Dry Ice in Pool Fire

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Block of dry ice placed in a pool fire. Flame is extinguished due to the CO2 sublimated from the block and the reduction in the pool temperature due to the cold temperature of the dry ice block.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Fire
• dry
• ice
• CO2
• carbon
• dioxide
• pool
• fire
• extinguish
• fpe
• protection
• engineering
• cold
• Energy

[ROBwithaB]

Not a trivial result.

I'm imagining a jet of dry ice shavings, driven through a hose by compressed CO2, as a mechanism for extinguishing refinery fires.

[SRcombexp]

@ROBwithaB A neat idea, similar to a normal CO2 extinguisher but the dry ice shaving would hang around longer which could be quite useful.

[kkpipbs]

So why don't we use dry ice to destroy forest fires?

[protogod19]

@kkpipbs putting regular ice in that tray would put out the fire too

[kleetus92]

@kleetus92 Oh... and you'd probably asphyxiate half the fire crew!

[kleetus92]

@kkpipbs You'd need a shitload of it. 

[mimibobeni]

well, that's one way to put out a fire...

[amuto4ever99]

IT ATE THE FIRE!!!!! WHAT IS THIS SORCERY????

[jonagurcia]

WHY IS THIS NOT USED DURING WILDFIRES?!!

[drbackjack]

@kkpipbs

What dry ice?

[Erobazai]

omg why do you try to reignite it when its obvious that CO2 is a extinguishable gas more fun to see how a ice cube made of water hit burning oil :D

[GoggleYourMind]

uh-oh im in the weird part of youtube again

[triciaf61]

@Ycylyon LIKE A BAWS!