Firecape Presentation

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Fire Fighting and Fire Prevention with Superabsorbent Gel Technology

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What is FIRECAPE? FIRECAPE is a fire extinguishing additive which converts WATER into a GEL

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FIRECAPE PROPERTIES
Product Application Appearance Formulation Viscosity pH Storage Storage temperature ConcentrationFIRECAPE FP47 Wild Fires Sodium polyacrylate in mineral oil 1500 to 2000 cps 6.8 to 7.2 36 months 32 to 105°F Keep frost free and avoid storage in direct sunlight. 2% 1 to 2% FIRECAPE MO Structures and Vegetation Sodium polyacrylate in rapeseed oil ester 100 to 300 cps 6.8 to 7.2

Liquid water-in-oil emulsion

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Composition
FIRECAPE concentrate consists of:28% 43% 23% 6% polymer water biodegradable oil surfactants

100 lbs of gel at 1.5% FIRECAPE contains:
0.42 lbs 0.34 lbs 0.09 lbs 99.15 lbs polymer biodegradable oil surfactants water

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The Working Principle
H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O

Phase inversion

H2O H2O H2O

H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O H2O

oil

oil

H2OH2O H2O

+ H2O

Oil
H2O H2O

H2O

+ H2O

H2O

Oil
Water in Oil Emulsion

H2O

Oil in Water Emulsion

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Expansion
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+

H2O

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Viscosity Comparison
Brookfield viscosity vs. concentration
25000 20000 Firecape MO Firecape FP 47

viscosity [cps]

15000 100005000 0 0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3

concentration [%]

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Haake Siscosities of FIRECAPE
45000 40000 35000 1,5 % Firecape in DI water 2,0 % Firecape in DI water 3,0 % Firecape in DI water

viscosity [cps]

30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512

mechanical energy [rpm]

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How does FIRECAPE work?FIRECAPE converts water into a heat-absorbing, film-forming, viscous gel

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Three Prerequisites of Fire

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Three pre- of FIRECAPE The Rolerequisites of fire

STOP

STOP

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Suffocation with Foam without Cooling
Fire Combustible

Exclusion of Oxygen

Foam Layer

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Cooling + Suffocation with Gel
Fire Combustible

Exclusion of Oxygen

FIRECAPE layer

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Cooling / Protection

Combustible Fire

Evaporation Zone Cooling Zone FIRECAPE Layer

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Forest fire

Tire fire

Creation of fire breaks without removal of vegetation

Mosteffective prevention of rekindle

Object Protection

Structure Protection

Industrial fire

Two gallon of FIRECAPE can save a million $ home

35,000,000 lbs sugar beads in silo extinguished with FIRECAPE

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Fields of Application
Fire Fighting Fire brigades (cities, industry, wild fires) Semi-stationary systems, (e.g. monitors) Fire extinguishers (useof gel at 1,3 %) Specifically useful for high energy fuels (e.g. plastic, tires) Fire Protection Buildings, windows, sidings, cars, trucks, barns Tank farms, Industrial plants, utility power poles Log decks, trees, shrubs

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FEATURES
Strong adhesion on any type of surface

BENEFITS
Increases extinguishing efficiency Reduces water consumption Requiresshorter time to extinguish fire Reduces damage caused by contaminated water Reduces disposal cost Reduces fire damage Faster approach to the center of a fire is possible Creates extremely effective protection Reduces fire fighters' risk Reduces operation time Less operational units are required

More effective cooling and faster fire extinguishing Prevention of re-ignition

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