Fluorescein and poly(ethylene oxide) hose stream additives for improved firefighting effectiveness

Fire Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-306

  Chen, Eric B ^a   Morales, Antonio J ^a   Chen, Chien Chung ^a   Donatelli, Alfred A ^a   Bannister, William W ^a   Cummings, Bruce T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b New York City Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF); Class A foam; Diethylene glycol butyl ether (DGBE); Drag reduction; Fire hose stream; Firefighting; Fluorescein; Metering; Night time visibility; Poly(ethylene oxide)

Indexed keywords

FIRE;

EID: 0032434996     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1015362426844     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Clough, T. C., "Research on Friction Reducing Agents," Fire Technology, Vol. 2 (February 1973), , No. 1, pp. 32-45.
2. Brodey, Milton, "Slippery Water...Reducing Friction Loss in Hose Lines," W. New York Fire Department, No. 3 (1969), p. 15.
3. Toms, B. A., "Some Observations on the Flow of Linear Polymer Solutions Through Straight Tubes at Large Reynolds Numbers," Proc. Int'l Congress on Rheology (North Holland, Amsterdam), Part II (1949), pp. 135-141.
4. Hoyt, J. W., and Fabula, A. G., "The Effect of Additives on Fluid Friction" NOTS Naval Weapons Report 8636 , NTC Report AD 612 056 (December 1964).
5. Hoyt, J. W., "Friction Reduction as an Estimator of Molecular Weight," Journal of Polymer Science, Part B (Polymer Physics), Vol. 4 (1966), No. 10, p. 714.
6. Braun, D. B., and DeLong, D. J., "Polyethers (Ethylene Oxide Polymers)," in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 3rd ed., New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1982, pp. 627-8.
7. McCabe, W. L., Smith, J. C., and Harriot, P., Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 5th ed., New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993, p. 101.
8. Brodkey, R. S., and Hershey, H. C., Transport Phenomena: A Unified Approach, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1988, p. 782.
9. Fire Protection Handbook, 18th ed., Quincy, MA: NFPA, 1997, Section 10, 247-248.
10. RADM Paul T. Gillchrist, USN (Ret.), comments on need for high volume, high pressure hose streams in carrier fires; Aircraft Carriers, New York, NY, History Channel Video, Arts and Entertainment Television Network, 1996.
11. Potter, E. B., The Naval Academy Illustrated History of the United States Navy, New York City: Galahad Books, 1971, pp. 198-204.
12. 3M AFFF Products Environmental Reporting Regulations, St. Paul, MN: 3M Corp., 1995.
13. The Merck Index, 12th ed., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey: Nerck and Co., Inc., 1996, p. 706.
14. "POLYOX Water-Soluble Resins," Technical Bulletin UC-876, Danbury, Connecticut: Union Carbide Corp., 1995, p. 3.
15. "POLYOX Water-Soluble Resins," Technical Bulletin UC-1247,Danbury, Connecticut: Union Carbide Corp., 1996, p. 2.