The Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (developer and manufacturer of ballistic missiles “Topol-M” and “MACE”) has patented a method of fighting forest fires using rocket technology. This is reported by the RIA Novosti news agency. The description of the invention to the patent is published in the Rospatent database.
What is the patent?
An autonomous device has been patented that forms a self-foaming jet of a given multiplicity of high range. We are talking about a special foam cannon with a rocket principle of operation, with the help of which they offer to extinguish fires. Its description and scheme are given in the explanation to the patent.
The device is designed to prevent and extinguish large-sized fires in hard-to-reach areas. It can also be used to create barrier strips for the elimination of upper and lower forest fires, according to the explanation to the patent.
What is the innovation?
The innovation of the invention lies in the fact that a special composition for the formation of foam is placed in an aqueous solution. As a result, the foam is not formed immediately, but is activated over time. The liquid solution has a longer range than foam, so the authors believe that their method of extinguishing fires is more long-range, i.e. it allows you to extinguish fire at a greater distance.
Head of Rospatent Grigory Ivliev He called the development a unique and significant technical solution to ensure the safety of life, writes “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”. According to him, the uniqueness of the invention lies in the fact that it makes it possible to set in advance the technical characteristics of the device necessary to prevent or extinguish fires in hard-to-reach places.
What kind of rocket technology is used in the device?
The patented “cannon” uses the principle of operation that the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering applies in its rockets. They work on solid fuel, gorenje products are released from the nozzle of the engine and create jet thrust. Similarly, gorenje products of solid fuel elements displace the aqueous solution from the tank of the fire extinguishing system. Thus, the cannon shoots the solution in the right direction.
Sources:
https://cdnimg.rg.ru/pril/article/217/93/27/ru2756039.pdf
https://ria.ru/20210929/borba-1752244396.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop
https://rg.ru/2021/09/29/razrabotchik-bulavy-zapatentoval-novyj-sposob-borby-s-lesnymi-pozharami.html
