Inflatable Partitions for High-Expansion Foam Generators

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• Personal Author:
  Conti, Ronald S.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) has developed an inflatable feed-tube seal (IFTS) for high-expansion foam generators. The IFTS is a lightweight, portable, rectangular inflatable bag that can be used by firefighters to rapidly seal large openings, such as those in underground mines, and to simultaneously provide a feed-tube for a high-expansion foam generator. Thus allows fire-fighting foam to freely flow to the fire site and control or extinguish the fire. Studies indicated that a high-expansion foam plug will travel 183 m (600 ft) down an entry with a 4.5% rise in elevation, before leakage of foam from around the inflatable partition. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fire-extinguishing-agents Fire-extinguishing-systems Fire-fighting Fire-prevention Fire-safety Mine-fires Mining-industry Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024023
• Citation:
  Min Eng 1995 Jun; 47(6):561-566
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9e5f51a8769239e7e9dc18a5615ceae60dba5d0ecf69288b08ae239d7ea010874ffd09ac2cdd27bc7a92217b214b8c041d41fe29827c3cc4d1421764c7f2ce6a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220742/cdc_220742_DS1.pdf
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