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Explosion suppression of an armoured vehicle crew compartment

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Conference2004 International Symposium on Safety Science and Technology: 01 October 2004, Shanghai, China
Subjectexplosion; suppression; armoured vehicle; crew compartment; Suppression
Abstract
The purpose of this research was the identification and evaluation of candidate options for the protection of the crew compartment of tanks and armoured personnel carriers from fire and explosion hazards. Three potential candidate extinguishing systems were examined: a high pressure HFC-227ea extinguisher; a hybrid gas generator with HFC-227e; and a hybrid gas generator with water. These systems were evaluated for explosion suppression performance in real-scale crew compartment explosion experiments, and any negative aspects were noted.
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  • Proceedings of 2004 International Symposium on Safety Science and Technology: 01 October 2004, Shanghai, China (1 October 2004): 1070–1074.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 47026
NRC-IRC-16216
NPARC number20378401
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