Global Patent Index - EP 0508959 B1

EP 0508959 B1 19960501 - Method and apparatus for putting out fires fed by a pressurized medium having a high degree of inflammability, in particular fires of oil wells

Title (en)

Method and apparatus for putting out fires fed by a pressurized medium having a high degree of inflammability, in particular fires of oil wells

Title (de)

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Löschen von durch einen unter Druck stehenden, hochentflammbaren Brennstoff genährten Bränden, insbesondere Bränden von Ölbohrungen

Title (fr)

Méthode et dispositif pour l'extinction de feux alimentés par un combustible sous pression ayant un degré d'inflammabilité élevé, notemment de feux de puits de pétrole

Publication

EP 0508959 B1 19960501 (EN)

Application

EP 92830034 A 19920129

Priority

IT RM910239 A 19910409

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0508959A1] A method of putting out fires under pressure is disclosed, in particular fires of oil wells, which method is based upon the use of an apparatus having a suitable geometry and containing a composition or a mixture of liquefied extinguishing and/or inert compositions, which apparatus is placed at a distance from the hole of the burning oil well and collapses because of the internal pressure so that pressure vapours burst out and hit at once and homogeneously the whole front of the fire so as to put fire out. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

E21B 35/00; A62C 35/10

IPC 8 full level

A62C 35/10 (2006.01); E21B 35/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A62C 35/10 (2013.01); E21B 35/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR LI LU NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0508959 A1 19921014; EP 0508959 B1 19960501; AT E137561 T1 19960515; CA 2054974 A1 19921010; DE 69210301 D1 19960605; IT 1245274 B 19940913; IT RM910239 A0 19910409; IT RM910239 A1 19921009; MX 9200454 A 19921001

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 92830034 A 19920129; AT 92830034 T 19920129; CA 2054974 A 19911105; DE 69210301 T 19920129; IT RM910239 A 19910409; MX 9200454 A 19920131