A dispensing unit that consists of two or more dispensing solutions, at least one being a fluorine-free foam solution, and at least one hydrogel-based solution, and which involves the dispensing of each solution through one or more compressed air foam system (CAFS), where the CAFS may use compressed air, nitrogen, or other inert gas. The individual solutions may be mixed prior to the CAFS, or one or more solutions mixed after the CAFS, or they may be mixed in separate CAFS chambers. The resulting foam may be dispensed through a single line or through multiple lines, applied simultaneously and/or at different times, and may be controlled manually and/or through automatic controls, or through a combination of the above.

A method of proportioning a finished foam at or near a hazard comprising proportioning and delivering a first finished foam to the hazard, determining if the first finished foam extinguishes or suppresses the hazard, if not, selecting an amount of a fluorinated additive, and proportioning a foam solution including the selected amount of the fluorinated additive to form a fluorinated finished foam. A foam injection system is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.

The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.

A method of proportioning a finished foam at or near a hazard comprising proportioning and delivering a first finished foam to the hazard, determining if the first finished foam extinguishes or suppresses the hazard, if not, selecting an amount of a fluorinated additive, and proportioning a foam solution including the selected amount of the fluorinated additive to form a fluorinated finished foam. A foam injection system is also disclosed.

A firefighting foam preservative composition and a method of making the firefighting foam preservative composition are provided. The firefighting foam preservative composition includes a suspension system containing water and at least one suspension agent. The firefighting foam preservative composition also includes a first polysaccharide that is soluble in the suspension system; and a second polysaccharide that is insoluble in the suspension system, but soluble in water alone. Methods of using the firefighting foam preservative composition to produce a firefighting foam and using the firefighting foam to secure a hazard by extinguishing fire and/or suppressing flammable vapors are also provided.

Disclosed is a surfactant mixture including: (i) 50%-99% of C1 which includes, per 100% of its weight: (a) 65%-90% of alkyl glutamate with C7-C17, and (b) 10%-35% of formula R1-C(═O)—OH; and (ii) 1%-50% of C2 which includes, per 100% of its weight: (c) 14-80% of C3, represented by R3-O-(G3)p-H where R3 represents C12-C16, G3 represents the residue of a reducing sugar, and 1.05≤p≤5, (d) 0%-3% of an alcohol R3-OH, (e) 20%-80% of C4, which is represented by R4-O-(G4)q-H where R4 represents C4-C7, G4 represents the residue of a reducing sugar and 1.05≤q≤5, and (f) 0%-3% of an alcohol R4-OH. Also disclosed are a fire-fighting foam liquid and a method for extinguishing a fire.

The present invention discloses a foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing and a preparation method and a use thereof. The foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 2-4 parts of foaming agent, 2.5-3.5 parts of foam stabilizer, 10-16 parts of expandable graphite, and 100 parts of water. The foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing has a foaming multiple up to 15-30 times, a viscosity of only 700 mPa.Math.s at a flow state, and the foam could be stable for more than 12 h. After being transported to an ignition point of the goaf via the mine grouting pipeline, the foam material for fire prevention and extinguishing can spread and pile in a large area in the goaf, and thus cover and plug the float coal at low and high places, with a piling height above 1.5 m.

A flame retardant product that contains an aqueous solution that includes a hydroxylated carbon-based component, an intumescent agent suitable for at least partially or even completely dehydrating the hydroxylated carbon-based component in such a way as to generate, under the effect of heat, a carbonaceous foam, and a thixotropic agent, selected to have a viscosity that increases as a result of water being added in the absence of shear. The solution has a sufficient concentration of the hydroxylated carbon-based component and the intumescent agent so that an addition of water to said solution increases the viscosity thereof in the absence of shear. The content by weight of the hydroxylated carbon-based component is greater than 10%.

The present invention relates to aqueous compositions for suppressing fires, comprising surfactants and/or hydrotropes, particulate inorganic materials selected from the group consisting of perlite, talc, calcium carbonate, kaolin, dolomite, mica, and bentonite, and combinations thereof, and optionally one or more additives. The invention further relates to uses of such particulate inorganic materials, as well as dry precursor compositions, fire suppressing compositions, and methods of making them.