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Total flooding clean agents and systems were developed in response to the regulation of Halon 1301 under the Montreal Protocol and its amendments culminated in the phase-out of production of halons in the developed countries on December 31, 1993. This regulation engendered tremendous research and development efforts across the world in a search for replacements and alternatives. Since that time on the order of 15 total flooding, clean agent alternatives to Halon 1301 have been commercialized, and development continues on others. In addition to cleanagent total flooding gaseous alternatives, new technologies, such as water mist and fine solid particulate, are being introduced. This chapter focuses on total flooding clean agent halon replacements.
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DiNenno, P.J., Forssell, E.W. (2016). Clean Agent Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems. In: Hurley, M.J., et al. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0_44
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