Development of Eco-Friendly Soap-Based Firefighting Foam for Forest Fire

Recently, large-scale forest fires have been occurring frequently worldwide. In forest fires, the use of the firefighting foam has greatly improved fire extinguishing effects, but the environmental impact from firefighting activities using foam still cause concerns. We have been developing a novel f...

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Published inEnvironment control in biology Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 75 - 78
Main Authors KAWAHARA, Takayoshi, HATAE, Shuichi, KANYAMA, Takahide, ISHIZAKI, Yuki, UEZU, Kazuya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Engineers and Scientists 2016
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environmental-friendly
extinguishing agent
fatty acid salts
wildfire
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Summary:Recently, large-scale forest fires have been occurring frequently worldwide. In forest fires, the use of the firefighting foam has greatly improved fire extinguishing effects, but the environmental impact from firefighting activities using foam still cause concerns. We have been developing a novel firefighting foam for forest fire with significantly lower environmental risk, consisting of soaps, chelating agent, and diluents. We determined the optimal composition of soap, and found the high biodegradable chelating agent with a high foaming performance.
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ISSN:1880-554X
1883-0986
DOI:10.2525/ecb.54.75