Alternative approach for fire suppression of class A, B and C fires in gloveboxes

Journal Article · Thu Feb 10 04:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1028799

Rosenberger, Mark S ^[1]; Tsiagkouris, James A ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

Department of Energy (DOE) Orders and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Codes and Standards require fire suppression in gloveboxes. Several potential solutions have been and are currently being considered at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The objective is to provide reliable, minimally invasive, and seismically robust fire suppression capable of extinguishing Class A, B, and C fires; achieve compliance with DOE and NFPA requirements; and provide value-added improvements to fire safety in gloveboxes. This report provides a brief summary of current approaches and also documents the successful fire tests conducted to prove that one approach, specifically Fire Foe{trademark} tubes, is capable of achieving the requirement to provide reliable fire protection in gloveboxes in a cost-effective manner.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1028799
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-11-00994; LA-UR-11-994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPLIANCE
GLOVEBOXES
LANL
SAFETY