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Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires
Posted by: Gerald Hurst (IP Logged)
Date: December 22, 2006 10:49AM

I generally agree with what you have written.

It appears to me that the factory mutual test results support the proposition that aerosol cans are capable of producing fires which could be misinterpreted as multiple origins. The following paragraph is quoted from an FM summary of their research:

"FM Global Research conducted large scale tests on all levels of flammable products. Level 2 flammable aerosols produced intense fires, and ruptured cans were propelled throughout the test site. Sprinklers confined the fire to the aerosol storage with no sustained fire propagation to the target storage arrays. Some of the rocketing cans actually trailed burning liquid, and burning packaging material or plastic caps also were occasionally propelled beyond the test array. Product sprayed from the cans and occasionally splashed onto the
target arrays, but it was quickly diluted and extinguished by the sprinkler discharge."

Note that when they write that there was "no sustained fire propagation to the target storage arrays," they are referring to the fact that the sprinkler system was able to extinguish the remote fires.



Subject Views Written By Posted
  Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 2262 John J. Lentini, CFEI 12/16/2006 10:18AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1261 cda 12/16/2006 11:22PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1278 cda 12/16/2006 11:27PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1265 cda 12/16/2006 11:29PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1219 jgmcfps 12/18/2006 10:03AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1200 dahebert 12/18/2006 04:20PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1178 John J. Lentini, CFEI 01/07/2007 09:06AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1002 MIKE 01/12/2007 10:48AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1193 Jim Mazerat 12/19/2006 12:06PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1103 cda 12/20/2006 08:47AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1431 Gerald Hurst 12/20/2006 10:50AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1132 Gerald Hurst 12/20/2006 01:39PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1109 Jim Mazerat 12/20/2006 08:33PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1077 Gerald Hurst 12/21/2006 09:18AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1125 Jim Mazerat 12/21/2006 11:59AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1177 dahebert 12/21/2006 10:10AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1099 Gerald Hurst 12/21/2006 05:32PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1122 Jim Mazerat 12/21/2006 07:02PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1066 Gerald Hurst 12/22/2006 10:49AM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1101 Jim Mazerat 12/22/2006 12:04PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1082 Gerald Hurst 12/22/2006 01:27PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1053 Jim Mazerat 12/22/2006 03:45PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 982 Jim Mazerat 12/22/2006 12:58PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1043 Gerald Hurst 12/22/2006 01:28PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1148 Anthony Tester 12/19/2006 08:34PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1051 Jim Mazerat 12/20/2006 10:05PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1042 Jim Mazerat 12/21/2006 04:49PM
  Re: Exploding aerosol cans spreading fires 1097 Jim Mazerat 12/23/2006 12:25PM


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