INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OR SYSTEMS ARE NEEDED TO ATTENUATE FIRE RADIATION THROUGH WATER SPRAYS OR FOGS.

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OR SYSTEMS ARE NEEDED TO ATTENUATE FIRE RADIATION THROUGH WATER SPRAYS OR FOGS. ONE CONCEPT TO FIGHT FIRES INSIDE A CABIN IS THROUGH THE USE OF AN ON BORAD SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IN ORDER TO ENABLE HE DESIGN OF INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OR SYSTEMS TO ATTENUATE FIRE RADIATION, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEVELOP ENGINEERING TOOLS TO PREDICT ATTENUATION. IT IS NECESSARY TO RELATE VARIOUS DESIGN PARAMETERS TO ATTENUATION BY MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING. DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM , IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO CALCULATE SPRAY DROPLET ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING SPRAY DROPLET EVAPORATION AND GAS ABSORTION. THE MODEL WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE SIGNIFICANT ATTENUATION PARAMETERS AND TO GUIDE EXTRIMENTAL TESTING. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL, WHICH IS VERIFIED BY EXPERIMENTAL TESTING, WILL ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES OR SYSTEMS. NEW YORK HAS PASSED A BILL WHICH OFFERS ANY COMPANY LOCATED IN THE STATE A SBIR FUND-MATCHING PROGRAM. THEREFORE AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PHASE I EFFORT BELTRAN MAY CONTINUE THE PROPOSED EFFORT AT A FUNDING AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE ORIGINAL SBIR CONTRACT WITH FUNDS SUPPLIED BY NEW YORK STAT. THIS MEANS THE FAA MAY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF R&D ON THE TOPIC WITHOUT EXPENDING FUNDS ABOVE THE ORIGINAL SBIR CONTRACT.