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Engine rooms fire safety – fire-extinguishing system requirements

ISSN printed: 1733-8670, ISSN on-line: 2392-0378
Ubowska, Agnieszka1; Szczepanek, Marcin2
URI: http://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2354
2016-12-28
This article discusses requirements for the extinguishing systems in the engine room. The sources of fire hazards in engine rooms were characterized. The causes and consequences of selected engine room fires that occurred within the last five years were presented. The basic requirements for the fire-extinguishing systems installed in engine rooms were scrutinized. The most commonly used fire-extinguishing systems in engine rooms are the ones containing a gaseous extinguishing agent. Their main advantages are short response time after agent release and the ability to supply an extinguishing medium to areas that are hard to access. The agent used in such systems does not cause damage and there is no need to remove its residues after fighting the fire, as in the case of other agents such as foams. As an example, a CO2 system was characterized, as it is the most frequently used in engine rooms.
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Title

Engine rooms fire safety – fire-extinguishing system requirements

Pages

51-57

Figures

4

Tables

0

ISSN printed

1733-8670

ISSN on-line

2392-0378

DOI

10.17402/175

Type

Review article

Journal

48 Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin, no. 48 / 2016

Publisher

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Copyright Holder

Scientific Journals Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademia Morska w Szczecinie

Published

2016-12-28

Recieved

2016-06-15

Accepted

2016-08-04

Funding

No data

Keywords

safety, requirements, engine room, fire-extinguishing systems, suppression systems, pressure water spraying

URI:

http://repository.am.szczecin.pl/handle/123456789/2354

Language

English

Authors

Ubowska, Agnieszka1; Szczepanek, Marcin2

Affiliation

1 West Pomeranian University of Technology, Faculty of Maritime Technology and Transport Department of Safety Engineering and Energy 71-131 Szczecin, al. Piastów 19, agnieszka.ubowska@zut.edu.pl
2 Maritime University of Szczecin, Mechanical Faculty Institute of Marine Propulsion Plants Operation 1–2 Wały Chrobrego St., 70-500 Szczecin, Poland, m.szczepanek@am.szczecin.pl

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