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September 2, 1993
ELECWIND.ASC
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This interesting file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Joel McClain.
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Here's an interesting bit of information, from the
"Texas Co-Op Power" - Sept. 1993, issue, entitled
"Israeli Electric Wind Extinguishes Fires".
A novel, more environmentally sound method for extinguishing fires
uses electricity instead of chemicals or water.
The Technology, being marketed by a Tel-Aviv firm, directs an
intense electrical field and/or gaseous plasma to the base of the
fire. An "electric wind" cools the area in which combustion is
occurring. The process also inhibits the fire's fuel supply.
The technology should avoid some of the drawbacks of existing fire-
fighting equipment, such as ozone damage to the environment, hazards
to operating personnel, noise, and a high rate of costly fire
alarms.
A technical paper describing the new process was presented in late
May by co-inventor Esther Jacobson to a meeting of the National Fire
Prevention Association in Orlando.
The equipment uses only 1000 volts of electricity during an
extinguishing operation, according to Jacobson.
Spectrex Inc. of Cedar Grove, NJ, a subsidiary of Israel's
Spectronix Ltd., is looking for a strategic partner in the U.S. to
help it find suitable applications.
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Vangard Note..
It is amazingly coincidental that Norman, Bert and some others
brought the principle of electrostatic quenching of fires up at
our last Roundtable. The discussion noted that with a
sufficiently intense ion flow (negative, I believe), a propane
torch could be directed at a flammable mass having such a
"shield" and it would not burn or even get hot.
Various theories were brought up regarding this phenomenon, among
them :
1) That heat and fire must be of an electromagnetic
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nature and thus involve frequency(ies) because of the
"interference" of the energy by this turbulent ion
wind,
2) that the ion wind acted to displace the oxygen from
the immediate vicinity and so cut off the fuel
necessary to sustain combustion
We have not seen any reports on this subject as to actual
experiments. These would make a great demonstration and/or video
and possibly lead to practical devices (portable?) like the one
described in the above article.
In some of our experiments with a large Tesla coil, it was noted
that an ionic wind did seem to be projected as the electricity
streamed from pointed fingers or arms. At that time, we did not
think about this being an opportunity to do some experiments.
However, one of the stunts used in our ZAP show was to hold up a
torch handle containing paper, then momentarily switch on the
coil. This caused the paper to flame up but it did NOT
extinguish it, possibly because of the short duration burst.
On leaving the platform after allowing the electricity to course
over the skin, you could smell ozone from your skin for a couple
of hours. There was also a spider web feeling as if some kind of
clinging sheet was attached to you. The only other thing I have
ever felt that was like this, was when you hang your arm over an
open car window on a warm day. The wind seems to place a charge
on the arm and you will feel a similar feeling where it tingles
and has this kind of static web. Perhaps this is what happens
with this electrostatic field, it forms a kind of web or matrix.
Try it yourself.
If a mass could be sufficiently charged, perhaps this is one
approach to CAUSING THE MASS ITSELF TO PROJECT THE WIND, thus
protecting it from flame and heat by both turbulence and oxygen
displacement.
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