Development and extinguishment of oil shale rubble fire

Journal Article · Sat Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Mining Engineering (Littleton, Colorado); (USA)

OSTI ID:6776497

Sapko, M J; Greninger, N B ^[1]

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1. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Pittsburgh Research Center

This paper reports on large scale oil shale rubble fire tests to investigate flammability characteristics and different methods of extinguishment. Ignition of large rubble piles was easily accomplished. Foam blankets could be used to control surface flames. The results of these large scale tests confirm that water was effective but not particularly efficient in extinguishing deep seated oil shale fires. It took up to 1.7 times as much water to extinguish a fire as anticipated on the basis of a simple cooling model, assuming 100% utilization.

• OSTI ID: 6776497
• Journal Information: Mining Engineering (Littleton, Colorado); (USA), Journal Name: Mining Engineering (Littleton, Colorado); (USA) Vol. 42:4; ISSN MIENA; ISSN 0026-5187
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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