Re: New Laws of Physics

K. Jones wrote:
"Bill Ward" <bward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:pan.2007.07.14.07.30.38.737622@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:07:04 -0700, hhc314 wrote:


On Jul 12, 7:57 pm, Don Lancaster <d...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hhc...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Don, just curious, have you ever heard of the use of gasoline on hay
smolders? Does it make sense?

Long ago, Harry, I heard a similar story from my father, but involving
smoldering cotton bales. Supposedly, water could not penetrate the bale
and displace the O2, while kerosene would snuff the fire without
difficulty.

I have no direct knowledge of how well it worked, but it seemed
non-controversial to others at the time. Later, I guessed the cotton may
have contained cottonseed oil, which would be lipophilic, and may not have
allowed water to wet it. I don't know whether anyone ever tried soapy
water.

Regards,

Bill Ward


Sort of. Fighting smouldering powder-river basin coal with water, is a non-starter.
The stuff will float, and it just kinda kicks the sparking embers around akin to water on an oil fire.
F-500 works much better on it, it's a typical water type extinguisher with a "wetting agent", that facilitates the dust absorbing the water.

Just Google F-500 fire fighting or something similar.


K. Jones





Cotton module fires are common around here.

They require NO air or oxygen as they exhibit something akin to exothermic pyrolysis.

We use the "dentist method" of hand plucking the black stuff away from the white stuff.

Labor intensive, but at $7000 per module, is quite cost effective.

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