1. Technical effect Increasing the quick action, efficiency and reliability of currently available explosion protection systems. 2. Essence of application The proposed explosion protection system contains an explosion detector and a shock wave damping agent discharge device. The detector consists of overpressure and flame sensors, an identification module and an electromagnetic signal wireless transmitter. The discharge device contains a container filled with damping agent. 3. Field of use Protection of infrastructural and industrial facilities from non-authorized and, terrorist explosions; localization of methane explosion energy in coal mines.

A system for forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based fire protection zones formed over property and ground surfaces in and about a neighborhood of homes, that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire. The system includes a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system wirelessly connected to a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system is used to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces in and about the neighborhood, with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so to form environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones over the GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of the environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A mobile computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, relating to the formation of the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones, so as to verify that the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones were formed at the GPS-specified property surfaces on the particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

A neighborhood of buildings or homes, provided with a system for forming and maintaining GPS tracked and mapped environmentally-clean chemical-based fire protection zones formed over property and ground surfaces in and about the neighborhood of homes, that proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire. The system includes a GPS-tracking anti-fire (AF) liquid spraying system wirelessly connected to a wireless communication network supporting a network database. The GPS-tracked anti-fire liquid spraying system is used to spray particular GPS-specified ground surfaces in and about the buildings and neighborhood, with an environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid so to form environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones over the GPS-specified property surfaces, while generating GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records pertaining to the application of the environmentally-clean anti-fire chemical liquid spray during the formation of the environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones. The GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records are transmitted over the wireless communication network for storage in the network database. A mobile computing system is used to access the GPS-coordinate and time/date stamped data records from the network database, relating to the formation of the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones, so as to verify that the GPS-specified environmentally-clean chemical fire protection zones were formed at the GPS-specified property surfaces on the particular date, to proactively inhibit fire ignition and flame spread when exposed to wild fire.

A Class-A fire-protected wood product include: a wood product having exterior wood surfaces and being selected from the group consisting of finger-jointed wood products, dimensioned lumber products, cross-laminated timber (CLT) products, and engineered wood products (EWPs); and thin potassium salt crystalline coatings formed on the exterior wood surfaces of said wood product during a surface treatment process involving the coating of said exterior surfaces with an environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid chemical composition, so as to produce a Class-A fire-protected wood product having Class-A fire-protected wood surfaces, when water molecules in said environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid chemical composition evaporate to the environment during drying and formation of said thin potassium salt crystalline coatings. The thin potassium salt crystalline coatings protect the treated exterior surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, by interrupting the combustion phase of the fire by one or more pathways, and inhibiting fire ignition and flame spread.

An environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition for application on combustible surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire. The environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition including a dispersing agent realized in the form of a quantity of water, for dispersing metal ions dissolved in water; a fire inhibiting agent in the form of at least one alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid, for providing metal ions dispersed in the water when the alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid is dissolved in the quantity of water; and a coalescing agent in the form of an organic compound containing three carboxylic acid groups, or salt/ester derivatives thereof, specifically triethyl citrate (TEC), an ester of citric acid, for dispersing and coalescing the metal ions when the fire inhibiting liquid composition is applied to combustible surfaces to be protected against fire, while water molecules in the water evaporate to the environment during drying, and the metal ions cooperate to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces. The alkali metal salt of nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid may be selected from the group consisting of: alkali metal salts of citric acid; alkali metal salts of oxalic acid; alkali metal salts of gluconic acid; and alkali metal salts of tartaric acid. The alkali metal salt of nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid may be selected from the group consisting of the alkali salt of lithium, the alkali salt of sodium, the alkali salt of potassium, the alkali salt of cesium and the alkali salt of rubidium. Preferably, the alkali metal salt of nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid is an alkali salt of potassium, namely tripotassium citrate (TPC).

An environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition for application on combustible surfaces to inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire. The environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition includes: a dispersing agent realized in the form of a quantity of water, for dispersing potassium ions dissolved in the water; a fire inhibiting agent realized in the form of potassium citrate, for providing potassium ions dispersed in the water when the potassium citrate is dissolved in the water; and a coalescing agent realized in the form of triethyl citrate, an ester of citric acid, for dispersing and coalescing the potassium ions when the fire inhibiting liquid composition is applied to a combustible surfaces to be protected against fire ignition and flame spread, and while water molecules in the water evaporate during drying, the potassium ions cooperate to form a thin potassium salt crystalline coating on the treated combustible surface that proactively protects the treated combustible surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread, in the presence of fire.

A method for the suppression of coal seam fires provides for the location and determination of the boundaries of a coal seam fire, directing access to the coal seam, preparation of the coal seam prior to suppression and the suppression of the fire within the coal seam using a foam mixture, the method providing minimal impact and disruption to the surface above the coal seam fire.

A system adapted for installation on a parcel of property and configured for proactively protecting combustible property surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread by forming environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible property surfaces prior to the arrival of wildfire. The system includes: a storage tank containing a supply of environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition, available for spray application on and over the combustible surfaces of the parcel of property in response to a trigger signal generated before the arrival of a wildfire at the parcel of property, so as to form thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire. The environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition includes: a dispersing agent realized in the form of a quantity of water, for dispersing potassium ions dissolved in the water; a fire inhibiting agent realized in the form of potassium citrate, for providing potassium ions dispersed in the water when said potassium citrate is dissolved in the water; and a coalescing agent realized in the form of triethyl citrate, an ester of citric acid, for dispersing and coalescing the potassium ions when the fire inhibiting liquid composition is applied to the combustible surfaces to be protected against fire ignition and flame spread, and while water molecules in the water evaporate during drying, the potassium ions cooperate to form the environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that proactively protects the combustible surfaces against fire ignition and flame spread, in the presence of fire. Spraying apparatus is arranged in fluid communication with the storage tank, and is responsive to the generation of the trigger signal, for automated spraying of the supply of environmentally-clean fire inhibiting liquid biochemical composition, on and over the combustible surfaces of the parcel of property before the arrival of a wildfire at the parcel of property, so as to form the environmentally-clean thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces that inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of wildfire.

A wildfire suppression system is shown that includes a detector that can identify a wildfire threat from an approaching wildfire. When a wildfire is detected, a fire suppression system is activated to pump a fire retardant product, such as water or foam, through a fire retardant distribution system to supply the fire retardant to a series of water dispersion devices that are positioned to protect a structure and a set of landscape elements such as trees, flowers, bushes, and shrubs. Various embodiments can include a fixed based non mobile wildfire suppression system having automatic notification to local fire and police authorities of the presence of the wildfire, and can also include local electrical power generating units that can provide the electrical power needed to operate and control the wildfire suppression system.

A heat transfer sensor includes a support body, a first thermocouple probe, a second thermocouple probe, and a third thermocouple probe. Each thermocouple probe is mounted to the support body and includes a hollow cylinder, a thermocouple, and an insulator. The thermocouple is mounted to an interior of the associated hollow cylinder and is configured to generate a first voltage based on a temperature of the associated hollow cylinder. The insulator is mounted between the associated hollow cylinder and the top wall. The first hollow cylinder has an emissivity 0.25. The second hollow cylinder has an emissivity 0.75. The third thermocouple probe has an emissivity that is >0.25 and <0.75 or measures a temperature of an environment surrounding the support body. A convective heat transfer and an incident radiation are computed using the first and second voltage and either the third voltage or the air temperature.