Ice slurry firefighting system
OwnerHerman Peoplesinventor
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Abstract
An ice slurry firefighting system includes a water tank for receiving and storing water from a water source. A water pump is connected to the tank and pumps water to a valve. The valve selectively directs the pumped water to one or both of a slurry generation unit and a pump panel. The slurry generation unit includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a compressor that remove heat from water supplied by the tank passing over evaporator coils to produce an ice slurry mixture. The pump panel houses a system controller and a valve tap for engaging a fire hose and nozzle. The system controller operates the pump, the valve, the slurry generation unit, and a ratio control valve to dispense any ratio of water and ice slurry through the hose and nozzle. A generator provides power to the system components.
Claims15
A firefighting system, comprising:
- a tank that is configured to receive and store water;
- a pump that is in fluid communication with the tank;
- a water supply valve that is in fluid communication with the pump and the tank;
- a slurry generation unit that is in fluid communication with the water supply valve, said slurry generation unit being configured to produce a first ice slurry mixture;
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- a pump panel that is in fluid communication with each of an output of the slurry generation unit, and the water supply valve,
- wherein the pump panel includes functionality for engaging a hose and nozzle, and
- wherein the pump panel includes functionality for selectively discharging each of the first ice slurry mixture, or stored water via the hose and nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.