Fire science project
The process of commercial dipping and parts cleaning frequently entails the use of inflammable solvents that may cause fire explosion. Technology has been able to diminish some of the dangers that associate with dip tanks by using water based cleaning agents. The dangers base on explosive nature, the spread of fire to nearby rooms and the strength of the burning combustible vapours causing heavy production of smoke.
Fire protection system to protect the parts cleaning dip tank
The dipping process should take place in a fire resistive room that has essential physical protection. The vapour areas should have a small, convenient space. This includes preserving a well-designed system of mechanical ventilation. When the tank is not in use, the dip tank should have automatic foam protecting them, and the covers sealed. There should be electrical bonding of the tank and container to avert static sparks. The tanks using flammable cleaning solvents should have automatic self-closing apparatus and fire extinguishers that are readily available. The tanks that use acids as their cleaning agents should have face shields and eye protection or emergency wash in case of unintended contact with the solutions.
Fire protection system for the paint spray booth
Spray paint booths including the mixing room and exhaust system are prone to extensive over- spray and a commended automatic fire repression system should protect them. This system is significant because it will extinguish the fire and prevent extensive damage to the buildings in the event of fire. There are two types of the suppression system: the automatic sprinkler system and the alternate fire protection system.
The sprinkler system should be wet to make sure that one uses the shortest time possible to place water on the fire. There should be sufficient water supply for all sprinklers likely to open during a fire event. The sprinkler heads should have valves managing the system. Cellophane should cover the alternate fire protection system to protect them from overspray. It should also have a separate control to be able to absolve its contents to the protected region concurrently. This alternate system has various categories including carbon dioxide system, foam water sprinkler system, gaseous exchange extinguishing system and dry chemical extinguishing system.
The activation of both the automatic and alternate systems, activation of the fire suppression system should automatically achieve the activating of a local alarm, ceasing all the spray application process, stopping conveyers in and out of the spray area and shutting down the delivery system that coats materials. The spray booth exhaust and air-make up systems should be disconnected from the fire alarm system and remain efficient during a fire alarm condition. The fire protection system should have a manual and an emergency system shutdown location.
Fire protection system for the computer room
There are essential features that a Computer Room Fire Suppression system must have. These includes a responding that is fast, a non-toxic agent, a non-conducive electrical medium and a system that prevents a substantial clean-up problem. In the planning process for computer fire control system, one needs to consider the potential losses involved. One of the suppression system commonly used for computer rooms is the Inergen system. Inergen makes an acceptable choice for the tape storage, vaults, process equipment, sub-floor space and any electronic area that has irreplaceable equipments since it is an extremely clean agent. It is an inert gas, has superior flow characteristics and extinguishes fire through lessening the content of oxygen below the level that sustains burning.
It has a mixture of three gases argon, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The presence of carbon dioxide enables the brain to continue receiving an equal quantity of oxygen in a setting that has Inergen as it would in a normal environment. Visibility in an Inergen environment is sufficient for evacuation purposes since it does not produce fog. The cylinders can open manually, electrically or pneumatically and has a zero Ozone Depletion Potential, atmospheric lifetime and Global Warming Potential. The main advantage for this system is its reliability and quick response.
Fire protection system to protect the commercial cooking equipment
One of the systems that can apply in the protection of commercial cooking equipment is the pre-engineered extinguishing systems. The UL 300 Standard is a fire test technique, which applies to this system and its scale clearly specifies its proposed application. Apart from the fire testing methods and requirements to protect different types of cooking equipments, it also entails the analyses and measures for evaluating the capability of the pre-engineered apparatus to protect vessels and plenums. This standard takes to deliberation the characteristics of the extinguishing agent and effectual discharge of the agent since this system should extinguish test fires fast as part of the UL 300 assessment.
Class of portable fire extinguisher for the various areas of the facility
Portable fire extinguishers must be of the appropriate category for the fire expected. The classification of the fire extinguishers is through the fire they will extinguish. Class A fire extinguishers apply for common flammables like paper and have a triangle-containing letter A for identification. Class B applies in flammable liquids such as gasoline and has a square with the letter B identifying them. Class C entails live electrical equipments that require the use of nonconductive extinguishing agents, whereas class D applies on combustible metals like magnesium. Fires involving cooking media in restaurants uses class K fire extinguisher and apply the principle of saponification. Portable fire extinguishers have labels for quick identification of these classes.
OSHA governs the requirement for portable extinguishers, and it requires that employers distribute the extinguishers basing on the classes of the likely place of work, the size and extent of the hazard that will affect their use. Class A should be within a travel distance of 7.5 ft, class B 50 ft, class Cs placement should base on the appropriate A or B hazard and class D 75 ft. Class K should be at an area of probable fire detonation.
