MODULAR, PERMANENTLY INSTALLED TUNNEL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM

• US 20140338927A1
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vid Fire-Kill Aps
• Original Assignee: Vid Fire-Kill Aps
• Inventors: Palle, Carsten
• Application Number:
  US14/366,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20140338927A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 169/16
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 3/0221 for tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 35/60 wet, i.e. containing extinguishing material even when not in use
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 35/68 Details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems valves in general F16K
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 99/0072 using sprayed or atomised water

Abstract

The invention relates to an interconnected module sectionized fire extinguishing system for fire protection in elongated cavities, which is characterized by consisting, in the cavity, of a number of intercoupled section modules in the longitudinal direction of the cavity, said section modules being characterized by being provided with a control valve connecting a water mist nozzle system to water supply pipe with an applied water pressure of 4 bars to 16 bars, and where, in case of fire in the cavity, section modules distribute low-pressure water mist in the form of finely divided droplets in the volume of the cavity in which there is a fire and in the area of coverage of a section module on both sides of the area of fire, and where the distributed water drops are characterized by 90% of the volume of water being constituted by water drops with a drop diameter of less than 0.001 m.

Claims

1. A fire extinguishing system sectionized in sections for fire protection of elongated cavities, characterized in that it actively fights fires in one or more tunnel sections with water which is supplied to low-pressure water mist nozzles via a pipe system and which is distributed from the nozzles in the tunnel section with fire as well as its neighbouring sections in the form of a low-pressure water mist spray, a minimum of 90% of the volume of the water being distributed in drops with diameters of less than 0.001 m.

2. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the supply water pressure for the low-pressure water mist nozzles is 4-16 bars.

3. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized by nozzle pipes made of thin-walled materials with a thickness of 1-3 mm, where the inside surfaces of said nozzle pipes comprise inside thread connections to which low-pressure water mist nozzles are coupled.

4. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized in that the low-pressure water mist nozzles of the system are disposed offset in the longitudinal direction of the cavity on the nozzle pipes of the system.

5. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized in that it consists of one or more interconnected pipe sections consisting of an intercoupling of finished system modules, where one or more system modules together constitute supply pipe and nozzle system for a fire protection zone in the cavity.

6. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized in that water supply pipes for low-pressure water mist nozzles are provided with hydrant couplings for fire hoses.

7. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, characterized in that nozzle pipes are installed on the cavity walls and that water mist nozzles have horizontally disposed nozzle openings.

8. A fire extinguishing system according to claim 1, wherein activation of system modules is characterized by being controlled by flame announcers monitoring the fire protection sections of the cavity.

9. A fire protection system according to claim 1, characterized in that water connection for nozzle pipe sections is passed out from the fire protected cavity.

10. A fire protection system according to claim 8, characterized in that flame announcers are to register flames from a fire within a predetermined period of time before the flame announcers pass on an activation signal for activation of water mist in one or more of the fire protection zones of the cavity.

11. A fire protection system according to claim 10, characterized in that it consists of ready-assembled system modules on which, on fire protection modules for each fire protection zone, there is disposed an electronic fire announcing panel with monitoring and activation functions, which monitors electric circuits and connections in the fire protection zone and in case of activation of a flame announcer gives off alarm signal to a central control unit and activation signal to local activating nozzles for activation of water mist spray in the monitoring zone and its neighbouring zones.