Monday, September 7, 2009

New Optical Fire Monitoring for Waste Disposal Facilities

The unique fire and explosion hazards in municipal and industrial waste disposal facilities has led Spectrex (USA) to provide its explosion-proof SharpEyw 40/401 Optical flame detector to protect these facilities. The new SharpEye 40/40 series flame detector offer enhanced reliability and durability with an extended 5 year warranty. All are fitted with heated window to withstand the harshest of conditions, HART output to offer quality information during installation or maintenance. Most have an enhanced detection distance and larger field of view than before.

All these detector are hazardous area approved (FM/ATEX/IECEx/CSA and more) for location in zone areas and 3rd party performance approved. The outdoor storage areas for waste bales (residential waste) which are often stored at high locations experience fires due to the spontaneous heat accumulation of the waste or ignition of hazardous materials such as flammable liquids or gases in the waste. The waste bales are packed in polythylene foil, which is usually difficult to ignite; however smoldering fires tend to spread from inside the bales and, if not detected in time, may cause large fires and sometimes explosion due to gaseous pocket within the waste storage area.

Positioning optical flame detectors along the edge of the waste pit enables continuous monitoring of the waste pit over large areas of bulky refuse storage. A typical fire protection system consist of infraredfire sensor located on the pit ceiling or along its parameter edge, fire extinguishing equipment on the upper part of the wall, a fire monitoring panel, fire extinguishing equipment control and operation panels in the trash bunker crane operation room, and water supply source including a pump and piping.

In the case of large pit bunkers, the fire location is identified at a very early stage by the unique triple infrared (IR3) 40/401 fire detector and the water monitor is automatically directed at the fire source according to the fire location information. In the case of smaller pits, when a fire is detected and its location is indentified, water is immediately discharged from the water discharged nozzle locally onto the location or in the entore area

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New Optical Fire Monitoring for Waste Disposal Facilities

The unique fire and explosion hazards in municipal and industrial waste disposal facilities has led Spectrex (USA) to provide its explosion-proof SharpEyw 40/401 Optical flame detector to protect these facilities. The new SharpEye 40/40 series flame detector offer enhanced reliability and durability with an extended 5 year warranty. All are fitted with heated window to withstand the harshest of conditions, HART output to offer quality information during installation or maintenance. Most have an enhanced detection distance and larger field of view than before.

All these detector are hazardous area approved (FM/ATEX/IECEx/CSA and more) for location in zone areas and 3rd party performance approved. The outdoor storage areas for waste bales (residential waste) which are often stored at high locations experience fires due to the spontaneous heat accumulation of the waste or ignition of hazardous materials such as flammable liquids or gases in the waste. The waste bales are packed in polythylene foil, which is usually difficult to ignite; however smoldering fires tend to spread from inside the bales and, if not detected in time, may cause large fires and sometimes explosion due to gaseous pocket within the waste storage area.

Positioning optical flame detectors along the edge of the waste pit enables continuous monitoring of the waste pit over large areas of bulky refuse storage. A typical fire protection system consist of infraredfire sensor located on the pit ceiling or along its parameter edge, fire extinguishing equipment on the upper part of the wall, a fire monitoring panel, fire extinguishing equipment control and operation panels in the trash bunker crane operation room, and water supply source including a pump and piping.

In the case of large pit bunkers, the fire location is identified at a very early stage by the unique triple infrared (IR3) 40/401 fire detector and the water monitor is automatically directed at the fire source according to the fire location information. In the case of smaller pits, when a fire is detected and its location is indentified, water is immediately discharged from the water discharged nozzle locally onto the location or in the entore area

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