Environmentally-clean water-based fire inhibiting biochemical solutions formulated using alkali metal salts of gluconic acid for protecting property against wildfire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025121234-A1
Application number	US-202418751313-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 23, 2024
Priority date	Feb 4, 2021
Publication date	Apr 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Environmentally-clean wildfire inhibitor liquid biochemical solutions produced from an aqueous mixture of alkali metal salt derived from a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid such as gluconic acid, and dissolved in water along with a dispersing and coalescing agent, realized as an ester of a non-polymerized saturated carboxylic acid, and dissolved in the water to provide a liquid fire inhibitor solution that can be sprayed on combustible surfaces to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces when and as water molecules in the liquid fire inhibitor evaporate to the environment during drying operations, to inhibit fire ignition, flame spread and smoke development.

First claim

1 . An environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution comprising:
a major amount of water; a major amount of an alkali metal salt dissolved in said major amount of water, and derived from C6 Class of Carboxylic Acids having 6 carbon atoms, specifically, the C6 carboxylic acid called d-gluconic acid, and selected from the group consisting of potassium gluconate, calcium gluconate, sodium gluconate, and magnesium gluconate; and a minor amount of methyl gluconate or triethyl citrate dissolved in said major amount of water for promoting dispersing and coalescing properties of alkali metal ions in a resulting environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution that can be applied onto combustible surfaces during spraying operations to form thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces as water molecules in said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution evaporate to the environment during drying operations, so that said thin alkali metal salt crystalline coatings formed on the combustible surfaces inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, including wildfire.

2 . An environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution containing potassium salt derived from C6 Class of Carboxylic Acids having 6 carbon atoms, specifically, the C6 carboxylic acid called d-gluconic acid, said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution comprising:
a major amount of water; a major amount of potassium gluconate dissolved in the water; and a minor amount of methyl gluconate or triethyl citrate dissolved in said major amount of water for promoting dispersing and coalescing properties potassium ions in a resulting environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution that can be applied onto combustible surfaces during spraying operations to form thin potassium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces as water molecules in said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution evaporate to the environment during drying operations, so that said thin potassium salt crystalline coatings formed on the combustible surfaces inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, including wildfire.

3 . An environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution containing calcium salt derived from C6 Class of Carboxylic Acids having 6 carbon atoms, specifically, the C6 carboxylic acid called d-gluconic acid, said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution comprising:
a major amount of water; a major amount of calcium gluconate dissolved in the water; and a minor amount of methyl gluconate or triethyl citrate dissolved in said major amount of water for promoting dispersing and coalescing properties of calcium ions in a resulting environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution that can be applied onto combustible surfaces during spraying operations to form thin calcium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces as water molecules in said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution evaporate to the environment during drying operations, so that said thin calcium salt crystalline coatings formed on the combustible surfaces inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, including wildfire.

4 . An environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution containing sodium salt derived from C6 Class of Carboxylic Acids having 6 carbon atoms, specifically, the C6 carboxylic acid called d-gluconic acid, said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution comprising:
a major amount of water; a major amount of sodium gluconate dissolved in the water; and a minor amount of methyl gluconate or triethyl citrate dissolved in said major amount of water for promoting dispersing and coalescing properties of sodium ions in a resulting environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution that can be applied onto combustible surfaces during spraying operations to form thin sodium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces as water molecules in said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution evaporate to the environment during drying operations, so that said thin sodium salt crystalline coatings formed on the combustible surfaces inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, including wildfire.

5 . An environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution containing magnesium salt derived from C6 Class of Carboxylic Acids having 6 carbon atoms, specifically, the C6 carboxylic acid called d-gluconic acid, said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting solution comprising:
a major amount of water; a major amount of magnesium gluconate dissolved in the water; and a minor amount of methyl gluconate or triethyl citrate dissolved in said major amount of water for promoting dispersing and coalescing properties of magnesium ions in a resulting environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution that can be applied onto combustible surfaces during spraying operations to form thin magnesium salt crystalline coatings on the combustible surfaces as water molecules in said environmentally-clean aqueous-based fire inhibiting biochemical solution evaporate to the environment during drying operations, so that said thin magnesium salt crystalline coatings formed on the combustible surfaces inhibit fire ignition and flame spread in the presence of fire, including wildfire.

Assignees

• Mighty Fire Breaker Llc

Inventors

• Conboy Stephen

Classifications

• A62C3/02

  for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires · CPC title

• A62D1/005

  Dispersions; Emulsions · CPC title

• A62D1/0035 Primary

  Aqueous solutions · CPC title

• A62C3/0271

  Detection of area conflagration fires (fire alarms for forest fires G08B17/005) · CPC title

• A62C3/0242

  by spraying extinguishants from the aircraft (spraying from aircraft in general B64D1/16) · CPC title