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  2. Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention - Wikipedia

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    Hypoxic air systems can be integrated with the building management system and can include systems to recover the heat generated by the hypoxic air generator that, would otherwise be wasted. [5] Air with low oxygen concentration is transported to the protected volumes through dedicated pipes or, more simply, via an existing ventilation system ...

  3. Flashback arrestor - Wikipedia

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    Nineteenth century examples of dry and wet types of flashback arrestors, for use with oxy-hydrogen. Flashback arrestors with different size and flow rate, and different connections A flashback arrestor [ 1 ] or flash arrestor is a gas safety device most commonly used in oxy-fuel welding and cutting to stop the flame or reverse flow of gas back ...

  4. List of hydroelectric power station failures - Wikipedia

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    The power house was damaged due to an Indian Air Force raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The 1000 MW hydro project was temporarily out of service. 1971 [5] Banqiao Dam: Henan China: 1975 Banqian Dam failure: 26,000 dead from flooding, 145,000 dead from subsequent famine and epidemics, 11 million homeless.

  5. Spark arrestor - Wikipedia

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    Spark arresters are also fitted to the top of a flue (or a chimney pot) to prevent floating embers from a fire (particularly one burning wood) setting light to a flammable roofing surface (shingle, thatch, or bitumen-felt) or falling onto combustible material on the ground.

  6. Tesla big-rig battery ignites after crash, spewing fumes and ...

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    A Tesla semitruck crashed into trees on Interstate 80 in Northern California and its electric battery caught fire, sending toxic fumes into the air. Tesla big-rig battery ignites after crash ...

  7. Wetdown - Wikipedia

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    Great River Fire Department's first due engine being wetdown. A wet down is a ritual celebrated by many volunteer fire departments in the United States in which squads of firefighters from neighboring towns ritualistically commission a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.

  8. Turbine inlet air cooling - Wikipedia

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    The evaporative cooler is a wetted rigid media where water is distributed throughout the header and where air passes through the wet porous surface. Part of the water is evaporated, absorbing the sensible heat from the air and increasing its relative humidity. The air dry-bulb temperature is decreased but the wet-bulb temperature is not ...

  9. Wet stacking - Wikipedia

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    Wet stacking is a condition in diesel engines in which unburned fuel passes on into the exhaust system. [1] The word "stacking" comes from the term "stack" for exhaust pipe or chimney stack . The oily exhaust pipe is therefore a "wet stack".