Abstract
Due to fire protection regulations, a minimum number of fire extinguishers must be available depending on the surface area of each building, industrial establishment or workplace. There is also a set of rules that establish where the fire extinguisher should be placed: always close to the points that are most likely to be affected by a fire and where they are visible and accessible for use. Fire extinguishers are pressure devices, which means that they require maintenance operations that ensure they will function properly in the case of a fire. The purpose of manual and periodic fire extinguisher checks is to verify that their labeling, installation and condition comply with the standards. Security seals, inscriptions, hose and other seals are thoroughly checked. The state of charge (weight and pressure) of the extinguisher, the bottle of propellant gas (if available), and the state of all mechanical parts (nozzle, valves, hose, etc.) are also checked. To ensure greater safety and reduce the economic costs associated with maintaining fire extinguishers, it is necessary to develop a system that allows monitoring of their status. One of the advantages of monitoring fire extinguishers is that it will be possible to understand what external factors affect them (for example, temperature or humidity) and how they do so. For this reason, this article presents a system of soft agents that monitors the state of the extinguishers, collects a history of the state of the extinguisher and environmental factors and sends notifications if any parameter is not within the range of normal values.The results rendered by the SmartFire prototype indicate that its accuracy in calculating pressure changes is equivalent to that of a specific data acquisition system (DAS). The comparative study of the two curves (SmartFire and DAS) shows that the average error between the two curves is negligible: 8% in low pressure measurements (up to 3 bar) and 0.3% in high pressure (above 3 bar).
Highlights
One of the most crucial safety aspects of any building is ensuring that all the necessary fire safety measures are in place
The results show that the outlet pressures of the fire extinguisher vessel have the same trend basically at different initial temperature: all of them decline rapidly with the jetting time and tend to be gentle
Once the case study was validated, it was necessary to compare the results obtained by both the Programmable Logic Control (PLC) system and the SmartFire prototype to validate whether the prototype was as precise in calculating the changes in pressure as the professional machine
Summary
One of the most crucial safety aspects of any building is ensuring that all the necessary fire safety measures are in place. The building must have a clearly marked emergency exit route that will safely guide people out of the building [1]. Within the possibilities of the building, other measures must be in place to try, as far as possible, to extinguish or contain fire. Fire extinguishers are one such measure, which are used to extinguish or control small fires in emergency situations. They are not designed for use in uncontrolled fires that endanger the user (i.e., no exit route, smoke, explosion hazard, etc.), or that requires the expertise of a fire department.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
