next generation firefighting foam technology
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Next Generation Firefighting Foam Technology
Mark Wise Southern Regional Manager
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An Amerex Corporation Company
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Solberg – Global Established Brand
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1978 - National Foam Distributor Europe
1981- Manufactured for National Foam to supply Europe
1989 – License agreement with 3M to manufacture 3M Light Water for European market
2001 – Launched fluorine free foam
2007 – Acquired patents, intellectual property for 3M fluorine free foam formulation
2011 – Amerex acquires majority shares of Solberg and opens US based operations
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Global Operations
Green Bay, WI
Bergen, Norway
Sydney, Australia
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Solberg - What We Do…
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•FOAM CONCENTRATES • Authentic Fluoro-Free • AFFF’s • AR-AFFF’s • Synthetic Detergent • Class “A” • Specialty Concentrates
•SERVICES • Analysis & Testing
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•FOAM HARDWARE • System Tanks
• Bladder Tanks (Inc. pre-piped) • Atmospheric • Pump Skids
• Proportioning Devices • Ratio Controllers • Variable Range Proportioner
• Discharge Devices • Foam Chambers, Foam Makers
• Mobile Products • Foam Carts • Foam Trailers
• Specialized Equipment / Services
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Solberg - What We Do…
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Americas Facility
Two Buildings 20,750 Total Square Foot (1928 m²) Mfg./Warehouse/Office – 16,650 ft² (1547 m²) Fire Test Laboratory - 4100 ft² (381 m²) - 64ft high (20 m )
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Fire Test Laboratory
Fire test certification laboratory
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Evolution of Firefighting Foam
Protein 1933
Synthetic AFFF 1963
Chemical 1915 - 1933
Environmentally Safe Foams
2005
Fluoroprotein 1965
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Fire Fighting Foam Advancements The Next Generation
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Next Generation Firefighting Foam Technology
Fluoro Compound Free
Firefighting Foam
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Next Generation Fire Fighting Foam Technology
• 100% Fluorine Free and Fluoro Compound Free • High performance fire fighting foam without the use of any
fluorine or fluoro compounds • RF-3 RE-HEALING™ Foam has successfully passed UL 162 Fire
Testing UL File Number GFGV.EX15969 • RF-6 RE-HEALING™ Foam is UL Listed • RF 3x3 RE-HEALING™ RF 3x3 ATC™ available 2014 • Developed from complex carbohydrates using hydrocarbon
surfactants to create a fluid and stable foam bubble structure
Solberg RE-HEALING ™Foam (RF)
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How RE-HEALING FOAM™ Works
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AFFF Concentrates
RF Concentrates
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Advancements in Firefighting Foam Technologies
UL 162 Fire Test Solberg Fire Test Facility Bergen Norway
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RF-6 Fire Test Bergen Norway
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Foam Terminology
• QUARTER DRAIN TIME: – Also known as 25% drain time – Time required for 25% of the total liquid solution to drain from the
foam considered to render the foam ineffective
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RF Fire Test Results
Extinguishment Time
Foam Expansion
Factor
25% Drain Time
RE-HEALING RF3
1:30 3.7/1 – 8.7/1 30-75 min
UL 162 Fire Test Heptane
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Re-Healing Foam Vapor Suppressing advantage
Based upon UL-162 foam expansion and drain time measurement RF Foam 25% drain times are up to 5 times longer reducing the need to re-apply foam for vapor suppression
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Discharge Devices
Sprinklers
• UL listed sprinklers with Re-Healing and Arctic AFFF foam concentrates • Non-air aspirated sprinkler heads • Air aspirated sprinklers • UL Testing Reliable sprinklers
• Model G – 5.6 & 8.0 • Model F1 – 8.0 • Model F156 – 5.6 • HV & MV Spray Nozzles
– Tyco B-1 Aspirated head
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Rate of Bio-Degradation
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Long Term Degradation
AFFF
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RE-HEALING FOAM 100% degradation
approximately 42 days
AFFF 95% Degradation
approximately 28 days Remaining 5% -
hundreds of years
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Next Generation Firefighting Foam Technology
• The best environmental solution available • 100% fluorine free • UL Listed, EN Approved, meets Lastfire performance testing • Does not compromise firefighting performance
Advancements in Technology
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Next Generation Firefighting Foam Technology
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AFFF – Environmental Legacy
• Fluorosurfactants are “the” active ingredient in AFFF’s • Fluorosurfactants are Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFC’s)
• May 2002 – 3M exits the firefighting foam market – 3M Utilized Electrochemical Fluorination (ECF) Manufacturing Process
which was identified to create PFOS – 3M Fluorosurfactants identified as Persistent, Bioaccumulative, & Toxic
(PBT) – Potential groundwater contamination – PFOS found to be present in the blood of the general population – PFOS identified to affect the blood and immune system in laboratory animal
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Global Environmental Legislation
• European Union – 2010 EU-POP (European Union – Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation)
• Production, supply and use are now banned with some exemptions • PFOS-containing foam stocks must be managed as a hazardous waste
• Canada – Canadian Environmental Protection Act
• Starting June 2013 production, supply and use are banned (military exempt) • PFOS is specified on the List of Toxic Substances
• United States Environmental Protection Agency – Current Regulations ban production of PFOS products
• PFOS stocks not restricted from use • Currently not considered as hazardous waste
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Global Environmental Legislation
• USEPA Concerns with PFOA (C8) – Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a long-chain chemical that does not
occur naturally in the environment
– PFOA is very persistent in the environment
– PFOA has been found at very low levels in the blood of the general U.S. population.
– January 26, 2006 announced the “2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program,”
• All major surfactant manufactures have agreed to comply with two goals
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Reformulating to Environmentally Improved AFFF?
Changing C8 Chemistry • Fluorinated surfactants are the key component for AFFF
performance • Changing from C8 to C6 formulations provides for improved
environmental profile with shorter chain molecule • Formulation chemists are faced with two options
– Accept a lesser performing AFFF product – Increase quantity of surfactant to produce equal
performance • Increased surfactant results in significant cost increase in product • UL recertification testing will be required
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Solberg AFFF Foam Agents
• ARCTIC Foam • AFFF formulation • 1%, 3% Hydrocarbon Fuel Only
• ARCTIC Foam • AR-AFFF formulation • 1X3 ATC™ • 3X3 ATC™ Hydrocarbon Fuel and Polar Solvent Fuels
• ARCTIC Foam • AR-AFFF formulation • 3X6 ATC™ Hydrocarbon Fuel and Polar Solvent Fuels
ATC ATC
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