Recent Progress on Water Spray Applications in Fire Safety

Dear Colleagues,

Water spray systems, such as sprinklers and water mist, have been widely used for various applications in fire protection and suppression. Water is non-toxic, low-cost, and readily available in most areas; moreover, it has favourable properties for fire suppression. The proclamation of the Montreal protocol in 1987, phasing out ozone-depleting halons as fire suppression agents has also led to global research and development efforts to find alternative systems. Water has clearly emerged as a potential replacement method to halons. Indeed, significant progress has been achieved over the past two decades in the research and development of water mist systems that use smaller droplet sizes, relatively smaller amounts of water, and cause less damage compared to the traditional sprinklers of certain applications. Simultaneously, sprinkler systems have been developed whenever they have represented the most viable option.

The goal of this Special Issue is to demonstrate the latest progress to advance our understanding and knowledge of water spray systems (water mist and sprinklers) for fire safety applications.

The scope of this Special Issue, for which we are inviting articles, includes theoretical and fundamental studies, e.g., using computational fluid dynamics (CFDs), and experimental studies offering new insights or data for the validation of models.

The applications areas of this Special Issue are not restricted; they include water spray applications for fires in residential occupancies, buildings, public spaces, industry, tunnels, ships, aviation, machinery spaces, nuclear power plants, commercial cooking areas, etc. Articles on new innovative application areas of water spray in fire suppression are also welcome.

Dr. Siaka Dembele
Guest Editor

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• water spray
• water mist
• sprinklers
• fire suppression
• fire extinguishment
• water droplets