Permanent CO2 System
Carbon dioxide is a colorless, tasteless, odorless and inert gas. During its use there is no destruction (unlike water or dry powder, where in many cases their use causes damage), it is harmless to most materials and does not contaminate food, is not corrosive and is difficult to promote. After firefighting it evaporates completely and leaves no residue. Thus, it can be safely used in areas with vulnerable electrical and electronic installations, valuable works of art, paintings or manuscripts, warehouses of flammable liquids, electric substations, ovens and kilns. Because it causes suffocation, its use in places where there are people or animals is conceded. The three-dimensional action of Carbon Dioxide means that it can fight fires, both vertically and horizontally.
The fast movement enables it to penetrate any obstacle through an opening and reach inaccessible and hidden places. Carbon Dioxide is a stable commercial product with many other uses and is available all over the world. The Permanent Extinguishing System can operate either automatically or manually and the automatic control can be achieved mechanically and pneumatically or electronically or by combining them depending on any conditions. Carbon dioxide is stored at room temperature in steel bottles. The pressure varies with the temperature and at 21ºC it is about 59 bar. A multiple array of bottles can be constructed.
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Single or multiple cylinder systems are applied depending on the volume of the protected areas. In a Multi-Cylinder System, the Pilot Flask is used to activate the system cylinders. The Pilot's Bottle is automatically activated using the detonator which is triggered by the System's Fire Detection-Extinguishing Panel. The Table receives a command from a Detection System consisting of pairs of Heat Detectors and Smoke Detectors. It is manually activated either by pushing the Shutter piston or by a Remote Manual Activation Knob. The Shutter of the Pilot Bottle is connected via a Flexible EPDM High Pressure Tube to the 1st cylinder shutter of the system. In essence, when the Pilot Cylinder is activated, the propellant gas activates pneumatically the Shutters of the main System Dioxide Cylinders (the Shutters of the main Bottles of the System are connected by Flexible EPDM High Pressure Pipes). Once the main Flasks of the System are activated, the Extinguishing Material is forwarded through Flexible EPDM High Pressure Pipes to the System Collector from where it is driven to Total Bedtime or Local Application Launchers.
THE SYSTEM INCLUDES
Cylinders • Certified Cylinders of Carbon Dioxide 16Lt(12Kg), 40Lt(30Kg), 50Lt(35Kg), 67.5Lt(45Kg), 67.5Lt(50Kg), 80Lt(60Kg) with Automatic, Manual or Pneumatic Shutter, Protection Disc and Heavy Duty Mounts. • Certified Bottle "Pilot" 3Lt (2Kg) with Automatic, Manual or Pneumatic Shutter and Heavy Duty Base. Collector's fittings – Collector Tube Cross-section from 11/4" to 3" – Tomb Cross Section Collector from 11/4" to 3" – Tapa Collector size from 11/4" to 3" – Intersection Collector Contraction 1/4" = > 3/4", 2" = > 1", 21/2" = > 11/2", 3"=>2”. – 3/4" Non-return Valve. EPDM Hoses • EPDM High Pressure Hoses connection of "Pilot" Bottle to the Shutter of the first Multi-Cylinder System ( EPDM Flexible Tube High Pressure Multi-Cylinder Connection System Multi-Cylinder Connection • EPDM High Pressure Cylinder Connection Flexible Tube System with Impervious Collector Valve • EPDM High Pressure Hosse Connection of Cylinder System Of One Cylinder With Launcher Network Other Components – Breast (3/8" – 3/8" – for the connection of Flexible EPDM Tubes to the Cylinder Locks of the System – Tapa 3/8" for Sealing output of the Pilot Cylinder Shutter and the last Cylinder of the System – Local Application Launchers – Total Sprawl Fire Detection Launchers • Certified Four-Zone Table • Optical-Acoustic Siren • Manual System Activation Knob • Extinguishing Knob • Heat Detectors (Thermal Limit or Thermodifferent) • Smoke Detectors • Stop Plate • STOP Plate GAS CERTIFICATES ISO 9809 – 1 ΕΝ 1964 – 1, p 99/36/Ε Ε Ν ΕΑ ΝΑ 97/23/Ε Ε Ε Ν Ε ΝΝ ΝΝ 99/36/Ε Ε Ν Ε KLEITROU FIALIS 97/23/Ε Ε ΕΑ (TUV) COLLECTOR'S TESTS AT 300 BAR FROM EVETAM S.A. CE KLETRO (BV) CE 0062
