Gaseous Extinguishing Product Range

Sapphire Suppression Systems utilising NovecTM 1230

ADT’s Sapphire Suppression System featuring 3M NovecTM 1230 fire protection fluid brings a new level of environmental management to Halocarbon fire extinguishing systems.  Sapphire uses sustainable long term technology that not only satisfies today’s regulations, it also meets all of those in the foreseeable future.

Working in partnership with 3M, ADT pioneered the use of NovecTM 1230 in the UK.  NovecTM 1230 is the key constituent in Sapphire systems and the properties of this revolutionary fire extinguishing agent provide an unprecedented low atmospheric lifetime.  A Global Warming Potential (GWP) of just 1 means that this system has essentially no effect on the environment. It also provides high safety levels in occupied spaces.

In areas of high value where vital equipment or processes are contained, space is us usually an extremely important commodity.  Sapphire requires a relatively low design concentration thereby reducing the container footprint to a minimum.  As the system design concentration is low only small quantities of agent are required to be discharged into the protected area, over-pressure relief venting of the protected area is not usually required.

Inert Gas Fire Fighting System using IG55

• IG55 is a blend of naturally occurring gases found in the air around us.
• The 50% mixture of Argon and Nitrogen provide a balance that is at one with the environment.
• High pressure containers are banked together and can be located close to the protected area or at a remote location.
• The agent extinguishes fires by reducing the Oxygen content to the point where combustion will no longer be supported.

FM200

Following the production phase out of the Halon gases FM200 became popular as a safe ozone friendly fire extinguishing system. Around the world it became the most popular of the halon replacements during the 1990’s. It can offer economical fire fighting solutions. Systems can be configured in modular concept thereby maximising the customer’s valuable floor space.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

The original gaseous extinguishing system, CO2 remains popular because of some unique features in system design and relatively low cost of the CO2. Local application systems can be provided to protect important industrial processes that do not have the boundaries of a room to contain the gas.  Where total flooding systems are provided important safety features are incorporated to the system to ensure that CO2 cannot enter the protected room if people are present.

Pyro-Chem Kitchen Knight Fire Suppression System

Fire within hotels or commercial premises could be potentially catastrophic. The kitchen Knight system  provides a means of reducing the risk by controlling and suppressing fire should it occur.  Cooking appliances today allow for the potentially dangerous mixture of flammable oils and greases with high efficiency heat sources, creating an environment in which fire is always a threat.

The system is designed to automatically detect a fire with mechanical thermal couplings heat detectors. Once activated the system discharges a potassium-carbonate solution over the burning appliances, into the plenum chamber behind the grease filters and the extract ducts. If the fire has spread into the extract system this is quickly suppressed as well. Manual operation is provided for so that members of staff present in the kitchen can operate the system at the first indication of fire.

Most importantly the system allows provision to signal onto the main fire alarm system and provide signals to close the fuel supply thereby preventing any risk of explosion.