Please note: Part of the programme of the 25th International Water Mist Conference was a panel discussions.
Topic: Annex A - Risk or Opportunity or the Water Mist Industry
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Please note: Part of the programme of the 24th International Water Mist Conference was a panel discussions.
Topic: Status of UK Standardization
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Please note: Part of the programme of the 23rd International Water Mist Conference were two panel discussions. Topics:
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Please note: Part of the programme of the 22nd International Water Mist Conference was a panel discussion.
Topic: Water Mist Systems - simple or (too) complex?
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order within the different sections. To read the presentations please click on the speaker's surname. To be put in touch with the authors please check the last page of the presentation (which should include the speaker's contact details) or contact the IWMA office in Hamburg!
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order within the different sections.To read the presentations please click on the speaker's surname. To get in touch with the authors, please check the last page of the presentation (which should include the speaker's contact details) or contact the IWMA office in Hamburg!
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order within the different sections. To read the presentations please click on the speaker's surname. To be put in touch with the authors please check the last page of the presentation (which should include the speaker's contact details) or contact the IWMA office in Hamburg!
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order within the different sections. To read the presentations please click on the speaker's surname. To be put in touch with the authors please check the last page of the presentation (which should include the speaker's contact details) or contact the IWMA office in Hamburg!
Water mist is becoming the technology of choice for protecting urban mass-transit environments and is also increasingly being used for incident response through the power of turbines, delegates heard in London in September 2018.
The benefits of water mist for the protection of underground mass-transit facilities were presented by Ruediger Kopp of Fogtec through an ongoing project in Budapest, Hungary, where works are currently under way on metro Line 3.
Rüdiger Kopp
The characteristics of water mist lend themselves well to this application and indeed water mist installations have been used in underground stations for nearly two decades.
Fire protection in underground mass-transit facilities requires a holistic approach because the firefighting system is only one part of a solution that also includes smoke extraction, fire cooling to aid evacuation as well as clearly marked emergency exit routes. Water mist is regarded as advantageous because it rapidly cools a fire to create a safe environment whilst also reducing the amount of smoke requiring extraction.
The City of Budapest operates four metro lines, including one of the oldest in the world which was opened in 1896. In the 1970s Lines 2 and 3 were added. In 2014 a fourth line was added, resulting in a total of 40km of underground network and 52 stations.
Having considered the economic losses that the interruption of rail flow would lead to, in 2000 the operator reviewed fire protection in all lines, and particularly Line 1, which was still operating older vehicles from Soviet times. The risk assessment was carried out using a holistic approach that included evacuation, fire detection, firefighting, smoke extraction and –last but not least – a life-cycle cost evaluation.
A high-pressure water mist system was favoured due to its high capacity for cooling; the low volume of water required; and the low water-damage potential.
However, key for the uptake of the system was that a full-scale fire test be carried out to prove that it could indeed do the job, whilst not causing short-circuits in the electrical equipment. “It also was important for them that the same technology was used in all risk areas, including those where a gaseous extinguishing system would normally be used,” said Kopp.
Protected areas would not just include entrances, escalators and platforms, but also cable tunnels and equipment rooms. “Also important was that a fire along the entire length of the platform could be suppressed, in the case of a train arriving on fire.”
A test was devised consisting o
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IWMA Chairman Ragnar Wighus welcomes the delegates
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IWMA chairman Ragnar Wighus (SP Norway) welcomes the delegates
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IWMA Chairman Ragnar Wighus during his presentation
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The Danfoss Semco delegation together with Mr. Oliver Callies (Callies GmbH, 2nd, left) and Mr. Patrick Brogan (Semco Maritime, 2nd, right)
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... the annual IWMC in Hamburg
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The IWMA audience is listening ...
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