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Mexican student develops Vortex Tech acoustic fire extinguisher
Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández, a 16-year-old student from Altamira, Tamaulipas, has developed a portable acoustic fire extinguisher named Vortex Tech. A student at CETIS 78, she designed the device to extinguish small flames using only low-frequency sound waves, eliminating the need for water, foam, or chemical agents.
The prototype operates by using a 12-volt battery, a 30 hertz generator, a power amplifier, and a speaker to produce sound pulses. These pulses create vortex rings in the air that agitate and displace oxygen molecules around the flame, thereby breaking the combustion cycle.
While the concept of acoustic fire suppression was originally introduced in 2015 by students at George Mason University in the United States, Venegas Hernández has developed her own adapted model.
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- [● 3 SOURCES] Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández, a 16-year-old student from Altamira, Tamaulipas, developed a device called Vortex Tech. laregiontula.com.mx · www.uniradiosonora.com · www.uniradiobaja.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Vortex Tech device is a portable acoustic extinguisher that uses low-frequency sound waves to extinguish small flames without water or chemicals. laregiontula.com.mx · www.uniradiosonora.com · www.uniradiobaja.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] The prototype includes a 12-volt battery, a 30 hertz generator, a power amplifier, and an emitting speaker. laregiontula.com.mx · www.uniradiosonora.com · www.uniradiobaja.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Low-frequency sound vibrations agitate and displace oxygen molecules around the flame to break the combustion process. laregiontula.com.mx · www.uniradiosonora.com · www.uniradiobaja.com