Since 2016, the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) has awarded a prize for a thesis written by young scientists. In the beginning, the award was called the IWMA Young Talent Award. Last year the IWMA members decided to rename it…
Heal the world by design (green, greener, watermist)
Everybody is talking about climate change. Those who have avoided the topic have to face it now. Humankind has an impact on nature and too often a negative one. Some people argue that the climate has always changed; however, Earth…
Water mist’s past and future (approaching top gear)
In the late 1970s, the two Swedish scientists Mats Rosander and Krister Giselsson published a lecture book entitled The Fundamentals of Fire. In this book there is one sentence that clearly sticks out: ‘In future, a liquid, e.g. water, atomized…
Heal the world by design
Water mist is eco-friendly and sustainable. The organization that is dedicated to the technology is the International Water Mist Association (IWMA). It was founded in 1998 and supports the continuous development and extension of the technology. IWMA general manager Bettina…
Water mist – the firefighting system and the organisation behind it
Ragnar Wighus, IWMA past president and chief scientist at SP Fire Research Norway, says: ‘Water mist firefighting systems are well established and have been in use for well over 20 years in their present stage of technology.’ Funnily enough, there…
Water mist – the firefighting system and the organization behind it
Ragnar Wighus, IWMA president and chief scientist at SP Fire Research Norway, says: “Water mist firefighting systems are well established and have been in use for well over twenty years in their present stage of technology.” Funny enough, there are…