MOBILE FOAM TENDER

ANTONY PAULSON FINAL MECH B 08AB081

Aim: To design and fabricate an efficient mobile foam tender. Objectives:

To miniaturize the mobile foam tender. Should be easily portable. Should have the same efficiency as that of a normal mobile tender. Should propogate foam effectively and rapidly. It should take least manual effort to work. To automate the working of the foam tender.

INTRODUCTION

The fuel(hydrocarbon)on fire is sprayed with the foam. It forms a blanket of foam on the fuel. Underneath this blanket an aqueous film or polymeric membrane is formed. This completely cuts off the oxygen supply to the fuel. This stops the combustion. The foam tender works on this principle.

LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 DEFINITION Foam Tenders carry large amounts of foam to be used at incidents where water is ineffective or cannot be used to tackle a blaze. They may take the form of a tanker, or a lorry carrying foam packets or barrels. In some Fire and Rescue Services, Water Carriers serve as Foam Tenders, by dumping their regular load of water and replacing it with foam. They are mostly used in case of class B fires(fires involving combustion of hydrocarbons).

TYPES OF FOAM
MECHANICAL FOAM CHEMICAL FOAM LOW EXPANSION FOAM

MOBILE FOAM SYSTEM :

Mobile system includes foam producing unit mounted on wheels which may be self propelled or towed by a vehicle. These units supply foam through monitors/foam towers to the burning surface. However, certain other foam systems as follow are also available

1)Sub surface foam injection 2)Under the seal form application

PROPOSED INNOVATION To design and fabricate a miniaturized mobile foam tender. It will be easily portable. It will have the same efficiency as that of a normal mobile tender. Will mostly be used in automobile engines,fuel tanker,gas stations etc. It will propogate foam effectively and rapidly. It should take least manual effort to work. To automate the working of the foam tender.

CONCLUSION An efficient foam tender has been fabricated.The design has been miniaturized.The resultant mobile foam tender is much more portable and effective as compared to the existing foam tenders.The foam carrying capacity of the tender is optimal.The foam tender passes all the requiered specifications and has been tested.

FUTURE WORK
The resultant foam tender being miniaturized opens new domains into fire protection using foams. The various places in which the foams can be applied has widened due to the increase in portability and efficiency of the tender. Thus further research in its applications has been made possible.