Fire intervention technology (detection and suppression) is a critical part of the strategy of spacecraft fire safety. This paper reviews the status, trends, and issues in fire intervention, particularly the technology applied to the protection of the International Space Station and future missions beyond Earth orbit. An important contribution to improvements in spacecraft fire safety is the understanding of the behavior of fires in the non-convective (microgravity) environment of Earth-orbiting and planetary-transit spacecraft. A key finding is the strong influence of ventilation flow on flame characteristics, flammability limits and flame suppression in microgravity. Knowledge of these flow effects will aid the development of effective processes for fire response and technology for fire suppression.


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    Title :

    Progress in Fire Detection and Suppression Technology for Future Space Missions


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space 2000 Conference and Exposition ; 2000 ; Long Beach, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2000-09-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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