EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PEAK CONCENTRATIONS OF HALON ALTERNATIVES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PEAK CONCENTRATIONS OF HALON ALTERNATIVES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE

Production of so-called Halon fire extinguishing agents has been prohibited since January 1994 because of their ozone depletion potential, To replace them, several hydrofluorocarbons and fluorocarbons have been developed and utilized. A number of studies on flame extinguishing concentrations and flammability peak concentrations of them have been done. Although there was enough information for practical purpose, more knowledge on fire extinguishing characteristics of them should be attained for efficient use of them. In this study, peak concentrations of methane/air mixtures with gaseous halogenated hydrocarbons were measured at elevated temperature, because the former studies were done at room temperature and temperature of a fire room can be higher than usual. Measurement was done at <TEX>$200^{\circ}C$</TEX>, because measuring system could not endure higher temperature. This study revealed that peak concentrations of halogenated hydrocarbons differed little at elevated temperature. The halogenated hydrocarbons have almost the same fire extinguishing ability as Halon 1301.