ES1298527U - TEMPERATURE AND FLAME INHIBITOR GEL FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHING (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Temperature and flame inhibitor gel for fire extinguishing that is characterized by comprising a mixture of between 100 and 200 grams of polyacrylate with five liters of distilled water. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

TEMPERATURE AND FLAME INHIBITOR GEL FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHING

Object of the invention

The object of this report is a temperature and flame inhibiting gel for fire extinguishing, which has among its main advantages the fact that it is configured to provide a great coverage capacity, high viscosity, and adherence; which makes it possible to simultaneously attack the three components of the fire triangle in a more effective way than the gases, powders and foam concentrates currently used, overcoming the drawbacks that each of them presents separately.

Background of the invention

At present, there are basically three methods or means for extinguishing fires; counting each one of them with its advantages and disadvantages.

Thus, for example, extinguishing gases have as their main advantage the fact that they are capable of displacing the oxygen that the fire needs to continue the reaction and replace it with inert gases. This makes them especially suitable for type B fires.

The main drawback of using this extinguishing medium is that when you finish applying these gases, oxygen reoccupies the vacuum created and the fire can be reactivated. And also, in confined or small spaces, these gases can be dangerous for people or animals that are in said location since they can cause suffocation.

On the other hand, ABC Powder has among its main advantages the fact that it can be introduced into the chain of fire and cause a cut in the supply of oxygen to the fuel, and also when it is used it also tends to deposit on the burning elements, preventing the re-entry of oxygen to the material with autoignition temperature, being more effective than extinguishing gases due to the sedimentation of the material on the fire.

But, in the same way, it presents a series of drawbacks, such as that it is a very heavy material in relation to its performance; Also, it is very suffocating and irritating to the eyes and respiratory tract, its nebulization prevents vision in most actions in confined spaces, and it is very sensitive to air currents that can easily neutralize the coverage capacities due to sedimentation.

Finally, foam agents count among their main advantages the fact that they can stop the reaction of the fire at several points, achieving its cooling, its subsequent suffocation and a cover to prevent reactivation. Therefore, regarding this means of extinguishing fires, we could say that, to this day, it is the most effective of the elements described, which makes it a system chosen as a means of security in oil platforms, airports and critical structures. .

However, the chemicals used to generate the foam in combination with water are very irritating and harmful to all types of plant and animal life, so its use in natural environments is highly discouraged.

In addition, it is very sensitive to wind currents, so if we consider the large volume that is normally used and the light weight of the foam, it will tend to move with only a slight breeze, which can cause the sense of his march is towards an unwanted place; making it very difficult to handle on windy days (which tend to coincide with and be the cause of most fires).

Another problem that this type of solution presents is the difficulty of projecting this extinguishing medium (foam) over large or medium distances (as a consequence of its problem with volumes and weight, as already described); All of this, added to the fact that the machinery necessary for the mixing and spraying of these compounds is complex, expensive and heavy, limits the capacity of their use.

Description of the invention

The solution proposed here consists of a gel that would be framed in the extinction of fires of a similar class in performance to the section referred to foam concentrates (section 3), but solving some of the previously mentioned technical problems.

The temperature and flame inhibitor gel for fire extinguishing, the object of this report, is characterized in that it comprises a mixture of polyacrylate with distilled water, in a proportion of between 100 grams of sodium or potassium polyacrylate for every 5 liters of distilled water, up to 200 grams of sodium or potassium polyacrylate for every 5 liters of distilled water depending on the density that you want to obtain in the final product

The mixing of the components will be carried out without agitation or centrifuging, it will only be allowed to hydrate naturally until the link in the molecular chain of the polyacrylate occurs, since later, the compound does not precipitate or degrade if it is properly stored.

Thanks to its design, the gel or compound recommended here will be capable of retaining up to five hundred times its weight in water (depending on its density). This is possible thanks to the fact that all the water molecules are introduced into the molecular structure of the receptor, achieving a union that cannot be dissociated.

Said union causes the compound or gel to retain water inside, giving it very favorable thermal capacities to cool burning materials. Added to its density and adherence, the total suffocation of the fire is achieved (by creating a very cohesive and compact cover that prevents oxygen from entering the burning area again).

The water retained inside the gel will act as a coolant and suffocating element of the fire, but since it cannot be evacuated from the compound, it does not evaporate easily; which would cause it to lose its effectiveness (as occurs in the case of foam concentrates if simply water is applied, which generates large amounts of steam, which could damage both the interiors of the area where it is used and the surrounding areas not affected by the fire).

For this reason, the gel described here has a density that allows it to be projected much further than water and foam concentrates, managing to be much less affected (than the latter two) by the wind when dispersing it on large fires with high thermal loads.

Another advantage of its use is that the gel does not require agitators, mixers or added machinery except for what is necessary for pressure and throwing (it can be used, through the direct attack on the fire with means of projection similar to those used with current water projection systems);

In addition, the compound is totally harmless to the environment as well as to animal and plant life. As an added advantage, it does not pollute the aquifers, since the components of this gel are suitable for human consumption.

The gel usually maintains a temperature around 10 degrees Celsius below the surrounding temperature, which also gives it relative cooling properties for other configurations or uses that it might be put to.

Finally, since the components that make up the gel do not have to be mixed and do not require agitators (in addition to its composition being unalterable once the molecular bond of the water with the product has been made), it can be stored in all kinds of packaging, which It provides it with greater versatility and safety in terms of its logistics and transfer to the area of action, being able to transfer large amounts of gel at the critical moment for its use, distributing it according to the needs of suffocation, at all times.

Disclosure of a detailed embodiment of the invention

The temperature and flame inhibitor gel for fire extinguishing, the object of this report, is characterized by comprising a mixture of sodium or potassium polyacrylate, together with distilled water, in a proportion of between 100 and 200 grams of sodium or potassium polyacrylate. for every five liters of distilled water, depending on the density that you want to obtain in the final product.

In a preferred embodiment, the gel will incorporate an algaecide, to prevent the proliferation of life in the compound, in long periods of storage.

In a particular embodiment, the algaecide will have a weight of between 0.005 and 0.02% of the total weight of the mixture between the polyacrylate and distilled water, its preferred measurement being 0.01%.

Claims (5)

1. - Temperature and flame inhibitor gel for fire extinguishing that is characterized by comprising a mixture of between 100 and 200 grams of polyacrylate with five liters of distilled water. 2. - Temperature and flame inhibitor gel according to claim 1 wherein the polyacrylate is sodium polyacrylate. 3.- Temperature and flame inhibitor gel according to claim 1, wherein the polyacrylate is potassium polyacrylate. 4. - Temperature and flame inhibitor gel according to claims 1 to 3, wherein the mixture of polyacrylate and distilled water incorporates an algaecide, which has a weight of between 0.005 and 0.02% of the total weight of the mixture between polyacrylate and distilled water. 5. - Temperature and flame inhibitor gel according to claim 4 wherein the algaecide has a weight of 0.01% of the mixture between polyacrylate and distilled water. .