DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Fire suppressing apparatus. [sodium fires]

Abstract

Apparatus for smothering a liquid sodium fire comprises a pan, a perforated cover on the pan, and tubed depending from the cover and providing communication between the interior of the pan and the ambient atmosphere through the perforations in the cover. Liquid caught in the pan rises above the lower ends of the tubes and thus serves as a barrier which limits the amount of air entering the pan.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6048329
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-15-2395
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; FIRE FIGHTING; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; COMBUSTION; CONTAINERS; SODIUM; TUBES; ALKALI METALS; BREEDER REACTORS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; METALS; OXIDATION; REACTORS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 210500 - Power Reactors, Breeding

Citation Formats

Buttrey, K E. Fire suppressing apparatus. [sodium fires]. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Buttrey, K E. Fire suppressing apparatus. [sodium fires]. United States.
Buttrey, K E. Fri . "Fire suppressing apparatus. [sodium fires]". United States.
@article{osti_6048329,
title = {Fire suppressing apparatus. [sodium fires]},
author = {Buttrey, K E},
abstractNote = {Apparatus for smothering a liquid sodium fire comprises a pan, a perforated cover on the pan, and tubed depending from the cover and providing communication between the interior of the pan and the ambient atmosphere through the perforations in the cover. Liquid caught in the pan rises above the lower ends of the tubes and thus serves as a barrier which limits the amount of air entering the pan.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 1980}
}

Patent:
Search for the full text at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Note: You will be redirected to the USPTO site, which may require a pop-up blocker to be deactivated to view the patent. If so, you will need to manually turn off your browser's pop-up blocker, typically found within the browser settings. (See DOE Patents FAQs for more information.)

Save / Share: