Patent ID: 9561392
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A62C

Claim:
1. A method for diluting clouds of flammable gases from a containment comprising an outer opening using a gas-jet curtain, the method comprising: spraying a non-flammable gas or liquid at at least one outer opening of the containment to form a gas-jet curtain at the opening; diluting the clouds of flammable gases from the containment in the gas-jet curtain; and ejecting the diluted flammable gases from the containment in the flow of the gas jet curtain; wherein the gas-jet curtain is generated by exit of a gas or a liquid from a tube which, along a longitudinal axis, has, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, boreholes that lie on a common connection line on a tube surface, and the flammable gases have a density not exceeding the density of air.