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Fighting fires in oil storage tanks using base injection of foam — part II

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This paper compares the characteristics of protein and fluoroprotein foams for base injected application to fires in oil storage tanks. Part II discusses the fire tests and their results.

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  1. Fire Insurers' Research and Testing Organization, USA

    P. Nash

  2. Shell Research Ltd., USA

    John Whittle

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Note: This paper was presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the National Fire Protection Association in Washington, DC on May 17, 1977.

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Nash, P., Whittle, J. Fighting fires in oil storage tanks using base injection of foam — part II. Fire Technol 14, 147–158 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02308909

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