Halon Replacement International Aircraft Systems Fire for Airplane Protection Working Group Conference Köln, Germany Portable Fire May 11-12, 2011 Extinguishers - Mike Madden Progress Report BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company. Copyright ©2009 -2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Objective Provide a progress report on development of BTP (2-bromo-3, 3, 3- trifluropropene), a promising new environmentally safe Halon replacement fire extinguishing agent 2 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY Agenda  Halon Replacement Dates  Steps to Commercialization  BTP Performance  Agent Summary  Fire Extinguisher Installation  BTP Risks  BTP Near-term Steps  Summary 3 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY Halon Replacement Dates Proposed Requirement Lavatory Handheld Propulsion/ Cargo APU ( N e w N EC Cutoff Date 2011 2014 2014 2018 T e C w A D ICAO 2011 2016 2014 NA p e p s lic ig UL Standard NA 2014 NA NA a n t i o n ) C u r r e EC End Date (incl. retrofit) 2020 2025 2040 2040 n t P r ICAO 2011 2016 NA NA o d u UL Standard c NA 2014 NA NA t i o n Notes: EC dates were adopted in March 2010 and published August 18, 2010; to be effective December 31 of the stated year. ICAO proposed halon replacement “resolution” adopted at ICAO General Assembly Meeting on October 6, 2010. Amendments to Annexes 6 & 8 in-work. Underwriters’ Laboratory Standard 1093 to be withdrawn September 2014. 4 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY Steps to Commercialization  Cup burner testing - 2002  Initial toxicity tests (Ames, cardiotox…) - 2002  2D O DP, GWP and atmospheric lifetime - 2004  Proto type extinguisher, near drop-in replacement for Boeing 1211 extinguisher - 2009  UL 7 11 5B pan fire tests - 2009  UL 7 11 cold temperature pan fire test - 2009  FAA MPS AR-01/37 hidden fire tests - 2009  3D m odel analysis of ODP and GWP - 2010  FAA MPS AR-01/37 seat fire toxicity tests - 2011  ASTM flammability tests (per NFPA 704) - 2011  Airpl ane material compatibility tests - 2011  Synt hesis of BTP for toxicology testing - 2011  Publ ication of 3D ODP scientific paper  Com plete toxicology testing  PBPK testing and modeling  Provi de PBPK data to FAA for inclusion in AC 20-42D and FAA/AR-08/3  Addit ional BTP properties testing  US E PA TSCA inventory listing  US E PA SNAP approval  EU R EACH approval  3.25” diameter bottle  UL 21 29 fire extinguisher bottle tests and UL listing 5  ASTM standard for BTP COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY BTP Performance Initial BTP toxicity test results Item Comments Ames (mutagenic test) No effects noted Human Lymphocyte No effects noted (chromosomal aberration) NOAEL .5% Cardiotoxic Dog Inhalation LOAEL 1.0% Preliminary Limit Test Some potential (5% for 30 minutes) anesthetic effects noted Data from J Grigg & A Chattaway, “The Evaluation of Bromotriflouropropene as a Halon 1211 Replacement”, NIST SP 984, June 2002 http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire02/PDF/f02114.pdf 6 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY BTP Performance Passed UL 711 5B and UL 2B cold temperature fire tests, December 2009 7 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY BTP Performance Passed FAA MPS AR-01/37 hidden fire tests at UL, December 2009 8 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY BTP Performance Passed FAA MPS AR-01/37 seat fire toxicity tests, February 2011 9 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY BTP Performance FAA MPS seat fire toxicity test results: HF 1-Minute HF 4.5-Minute Agent Used Discharge Time Agent Test Number Average Average (pounds) (seconds) (200 ppm limit) (100 ppm limit) 1 47.8 23.9 1.85 3.2 BTP 2 65.7 34.5 1.76 3.8 3 88.2 47.7 1.55 2.9 1 20.5 11.7 .64 2.1 Halon 1211 2 20.4 11.0 .64 2.4 2011 tests 3 25.8 14.6 .57 2.0 1 9.28 6.01 1.2 6 Halon 1211 2 21.04 13.87 .8 4.5 1999 tests 3 19.83 12.92 .96 4.7 Data from FAA test data sheets BTP HF levels below the MPS requirements, and FE-36 and FM-200 levels 10 COPYRIGHT ©2009 -2011 THE BOEING COMPANY