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1. Sean Keppler

2. »Investigate materials and develop
systems to protect a small recon-
drone from fire and heat
damage, so that such a device
could be used to help with urban
firefighting in the future
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3. » Used in searching buildings during firefighting
operations
» Enters interior of upper floors by breaking a
window
» Complete all primary and secondary searches in
less than 73 to 42minutes
˃ Grimwood, P. (2009). Fire service Intervention at High-rise Fires: A methodology for
reducing Fire Service intervention times. FireSafetyEngineer.com [Online] Available:
www.firetactics.com
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4. » 1. Research materials
» 2. Select and test candidates
» 3. Address side objectives
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5. » Maximum and Average Heat flux during static
and dynamic testing regimes
» Maximum temperature reached during tests
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6. » Fire Heavy Duty Fire shelter material, or SW-HD
˃ Aluminized Fiberglass
» AFLPN 1500
˃ An aramid-carbonized acrylic blend with a
nonwoven aramid outer layer and a woven fiberglass
core with an aluminized coating
» AS2400
˃ Woven Amorphous Silica
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7. » Find the which fabric protected the drone the
best
» Find out how much the helicopter could take
without protection
» Find any unforeseen complications of trying to
put a drone into an incendiary environment
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8. » Test the three fabrics over a grill
» 3 testing Regimes, Static and Dynamic regimes
with the fabrics in place, and a final “until
failure” regime for the
» Measure the heat flux and the circuit board, fire
ambient air temperature
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14. » ALFPN 1500 proved to be the best
» Firezed Heavy Duty came in second
» AS2400 looses rigidity when heated, leading to
very poor performance in this test rig
» There is substantial noise in the data
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Kw/m2 Maximum Average
No Cloth After shut off 5.18 0.68
Before shut off 7.95 2.29
AFLPN 1500 Static 1.87 0.32
AFLPN 1500 Dynamic 0.64 0.05
Firezed Static 3.07 0.59
Firezed Dynamic 1.55 0.06
AS2400 Static 3.29 0.75
AS2400 Dynamic 2.12 0.41
Heat Fluxes For the “No Cloth” test
and the Static and Dynamic Tests

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18. » Fanning of flames
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» Danger of hitting people in close quarters
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» Smoke agitation
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» Opening doors
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» Optional objective
» Getting in a window XXXXXXXX
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20. » Use Nickel metal-hydride batteries,
NOT LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERIES
» Aluminum propeller blades would probably suffice
for this drone’s needs
» If there is a chance to redo this, do it inside and
with a more controllable heat source
» A future test should involve flying helicopter and
Quad-copter through gauntlet of fans
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22. What are your
Questions
Comments
or Concerns?