Fire Suppression Systems

摘要

A method of fire suppression may include injecting a reactive agent into a reaction zone to produce a catalytically active species for fire suppression and conveying the catalytically active species to a fire to catalytically interfere with flame chemistry of the fire. Fire in a fuel tank may be suppressed by injecting the reactive agent into a convective flow of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer in a fuel tank, the reactive agent reacting in the fuel tank to release a species which catalytically interferes with flame chemistry to suppress fire in the fuel tank. Fire at an airplane crash may be suppressed by releasing the reactive agent from the container at the crash site to produce an active species to catalytically interfere with a fire at the crash site.

主权项

1. A fire suppression system, comprising:
a structure having a source of fuel, an air intake and an outlet which cause an air flow path through the structure, wherein the structure defines one or more flame holding regions capable of sustaining a spatially stable flame in the presence of an oxidizer and fuel; a fire suppressing agent; and an injection point associated with the structure for selectively releasing the fire suppressing agent into one or more predetermined natural flows that respectively pass through one or more predetermined said flame holding regions so that the fire suppressing agent is transportable by the one or more predetermined natural flows to the predetermined flame holding region.