between the two agents is usually 40–60%, 60-40%, or 90-10% depending on local standards worldwide. An innovative fireball fire extinguisher system has been developed using this powder to extinguish fire quickly and conveniently. By using the conventional fire extinguisher, it is not always possible to extinguish small fire. One of the major reasons of this inability is the manual handling nature. So, we worked with the automatic exciting equipment and tried to improve them in order to extinguish the small fire at a very initial stage. This is expected to lead us in a success in preventing huge fire that will cause massive losses. In our research project, dry powder is used as fire extinguisher known as ABC dry chemical powder. A stands for ash, B stands for barrel while C stands for current. The powder is usually a mix of monoammonium phosphate and ammonium sulfate, the former being the active one. The mix between the two agents is usually 40–60%, 60-40%, or 90-10% depending on local standards worldwide. An innovative fireball fire extinguisher system has been developed using this powder to extinguish fire quickly and conveniently.