Fire detection solutions for high airflow environments

High airflow inside a building may be due to air conditioning, open doors and windows, or draughts.

All have the same effect on smoke - dilution. This makes smoke difficult to detect until a fire generates enough heat energy for the smoke to break free of the airflow and rise. By that time the fire is large enough to have caused serious damage and will certainly have contaminated surrounding materials.

Why use a VESDA system?


A VESDA air sampling smoke detection system actively samples air rather than passively waiting for smoke to rise. Air samples are continuously drawn into a pipe network and pulled to a detector to be measured.	Traditionally, smoke detectors are placed on the ceiling. Sampling points for the VESDA pipe network can be placed along the airflow path - where the smoke is likely to travel.	By locating smoke detection at places such as the return air grille, smoke is detected very early, giving the maximum time to respond. Response may be as simple as switching off the power to a computer that has overheated.

Latest VESDA information for smoke detection in air conditioning ducts

Click here to download the latest Application Brochure on protecting clean rooms from fire with VESDA	Consultants can click here to login/register and learn how to install a VESDA smoke detector in an air conditioning duct.	Contact us and an engineer will be able to assist. You can also obtain the full scientific reports of the tests

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