Fire Suppression Nozzle with Diverter for Discharge Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fire suppression systems offer limited controllability over discharge time, discharge length, and spread of fire suppressant agents, making it difficult to achieve desired combinations of these parameters.
Innovation Solution
The fire suppression apparatus incorporates a nozzle with a rate controlling orifice, a diverter, and a barrel, allowing for adjustments in the geometry and configuration of these components to control discharge time, length, and spread of the fire suppressant agent, providing three points of controllability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional fire suppression systems use simple nozzle designs, then the device complexity is low, but the controllability over discharge time, discharge length, and spread is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The nozzle is divided into multiple functional segments: a rate controlling orifice for discharge time control, a diverter with multiple passageways for discharge pattern control, and a barrel for discharge direction control. Each segment independently controls a specific parameter, enabling precise controllability without excessive overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The nozzle incorporates adjustable geometric parameters including the angle and number of diverter passageways, barrel orientation, and orifice size. These dynamic design elements allow the system to adapt to different fire suppression requirements by modifying discharge time, length, and spread characteristics.
2Ease of operation
If the nozzle includes multiple control components (orifice, diverter, barrel), then the controllability over discharge parameters is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rate controlling orifice, diverter, and barrel are merged into a single integrated nozzle assembly. This combination allows multiple control functions to be achieved through one unified component rather than separate devices, simplifying the overall system while maintaining ease of operation for discharge parameter control.
Solution Approach 2:
The nozzle assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: the orifice controls discharge rate, the diverter controls discharge pattern, and the barrel controls discharge direction. This multi-functionality enables comprehensive discharge parameter control within a single operational unit, improving ease of operation without requiring multiple separate control mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enables precise control over discharge time, length, and spread of the fire suppressant agent, allowing for desired combinations that other systems cannot achieve, enhancing the effectiveness of fire suppression.
Implementation Method 1
The rate controlling orifice is a most restrictive portion of the nozzle along the passageway and is sized to determine an amount of time required to fully discharge the fire suppressant agent from the reservoir
Implementation Method 2
The multiple diverter passageways are angled and the diverter is configured to affect a distance that the fire suppressant agent is discharged after the fire suppressant agent exits the nozzle and a spread of the fire suppressant agent after the fire suppressant agent exits the nozzle
Implementation Method 3
an inner diameter of the inner sidewall varies along a longitudinal length of the passageway
Data Source
AI summary
A fire suppression apparatus is configured to spray a fire suppressant agent and includes a reservoir and a nozzle. The nozzle is fluidly coupled to the reservoir and includes an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, a passageway, and a diverter. The passageway extends between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture. The diverter is disposed within the passageway and includes multiple diverter passageways configured to receive the fire suppressant agent from an inner volume of the diverter and direct the fire suppressant agent towards an inner sidewall of the passageway.