Purpose

Increasing efficiency of wildfire extinguishing by using interspaced in time and space fire extinguish water flows.

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Field of Application

The research result and developed recommendations could be used for increasing efficiency of existing wildfire extinguishing technologies by using aircraft as well as developing new approaches of wildfire extinguishing.

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Main Publications

• Vysokomornaya O.V.,  Kuznetsov G.V., Strizhak P.A. Experimental investigation of atomized water droplet initial parameters influence on evaporation intensity in flaming combustion zone // Fire Safety Journal. 2014. Vol. 70. P. 61–70.

• Volkov R.S., Kuznetsov G.V., Strizhak P.A. Experimental investigation of mixtures and foreign inclusions in water droplets influence on integral characteristics of their evaporation during motion through high-temperature gas area // International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 2015. Vol. 88. P. 193–200.

• Volkov R.S., Kuznetsov G.V., Legros J.C., Strizhak P.A. Experimental investigation of consecutive water droplets falling down through high-temperature gas zone // International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2016. Vol. 95. P. 184–197.