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Influence of the Method of Water Supply to the Zone of a Forest Fire on the Efficiency of its Extinguishing

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Results of experimental investigations on the efficiency of suppression of the flame combustion and thermal decomposition of forest combustible materials in a forest fire by the local throw-down of water masses to a zone of this fire, the spraying of a fine-dispersed water over the combustion zone, and the formation of a water screen along its perimeter are presented. Features of each of these methods are analyzed. Advantages of the combined method of extinguishing a forest fire, involving the space spraying of small water droplets intended to be distributed through the fire hotbed over a given period of time, are demonstrated.

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    G. V. Kuznetsov, A. O. Zhdanova, P. A. Strizhak & Yu. K. Atroshenko

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 93, No. 6, pp. 1513–1522, November–December, 2020.

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Kuznetsov, G.V., Zhdanova, A.O., Strizhak, P.A. et al. Influence of the Method of Water Supply to the Zone of a Forest Fire on the Efficiency of its Extinguishing. J Eng Phys Thermophy 93, 1460–1469 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-020-02251-z

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