An overview is given on the U.S. Army program that will replace Halon 1301 fire suppression systems used onboard Army watercraft and the U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center's (Volpe Center) approach to the identification, research and testing, selection, design development, and installation of a prototype alternative system. The existing/emerging state-of-the-art technologies are reviewed. Furthermore, an account of user acceptance of the new system, lessons learned, and possible future research needs is presented.


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    Title :

    Halon alternative, A shipboard clean agent fire protection retrofit experience


    Contributors:
    Gentile, M. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 4 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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