CASE STUDIES POWER FACILITIES FIRE SUPPRESSION

Mt Isa Substation

Battery Energy Storage

Wind Turbines

Cabinet Protection
 Fires in power generation and management facilities, can have costly or even fatal consequences. In about one-third of the cases in which fire suppression systems fail, the cause is inadequate inspection, testing and maintenance. Operators require autonomous, reliable and robust fire suppression systems they can rely on.

Power generation and distribution machinery, such as turbines, generators, transformers and cable tunnels, need to operate continuously. Fires are usually caused by design defects, poor maintenance, voltage surges, overheating, arcs caused by a switch, leaking current, lightning, cable insulation deterioration and, vandalism or sabotage.

Fire Pro has been installed in “green energy projects” which pose a different style of fire risks due to the different style of technology and materials used.
Fire Suppression Challenges
Ventilation openings
to maintain temperatures inside the enclosure. Some fire suppression technologies require a completely sealed enclosure to be effective.
Classes of Fire
fires will involve a combination of materials (wires and insulating material), flammable liquids and gases, and electrical equipment.
Remote & Unmanned Locations
have different monitoring and maintenance, and vulnerable to other hazards, such as unauthorised access or vandalism.
How it works FirePro suppresses fire by interrupting the chemical chain reactions that occur in the flame, rather than by cooling and/or depleting oxygen in the enclosure. Upon activation, the aerosol transforms from a solid state into a rapidly expanding two-phased fire suppression agent; consisting of Potassium Carbonate solid particles K2CO3 (the active agent) suspended in a carrier gas. When the aerosol reaches and reacts with the flame, the Potassium radicals (K*) are formed. The K*s bind to other flame free radicals (hydroxyls OH-) forming stable products such as KOH. KOH then further reacts in the presence of CO2 and forms stable K2CO3.