CPC A62C 3/06 (2013.01) [A62C 3/065 (2013.01); A62C 3/08 (2013.01); A62C 99/0009 (2013.01); A62C 99/009 (2013.01); A62C 99/0018 (2013.01); B64D 25/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/25 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01)] | 3 Claims |
1. A fire suppression system, comprising:
a structure having a source of fuel, an air intake, an outlet and at least one area of recirculation, so that air flows in an air flow path through the structure between the air intake and the outlet, wherein the structure defines
a volume,
one or more flame holding regions capable of sustaining a spatially stable flame in the presence of an oxidizer and fuel, and
one or more predetermined natural flows of at least one of an oxidizer and a fuel within the volume that respectively pass through one or more predetermined said flame holding regions;
a reactive agent; and
an injection point disposed at the structure with respect to at least one of the one or more predetermined natural flows that flows through a reaction zone so that releasing the reactive agent at the injection point into the at least one of the one or more predetermined natural flows causes the at least one of the one or more predetermined natural flows to transport the reactive agent to the reaction zone, in which the reactive agent reacts to produce a catalytic fire suppressing agent, and so that the catalytic fire suppressing agent reaches at least one area of recirculation in the structure and one of the one or more predetermined flame holding regions and so that a minimum amount of the reactive agent sufficient to suppress a fire at the at least one of the one or more predetermined flame holding regions when injected into the at least one of the one or more predetermined natural flows is less than a minimum amount of the reactive agent sufficient to suppress the fire by flooding the volume with the catalytic fire suppressing agent.
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