Accession Number:

ADA278194

Title:

Halon 1211 Replacement Agent Evaluation-Perfluorohexane and Halotron 1

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC PANAMA CITY FL

Personal Author(s):

• Rochefort, Michael A.
• Dees, Billy R.
• Risinger, Charles W.

Report Date:

1993-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

This test program quantified the fire extinguishment performance of the candidate Halon 1211 replacement agents, perfluorohexane and Halotron I. Both of these agents were tested head-to-head with Halon 1211 for several typical aircraft fire scenarios. The following tests were conducted agent throw-range tests, dry-pool fire extinguishment tests, three-dimensional inclined plane running fuel fire tests, simulated engine-nacelle running-fuel fire tests, and simulated wheel-well fires involving hydraulic fluid. All tests except the wheel well fire used JP-4 as the fuel. Amerex Model 600 150-pound wheeled extinguishers were used to dispense the agent in each test. Halon 1211, Perfluorohexane, Halotron 1, Clean fire extinguishing agents.

Descriptors:

• *FLUORINE
• *REPLACEMENT
• *FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENTS
• *HEXANES
• *HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• SCENARIOS
• WHEEL WELLS
• ENGINE NACELLES
• HYDRAULIC FLUIDS
• AIRCRAFT FIRES
• MODELS
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• FUELS

Subject Categories:

• Military Aircraft Operations
• Organic Chemistry
• Safety Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE