Tech Xplore 20072008

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Tech Xplore 2007-2008

• Sponsored by the National Science Technology
  Education Partnership (NSTEP)

www.TechXplore.org
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Home page

• Project Title Inferno Restraint
• Our Statement
• This TechXplore project was completed by Bergen
  County Academies, Hackensack, NJ with the
  technical support from Moataz Gad Salama.
• Team Members
• Kristena M.
• Timothy A.
• Peter L.
• Tushar G.
• Johnpaul M.
• Project Facilitator Mrs. Evelyn Rios

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Inferno Restraint

• Inferno Restraint is designed to fight
  everyday fires. It is shaped like a sphere and
  contains a bicarbonate solution and diammonium to
  act like a fire extinguisher. Attached to the
  base will be wheels and heat sensors allowing it
  to travel act independently. It will also have
  technology to alert proper authorities
  wirelessly. This could aide fire fighters in
  extinguishing fires. A camera can be installed
  to control it manually and control fires from
  afar.

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Fire Safety
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Team Profile and Assessment

• School Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
• We are a high school team (grade 10)
• Our facilitator is Ms. Evelyn Rios. We were also
  assisted by Mr. Liva.
• This project helped us to understand the
  necessity of immediate action against fires as
  soon as one breaks out. We also learned fire
  fighters cannot always get to the fie in time.
  So we decided to create a portable self-acting
  fire extinguisher. In doing the research for this
  product we learned how a fire extinguisher works.
  

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The Problem

• The problem we originally decided to come up with
  a solution for was fire fighters getting trapped
  in forest fires. We realized we could not come
  up with a plausible solution for this problem,
  but we did come up with a solution for house or
  other fires getting out of control before fire
  fighters can arrive.

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Research

• Research
• Fire extinguishers are divided into four
  categories, based on different types of fires.
  Each fire extinguisher also has a numerical
  rating that serves as a guide for the amount of
  fire the extinguisher can handle. The higher the
  number, the more fire-fighting power. The
  following is a quick guide to help choose the
  right type of extinguisher.
• From http//www.fire-extinguisher101.com/

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Research

• ANSUL? R-102? Overlapping Appliance Protection
  has expanded. Greater spacing between nozzles and
  simplified piping guidelines are just two of the
  many enhancements now offered. When flexibility
  and simplicity are the most important features
  for a kitchen design, ANSUL Overlapping Appliance
  Protection provides a virtual zone of protection
  where appliances of various types and sizes are
  protected even if they are replaced or rearranged
  under the hood.
• From https//www.ansul.com/en/Products/kitchen_sys
  /kitchen_overlapping.asp

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Original Fire Extinguisher
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Research

• A Christmas tree set up in the living room may
  have contributed to the rapid acceleration of a
  house fire Tuesday that claimed the life of a
  2007 West High School graduate and injured two
  children.Fire investigators said a live tree with
  lights was in the area where the fire started and
  didn't rule it out as the source of the blaze
  which was reported shortly after 430 a.m.
  Tuesday on the 2900 block of Dovenshire Drive.
• From http//www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/
  ci_7985590

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Possible Solutions

• Design one
• Erupts on impact
• Design two
• Heat sensitive and erupts on impact.
• Design three
• Has wheels and heat sensors so it acts
  independently. Also has a camera for a manual
  override system.

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Ideas From Our Mentor

• About your project, i see that it's
  well-planned. Just a small addition could be of
  some use your system may be connected to a
  computer (server) and an admin or monitor would
  have the authority to launch the system in case
  he sees it's necessary to do while it's not too
  hot for sensors to sense it or in case sensors
  are not working properly. - Mr. Moataz Gad
  Salama

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The Solution

• Has wheels and heat sensors so it acts
  independently. Also has a camera for a manual
  override system.

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New Technology
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History

• The first fire extinguisher was invented around
  1912. Pyrene pioneered the carbon tetrachloride
  or CTC extinguisher, where the liquid was
  expelled from a brass or chrome container by hand
  pump, onto a fire. Once the acid was mixed with
  the bicarbonate solution, carbon dioxide gas
  would be expelled and this would in turn
  pressurize the water. Middle of the twentieth
  century the modern type of extinguisher appeared
  using different extinguishing agents.
  Manufacturers of extinguishers generally use some
  type of pressurized vessel to store and discharge
  the extinguishing agent. The fire extinguishers
  are pressurized with air to approximately 10 bar,
  five times a car tire pressure, from a
  compressor. A squeeze-grip handle operates a
  spring-loaded valve threaded into the pressure
  cylinder.
• Extinguishers of the "gas cartridge" type operate
  in the same manner, but the pressure source is a
  small cartridge of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) at
  130 bars, rather than air. For water, foam, dry
  powder and wet chemical extinguishers, the
  extinguishing agents can either be put under
  stored pressure, or a gas cartridge expeller,
  however the stored-pressure type is more widely
  used. Foam has a miniature foam nozzle that
  aerates the foam solution and forms a floppy
  stream of foam that can be gently applied to the
  surface of the liquid. Dry Powder has an
  elliptical nozzle, which spreads the powder and
  prevents air being entrained.

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Feedback (from mentor)

• Mr. Salama believed this solution would work. He
  gave us the idea to put it in a high-flammable
  area such as kitchens and actuate automatically
  in the presence of intense heat. This was an even
  greater spin-off of our original idea and we
  decided to work with this. He also suggested
  installing a manual override system in case it
  does not work properly.

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Initial Drawing (Prototype 1)
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Final Drawing (Prototype 2)
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Presentation
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Feedback ( from peers)

• FEEDBACK From Our Peers
• Inferno Restraint Survey - This survey was
  distributed to our peers
• Inferno restraint is designed to be a portable
  fire extinguisher. It would have the same
  chemicals as a type A, B, C fire extinguisher.
  It is meant to be kept in areas likely to catch
  fire such as chemistry labs or kitchens. It goes
  off on detection of extreme heat or drastic
  change in temperatures.
• 1. Have you ever heard of such a product in
  existence? If so how is it used?
• a. Yes 20 Ansel system in kitchens
• b. No 80
• 2. Would you think our product would be useful in
  preventing a serious fire?
• a. Yes 100
• b. No 0
• 3. Do you think this product should be made
  necessary for each area at high risk for fires?
• a. Yes 85
• b. No 15

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Feedback (from peers)

• 4. Have you ever heard of using temperature
  sensors to set off a fire extinguisher?
• a. Yes 35
• b. No 65
• 5. How successful do you think this product would
  be?
• Very 60
• Somewhat 40
• Not 0
• 6. Do you think this product would improve the
  mortality rate due to major fires?
• a. Yes 90
• b. No 10
• 7. Do you think this product would be easy to
  purchase, or even worth purchasing?
• a. Yes 85
• b. No 15

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Feedback (from peers)

• 8. Do you think this product is realistic for
  future production?
• a. Yes 100
• b. No 0
• 9. How realistic do you think this product would
  be?
• Very 80
• Somewhat 20
• Not 0
• 10. What are you concerns about this product?
• None 55
• Price 10
• Other 35

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Lessons Learned

• Time management is essential to success. If it
  were not for a carefully planned schedule, our
  project would not have been done.
• We learned how to use Photoshop more efficiently.
• We felt that an outline of exactly what needs to
  be in the project was very helpful it would have
  been much harder to complete the project without
  some careful guideline.
• The only part that our group thinks that could
  have enhanced our project would have been to be
  able to agree on our decisions in a more logical
  way.

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Mentor Biography

• ?Occupation Software and Web Developer mainly,
  software developer for the Windows platform.
• ?The best thing I like about my job Creating
  something new that solves a problem I or somebody
  else have.?

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Mentor Biography

• I hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science
  from an Egyptian institute (Cairo Higher
  Institute for Engineering, Computer Science, and
  Management).
• I spent 8 years so far maintaining PCs,
  implementing network solutions, and developing
  software.

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Written Report

• Tech Xplore 2007-2008
• Sponsored by the National Science Technology
  Education Partnership (NSTEP)
• Home page
• Project Title Inferno Restraint
• Our Statement
• This TechXplore project was completed by Bergen
  County Academies, Hackensack, NJ with the
  technical support from Moataz Gad Salama.
• Inferno Restraint
• Inferno Restraint is designed to fight
  everyday fires. It is shaped like a sphere and
  contains a bicarbonate solution and diammonium to
  act like a fire extinguisher. Attached to the
  base will be wheels and heat sensors allowing it
  to travel act independently. It will also have
  technology to alert proper authorities
  wirelessly. This could aide fire fighters in
  extinguishing fires. A camera can be installed
  to control it manually and control fires from
  afar.

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Written Report

• Team Profile and Assessment
• School Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
• We are a high school team (grade 10)
• Our facilitator is Ms. Evelyn Rios. We were also
  assisted by Mr. Liva.
• This project helped us to understand the
  necessity of immediate action against fires as
  soon as one breaks out. We also learned fire
  fighters cannot always get to the fie in time.
  So we decided to create a portable self-acting
  fire extinguisher. In doing the research for this
  product we learned how a fire extinguisher works.
  
• The Problem
• The problem we originally decided to come up with
  a solution for was fire fighters getting trapped
  in forest fires. We realized we could not come
  up with a plausible solution for this problem,
  but we did come up with a solution for house or
  other fires getting out of control before fire
  fighters can arrive.

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Written Report

• Research
• Fire extinguishers are divided into four
  categories, based on different types of fires.
  Each fire extinguisher also has a numerical
  rating that serves as a guide for the amount of
  fire the extinguisher can handle. The higher the
  number, the more fire-fighting power. The
  following is a quick guide to help choose the
  right type of extinguisher.
• From http//www.fire-extinguisher101.com/
• Research
• ANSUL? R-102? Overlapping Appliance Protection
  has expanded. Greater spacing between nozzles and
  simplified piping guidelines are just two of the
  many enhancements now offered. When flexibility
  and simplicity are the most important features
  for a kitchen design, ANSUL Overlapping Appliance
  Protection provides a virtual zone of protection
  where appliances of various types and sizes are
  protected even if they are replaced or rearranged
  under the hood.
• From https//www.ansul.com/en/Products/kitchen_sys
  /kitchen_overlapping.asp

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Written Report

• Research
• A Christmas tree set up in the living room may
  have contributed to the rapid acceleration of a
  house fire Tuesday that claimed the life of a
  2007 West High School graduate and injured two
  children.Fire investigators said a live tree with
  lights was in the area where the fire started and
  didn't rule it out as the source of the blaze
  which was reported shortly after 430 a.m.
  Tuesday on the 2900 block of Dovenshire Drive.
• From http//www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/
  ci_7985590
• Possible Solutions
• Design one
• Erupts on impact
• Design two
• Heat sensitive and erupts on impact.

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Written Report

• Design three
• Has wheels and heat sensors so it acts
  independently. Also has a camera for a manual
  override system.
• Ideas From Our Mentor
• About your project, i see that it's
  well-planned. Just a small addition could be of
  some use your system may be connected to a
  computer (server) and an admin or monitor would
  have the authority to launch the system in case
  he sees it's necessary to do while it's not too
  hot for sensors to sense it or in case sensors
  are not working properly. - Mr. Moataz Gad
  Salama
• The Solution
• Has wheels and heat sensors so it acts
  independently. Also has a camera for a manual
  override system.

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Written Report

• History
• The first fire extinguisher was invented around
  1912. Pyrene pioneered the carbon tetrachloride
  or CTC extinguisher, where the liquid was
  expelled from a brass or chrome container by hand
  pump, onto a fire. Once the acid was mixed with
  the bicarbonate solution, carbon dioxide gas
  would be expelled and this would in turn
  pressurize the water. Middle of the twentieth
  century the modern type of extinguisher appeared
  using different extinguishing agents.
  Manufacturers of extinguishers generally use some
  type of pressurized vessel to store and discharge
  the extinguishing agent. The fire extinguishers
  are pressurized with air to approximately 10 bar,
  five times a car tire pressure, from a
  compressor. A squeeze-grip handle operates a
  spring-loaded valve threaded into the pressure
  cylinder.
• Extinguishers of the "gas cartridge" type operate
  in the same manner, but the pressure source is a
  small cartridge of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) at
  130 bars, rather than air. For water, foam, dry
  powder and wet chemical extinguishers, the
  extinguishing agents can either be put under
  stored pressure, or a gas cartridge expeller,
  however the stored-pressure type is more widely
  used. Foam has a miniature foam nozzle that
  aerates the foam solution and forms a floppy
  stream of foam that can be gently applied to the
  surface of the liquid. Dry Powder has an
  elliptical nozzle, which spreads the powder and
  prevents air being entrained.
• Feedback (from mentor)
• Mr. Salama believed this solution would work. He
  gave us the idea to put it in a high-flammable
  area such as kitchens and actuate automatically
  in the presence of intense heat. This was an even
  greater spin-off of our original idea and we
  decided to work with this. He also suggested
  installing a manual override system in case it
  does not work properly.

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Written Report

• Feedback ( from peers)
• FEEDBACK From Our Peers
• Inferno Restraint Survey - This survey was
  distributed to our peers
• Inferno restraint is designed to be a portable
  fire extinguisher. It would have the same
  chemicals as a type A, B, C fire extinguisher.
  It is meant to be kept in areas likely to catch
  fire such as chemistry labs or kitchens. It goes
  off on detection of extreme heat or drastic
  change in temperatures.
• 1. Have you ever heard of such a product in
  existence? If so how is it used?
• a. Yes 20 Ansel system in kitchens
• b. No 80
• 2. Would you think our product would be useful in
  preventing a serious fire?
• a. Yes 100
• b. No 0
• 3. Do you think this product should be made
  necessary for each area at high risk for fires?
• a. Yes 85
• b. No 15

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Written Report

• Feedback (from peers)
• 4. Have you ever heard of using temperature
  sensors to set off a fire extinguisher?
• a. Yes 35
• b. No 65
• 5. How successful do you think this product would
  be?
• Very 60
• Somewhat 40
• Not 0
• 6. Do you think this product would improve the
  mortality rate due to major fires?
• a. Yes 90
• b. No 10
• Do yo
• u think this product would be easy to purchase,
  or even worth purchasing?
• a. Yes 85
• b. No 15
• Feedback (from peers)
• 8. Do you think this product is realistic for
  future production?
• a. Yes 100
• b. No 0

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Written Report

• Lessons Learned
• Time management is essential to success. If it
  were not for a carefully planned schedule, our
  project would not have been done.
• We learned how to use Photoshop more efficiently.
• We felt that an outline of exactly what needs to
  be in the project was very helpful it would have
  been much harder to complete the project without
  some careful guideline.
• The only part that our group thinks that could
  have enhanced our project would have been to be
  able to agree on our decisions in a more logical
  way.

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Written Report

• Mentor Biography
• ?Occupation Software and Web Developer mainly,
  software developer for the Windows platform.
• ?The best thing I like about my job Creating
  something new that solves a problem I or somebody
  else have.?
• I hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science
  from an Egyptian institute (Cairo Higher
  Institute for Engineering, Computer Science, and
  Management).
• I spent 8 years so far maintaining PCs,
  implementing network solutions, and developing
  software.

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The End!