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AFFF Foam

This document provides guidelines for inspecting, storing, testing, and calculating quantities of AFFF foam. It specifies that AFFF foam should be inspected for sedimentation after 24 hours at 27°C, stored in a ventilated and sun-protected stainless steel container, have a 10 year shelf life, and be tested every 2 years for properties like pH and drainage time and every 3 years for fire testing. It also provides a formula for calculating the minimum quantity of foam solution needed based on hose stream capacity and duration.

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AFFF Foam

This document provides guidelines for inspecting, storing, testing, and calculating quantities of AFFF foam. It specifies that AFFF foam should be inspected for sedimentation after 24 hours at 27°C, stored in a ventilated and sun-protected stainless steel container, have a 10 year shelf life, and be tested every 2 years for properties like pH and drainage time and every 3 years for fire testing. It also provides a formula for calculating the minimum quantity of foam solution needed based on hose stream capacity and duration.

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AFFF Foam:

 
1) Inspection:- On visual examination of foam concentrate liquid shall not show any
sedimentation or stratification, contained in a covered glass beaker for 24 h at a
temperature of 27 +/- 5°C
2) Storage: Foam compound should be stored as explained in IS-4989:2006/UL-
162.
a) The storage place shall not be and shall be well ventilated.
b) The container shall not be exposed to directly exposed to the sun rays.
c) For bulk storage , the recommended storage container should be made of
Stainless Steel SS 304 or as OEM
3) Shelf Life: The recommended shelf life of AFFF is 10 years.
4) Testing:-  Foam concentrate should be tested for:-
a) pH
b) Sludge content
c) Surface Tension
d) Spreading coefficient expansion
e) Drainage Time
every two years interval and for Fire test every three year interval.
5) Quantity:-
The aggregate quantity of foam solution should be calculated as below:-
Two hose streams of foam each with a capacity of 1140 lpm of foam solution for
a minimum period of 65 minutes. From this the quantity of foam based on 3% or
6% proportion should be calculated.

Reference: IS 4989 :2018.


 

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