Download or read book Cargo Compartment Fire Protection in Large Commercial Transport Aircraft written by David Blake and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes recent research by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) related to cargo compartment fire protection in large transport aircraft. A gaseous hydrofluorocarbon, HFC-125, was compared to Halon 1301 in terms of fire suppression effectiveness and agent decomposition levels in the cargo compartment and passenger cabin during full-scale tests involving a bulk-loaded cargo fire. Also, a zoned water mist system was designed and evaluated against a bulk-loaded cargo fire. An exploding aerosol can simulator is being developed to provide a repeatable fire threat for evaluation of new halon replacement agents. The potential severity of an exploding aerosol can inside a cargo compartment and the effectiveness of Halon 1301 inserting was demonstrated. Tests were also conducted to determine the effectiveness of Halon 1301 against a cargo fire involving oxygen canisters. Finally, HFC-125 was evaluated for use as a simulant for Halon 1301 during cargo compartment approval testing to demonstrate compliance with applicable FAA regulations.
Download or read book Cargo Compartment Fire Protection in Large Commercial Transport Aircraft written by David Blake and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes recent research by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) related to cargo compartment fire protection in large transport aircraft. A gaseous hydrofluorocarbon, HFC-125, was compared to Halon 1301 in terms of fire suppression effectiveness and agent decomposition levels in the cargo compartment and passenger cabin during full-scale tests involving a bulk-loaded cargo fire. Also, a zoned water mist system was designed and evaluated against a bulk-loaded cargo fire. An exploding aerosol can simulator is being developed to provide a repeatable fire threat for evaluation of new halon replacement agents. The potential severity of an exploding aerosol can inside a cargo compartment and the effectiveness of Halon 1301 inserting was demonstrated. Tests were also conducted to determine the effectiveness of Halon 1301 against a cargo fire involving oxygen canisters. Finally, HFC-125 was evaluated for use as a simulant for Halon 1301 during cargo compartment approval testing to demonstrate compliance with applicable FAA regulations.
Download or read book Minimum Performance Standard for Aircraft Cargo Compartment Halon Replacement Fire Suppression Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of Large Class B Cargo Compartment s Fire Protection written by David R. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire and Smoke Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft written by Committee on Fire and Smoke Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-02-02 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two principal objectives of this book were (1) to identify promising materials technologies, design issues (both overall and for individual components), and fire performance parameters (both full scale and for individual components) that, if properly optimized, would lead to improved fire and smoke resistance of materials and components used in aircraft interiors; and (2) to identify long-range research directions that hold the most promise for producing predictive modeling capability, new advanced materials, and the required product development to achieve totally fire-resistant interiors in future aircrafts. The emphasis of the study is on long-term innovation leading to impacts on fire worthiness of aircraft interiors ten to twenty years hence.
Download or read book Minimum Performance Standard for Aircraft Cargo Compartment Halon Replacement Fire Suppression Systems written by John W. Reinhardt and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire Hazards of Aerosol Cans in Aircraft Cargo Compartments written by David R. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project was to determine the hazards associated with aerosol cans involved in cargo fires. Over the last several years the chlorofluorocarbon propellant used in aerosol cans has been replaced with hydrocarbons such as butane, propane, and isobutane. These flammable gases would normally be prohibited on passenger carrying airplanes but there is an exception for up to 75 ounces per person for medicinal and toilet articles when carried in checked baggage only. Seven fire tests involving aerosol cans were conducted in an 800-cubic-foot cargo compartment. The main conclusions of the study were that hydrocarbon propellants in aerosol cans increase the damage potential of luggage fires; the fires in a simulated Class D compartment where aerosol cans ruptured and ignited were not contained; a Class C compartment provides significantly more protection against aerosol can fire threat than than does a Class D compartment; an aerosol can rupturing and igniting in a class D or Class C cargo compartment would eliminate the compartments ability to control ventilations and drafts; and aerosol cans would be exposed to elevated temperatures for a longer period of time in a luggage fire in a Class D compartment than in a Class C compartment. Keywords: Aerosol cans; Fire safety; Cargo fires; Flammable gases. (kt).
Download or read book Development of a Standardized Fire Source for Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Detection Systems written by David R. Blake and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the development and testing of a standardized fire source for cargo compartment fire detection systems. Note that currently, these fire sources cannot be used in actual certification flight tests. The intent of this work was to define a fire source in terms of heat release rate, mass loss rate, and smoke and gas species production rates, and then devise a safe method to simulate whichever aspect of the fire signature that the particular detection system was designed to respond to in the certification tests. This could be done singly or in some combination with smoke generators, heat guns, and the controlled release of actual or surrogate gas species. This report discusses how this fire source is used in a computational fluid dynamics model to predict the transport of smoke, gases, and heat throughout a cargo compartment. The testing concluded that the fire source used in a simulated smoldering fire mode does not produce a fire signature that would be useful in developing multicriteria fire detectors with a better capability to resist false alarms. This report also documents the amount of smoke that would be detectable in various size cargo compartments and the resultant responses of currently in-use aircraft smoke detectors from the simulated smoldering and flaming fires.
Download or read book Cargo Compartment Fire Suppression written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aircraft Fire Protection and Rescue Procedures written by International Fire Service Training Association and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aircraft Cargo Compartment Fire Test Simulation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of Flight Fire Protection Means for Inaccessible Aircraft Baggage Compartments written by L. A. Asadourian and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire Safety Evaluation of Aircraft Lavatory and Cargo Compartments written by Demetrius A. Kourtides and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis of Factors Effecting Cargo Bay Fire Suppression Using a Fuel Tank Inerting System written by William M. Cavage and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Adding the capability of inert gas generation for fuel tank inerting to a commercial transport airplane has the potential to improve fire safety and reduce the weight and complexity of existing cargo bay fire suppression systems. To determine the effectiveness of a potential fuel tank inerting system for use as a cargo bay fire suppression metered system, a single air separation module (ASM) was tested to obtain specific performance points relevant to cargo bay fire suppression. These performance points were then used to calculate the time required to inert a single cargo bay with that inerting system and also to calculate how much time the cargo bay would not be inert using the Onboard Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) with a discharge of halon."--Page [ii].
Download or read book Fire Containment Cover Design Performance and Testing Requirements written by AGE-2 Air Cargo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS), identical to ISO 14186, specifies the minimum design and performance criteria and testing methods of fire containment covers (FCCs) used either: ain those cargo compartments of civil transport aircraft where they constitute one means of complying with applicable airworthiness regulations, or bon a voluntary basis, when deemed appropriate by operators to improve fire protection in aircraft cargo compartments where airworthiness regulations do not mandate their use. This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) specifies the design and performance criteria and testing methods applicable to fire containment covers intended to be used in conjunction with air cargo unit load devices in order to meet through oxygen depletion the fire containment regulations in certain civil transport aircraft cargo compartments.Throughout this Standard, the minimum essential criteria are identified by use of the key word "shall." Recommended criteria are identified by use of the key word "should" and, while not mandatory, are considered to be of primary importance in providing safe fire containment covers. Deviation from recommended criteria should only occur after careful consideration, extensive testing and thorough service evaluations have shown alternate methods to be satisfactory.The requirements of this Standard are expressed in the applicable SI units, with approximate inch-pound unit conversion between brackets. Where it is deemed necessary to use exact values, the SI units are to be used.
Download or read book Federal Aviation Regulations written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
