US1813101A - Mixing chamber for foam forming solutions - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to the extinguishing of oil fires and similar fires,.particularly of fires in oil tanks or reservoirs, by means of a smothering blanket of foam, formed by the mixing of suitable solutions.
- the usual installation of this kind consists of a rectangular mixing chamber, fastened on the outside to the to and projecting inside.
- the so utions are siof the tank multaneously pumped under pressure to this mixing chamber.
- the foam formed in the.
- the floats are of suflicient buoyancy to keep the chamber above the oil surface even though the chamber and the pipes leading to the same should become .filled with oil or with foam liquid or though the temperature of the oil in which the chamber floats is raised on account of fires at the surface of the oil. Drain valves may be provided on the outside of the tank for draining same before the foam liquid is umped into the line. In the event of the fire preventing this however, the incoming foam liquid would displace the oil.
- the chamber may be provided with a very light thin metal strip across the outlets to prevent oil from enterlng the This metal strip must be thin enough. to be easily ruptured by the pressure of the incomin foam liquld.
- t e connection by swing pi es and swivel joints
- any other suitable connection as by metallic hose could also be used.
- metallic hose some means must be provided to preventthe hose from getting entangled, when the oil level is lowered, or the oatfrom turning horizontally, and sub'ecting the hose to undue stresses. As the eat of thefire penetrates only a few inches below the surface of the oil, the pipes or hose and the liquid in them are sufliciently protected.
- a mixing vessel supported by floats, close to the surface .of the oil, connected by swing pipes and swivel joints, with the inlets for the a foam forming solutions in the lower part of the tank containing the oil, its outlet consisting of a sloping spillway for the foam, ending near the oil level.
- An apparatus for introducing foam onto thesurface of a liquid in a tank comprising; a member ada ted to define a mixing cham-- ber, a pipe a apted to discharge into said" chamber, a second pipe adapted to discharge.
- both of the pipes being normally adapted for connection to sources of solutions which produce foam on mixing, and means for supporting said member in a substantially constant relationship with respect to the surface of the liquid, said member. continuing from said chamben to substantially the surface of the liquidso that foam is discharged onto the surface of the liquid without falling.
- An apparatus for introducing foam onto the surface of a liquid in a tank comprising swiveled pipes joining said pipes to exterior sources of foam forming solution, float means for" supporting said member on the liquid surface, and a spillway leading from said chamber over said float means to the liquid surface.
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July 7, 1931. J. F: M. TAYLOR 1,813,101
MIXING CHAMBER FOR FOAM FORMING SOLUTIONS Filed Oct. 9. 1928 Mix/77g Chamber Sp/Y/Way for Foam FIGLI WITNESS I f/vyf/vroxe Jae/v Franc/5 Mafia/7 Ey/on By his A ffamey:
Patented July 7 1931,
UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE JACK FRANCIS MAHON TAYLOR, OF 'WILMINGTON; CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO SHELL DEVELOPMENT GOMIANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF" DELAWARE MIXING CHAMBER FOR FOAM FORMING SOLUTIONS Application'filed October 9, 1928. SeriaIYNo. 311,390.
This invention relates to the extinguishing of oil fires and similar fires,.particularly of fires in oil tanks or reservoirs, by means of a smothering blanket of foam, formed by the mixing of suitable solutions.
It is an object of the invention to provide anrimprovedapparatus for the mixing of the solutions, and the forming and spreading of the foam on the surface of the oil.
More particularly it is the object of this invention to provide a mixing chamber detached from the walls or roofof a tank and supported by floats, resting on the surface of the oil, in order to make the distance between the mixing chamber and the surface of the oil as short as possible.
Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear from the following description, in which I have set forth the preferred form of my invention. It is to be understood that the appended claims are to be'accorded the scope and range of equivalents consistent with the state of the prior art.
. In the last few years it has become general practice to extinguish oil fires by spreading over the surface of the burning oil a layer of incombustible foam, suflicient to exclude the air, and to smother the fire. Usually the foam is formed as close as possible to the fire, by the mixing of two suitable solutions which produce a large quantity of foam upon being mixed; thefifoam overflows on the oil surface from the mixing chamber. Several suitablesolutions are commercially used," but my invention is not restricted to any particular kind. v
To minimize the duration of fires as much as possible, especially in oil tanks and reservoirs, it has become the usual practice to equip these containers with a permanent in- 'stallation for producing the fire-extinguishing foam, so that-in case of fire the foam' can immediately be formed close to the burning liquid and be spread over the whole surface of the tank, before the burning oil can escape.
The usual installation of this kind consists of a rectangular mixing chamber, fastened on the outside to the to and projecting inside. The so utions are siof the tank multaneously pumped under pressure to this mixing chamber.
The foam, formed in the.
mixing chamber, drops free from theipro jecting outlet of the mixing chamber on the inside .of the tank, onto the oil surface. If the liquid level in thetank is high this way of supplying the foam to the burning liquid is sufficient. However, I have foun that if the oil level is low and thefoamhas to drop some distance before reaching the surface, its efliciency is seriously impaired. I have noticed -thatif the foam is exposed to heat this greatly lessens its effect; if a "large tank of a height of 30 feet is only partially filled, the foam has ,to drop such a distance, that during the fall it is seriously affected by the intense heat of the fire below. Further the updraft of the fire carries away part of the free dropping foam. Still another great disadvantage is that the foam, dropping from any height, does not spread evenly on the surfaceof the oil, but falls down a little into the oil and becomes mixed with films of burning oil, which revents exclusion of the air from the fire. y experiments show, that if the drop is more than 20 ft. the quantities of foam which would be needed to overcome these intervening factors, are so large as to practically make the method useless.
Further, I have noticed in several tank explosions, especially of tanks containing light oils, that not only the roof was blown oflf but the top portion of the tank shell was bulged outward to such an'extent that the mixing chambers attached to the topv of 'the tank were damaged and no longer effective.
To overcome these difliculties, and to avoid the necessit of dropping the foam down on the oil sur ace, I propose to let the mixing chamber float on the surface ofthe oil. This 1 not limited to use for oil fires,
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ferred arrangement of apparatus adapted to carry my invention into effect is illustrated. It will be understood that other designs may be used and found suitable to carry out the method and obtain the results of this invention and I, do not intend to limitmyself to the particular form of apparatus shown. It is further understood that my apparatus is ut may be used for an similar fires 'where this method can be app ied, and not only for oil tanks, but for any containers of inflammable liquids, in which fires can be extin uished by this method. It may also be designed for use in tanks equipped with floating roofs Figure 1 of the drawin s shows an elevation of an installation, em odying niy invenigure 2 tion, as applied. to an oil tank.
lan view thereof.
The so utions are pumped to the mixin chamber through two parallel pipes, whic enter the tank at 1; these pipes are. connected by swivel joints to the swing pipes 2, which again by swivel joints are connected to" the mixing chamber 3; the solutions enter this chamber througlei the perforated pipes 6. This mixing cham r is supported a little above the surface of the oil by the floats 5; the foam formed in the mixing chamber runs over the sides and down the spillways 4, onto the surface of the oil.
To prevent, as much as possible, oil leaking in the mixing chamber, this is kept a little above the surface of the oil; and the floats are of suflicient buoyancy to keep the chamber above the oil surface even though the chamber and the pipes leading to the same should become .filled with oil or with foam liquid or though the temperature of the oil in which the chamber floats is raised on account of fires at the surface of the oil. Drain valves may be provided on the outside of the tank for draining same before the foam liquid is umped into the line. In the event of the fire preventing this however, the incoming foam liquid would displace the oil.
If desired'the chamber may be provided with a very light thin metal strip across the outlets to prevent oil from enterlng the This metal strip must be thin enough. to be easily ruptured by the pressure of the incomin foam liquld.
.I prefer to use t e" connection by swing pi es and swivel joints, though any other suitable connection, as by metallic hose could also be used. If metallic hose is used, some means must be provided to preventthe hose from getting entangled, when the oil level is lowered, or the oatfrom turning horizontally, and sub'ecting the hose to undue stresses. As the eat of thefire penetrates only a few inches below the surface of the oil, the pipes or hose and the liquid in them are sufliciently protected.
If it is considered important to keep the floating mixing chamber centrally located, a variation of the arrangement of the-apparatus shown in the drawings 'may be employed, without changing the principle of my invention. For instance, it might be advantageous to prolong the horizontal inlet pipe to the middle of the tank, and connect the floating chamber therewith by two swing pipes with double swivel joints, bending in opposite directions, and use ,a circular mix: ing chamber instead of the rectangular one, shown in the drawings.
I claim as my invention:
1. In an apparatus for preventing fires in oil tanks, substantially as described; a mixing vessel, supported by floats, close to the surface .of the oil, connected by swing pipes and swivel joints, with the inlets for the a foam forming solutions in the lower part of the tank containing the oil, its outlet consisting of a sloping spillway for the foam, ending near the oil level.
2. An apparatus for introducing foam onto thesurface of a liquid in a tank comprising; a member ada ted to define a mixing cham-- ber, a pipe a apted to discharge into said" chamber, a second pipe adapted to discharge.
into said chamber, both of the pipes being normally adapted for connection to sources of solutions which produce foam on mixing, and means for supporting said member in a substantially constant relationship with respect to the surface of the liquid, said member. continuing from said chamben to substantially the surface of the liquidso that foam is discharged onto the surface of the liquid without falling.
3. An apparatus for introducing foam onto the surface of a liquid in a tank comprising swiveled pipes joining said pipes to exterior sources of foam forming solution, float means for" supporting said member on the liquid surface, and a spillway leading from said chamber over said float means to the liquid surface.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.
JACK FRANCTS MAHON TAYLOR.
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US2514439A (en) * | 1947-03-22 | 1950-07-11 | Nat Foam System Inc | Fire protecting apparatus |
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US2718927A (en) * | 1952-01-08 | 1955-09-27 | Russell E Dill | Fire extinguishing apparatus and method |
US3172477A (en) * | 1960-08-15 | 1965-03-09 | Alers Hankey Ltd H | Foam producing apparatus for mine fire fighting |
US20120312564A1 (en) * | 2010-02-24 | 2012-12-13 | Vladimir Ivanovich Seliverstov | Method and device for quenching oil and petroleum products in tanks |
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US2514439A (en) * | 1947-03-22 | 1950-07-11 | Nat Foam System Inc | Fire protecting apparatus |
DE872316C (en) * | 1949-11-08 | 1953-03-30 | Gerhard Dipl-Ing Guenther | Device for applying liquid or viscous extinguishing agents, in particular foam, to the surface of flammable liquids in storage containers |
US2718927A (en) * | 1952-01-08 | 1955-09-27 | Russell E Dill | Fire extinguishing apparatus and method |
US3172477A (en) * | 1960-08-15 | 1965-03-09 | Alers Hankey Ltd H | Foam producing apparatus for mine fire fighting |
US20120312564A1 (en) * | 2010-02-24 | 2012-12-13 | Vladimir Ivanovich Seliverstov | Method and device for quenching oil and petroleum products in tanks |
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RU2684661C1 (en) * | 2018-05-29 | 2019-04-11 | Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Объединенный Промышленный Комплекс" | Floating automatic fire extinguishing installation |
US20220249982A1 (en) * | 2019-02-21 | 2022-08-11 | Paul Gibbs | Tank tool for a tank having one or more fluids and processes performed using the tank tool |
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