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A Water Spray System, for Fire Protection a di erent variant of Fire Sprinkler System. Such a system is used in places where re is
likely to rapidly spread out of control, within a short duration. Examples of such places, where Water Spray System, for Fire Storage Tank Water
Protection are required are; Transformers, Compressors, Condensate Storage Tanks, LPG bullets and Combustible fuels.
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Is it compulsory to have/install, Water Spray System, for Fire Protection? Basement Water

It depends on the type of system, equipment or in ammable liquid, in use. If however, you are using any substance that are highly
in ammable, combustible or catch re and spread quickly. This system is a mandate for you. Categories

How Water Spray System, for Fire Protection, Works? Select Category

Let us take an example to be more speci c and clear. In an oil cooled transformer, the oil is likely to catch re after a certain Ads by Google

temperate is exceeded and instantly the entire transformer will catch re and burn from all sides; even though the transformer is
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made up of metal. To avoid this, kind re, we use Water Spray System.
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Here, there may be multiple metal rings of detectors, a detector is nothing but a temperature sensing element. This detector ring
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is placed next to the most likely sots where the temperature is about to exceed or re is about to take place. Also the, entire
transformer is surrounded by multiple sprays, at multiple levels. A spray is nothing, but a sprinkler without the temperature Spray Foam System
sensing, bulb.

When the re does take place, the detector ring detects this; and gives the signal to the deluge valve or all the sprinkler
surrounding the transformer to start all at once. Hence the entire transformer is ushed with water, to cool it down.

There are two variants of Water Spray System, for Fire Protection:

1) High Velocity Water Spray Systems (HVWS)

2) Medium Velocity Water Spray Systems (MVWS)

High Velocity Water Spray Systems (HVWS):

HVWS, is generally used in oil based systems, having high ash points. The velocity of the water sprays, hitting the system under
re is critical for successful re extinguishing action.
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Medium Velocity Water Spray Systems (MVWS):
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MVWS, is generally used in oil based systems, having low ash points. The velocity of the water sprays, hitting the system under
re, if it is high, might actually spread the re, and not extinguish it. Hence, the velocity of the water has to be in range.
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Advantages of Water Spray Systems

Extinguishes res quickly and prevents res from spreading over a large area. Latest Comments
Minimises the damage caused by re and reduces downtimes, protects the future of your business.
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This system is mostly used for the protection of the following

Expander & Sale Gas Compressors

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Quartzoid Bulb Sprinklers (Q. B. S.) Detection is used to for detection of re which will be connected to deluge valve for auto
operation of the system. Q B Sprinklers shall be of 68 Deg or 79 Deg C or any other temperature depending upon the ambient
temperature of the location of the plant.

For electronic automatic operation of the system the deluge valve shall be provided with pressure sensors, temperature sensors
and annunciation panel.

Operation
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In case of re the Quartzoid Bulb sprinkler shall burst due to heat which allow water in the detection pipe to drain out and in
process allow the Deluge valve to open fully. As soon as the Deluge valve opens the water shall ow through the piping to ow
water to all water spray nozzles mounted on the ceiling of the plant. The water shall be sprayed in solid conical spray pattern to
cover entire area of the plant oor so that the equipment installed shall be kept cool to avoid heat radiation and further ignition of
re.

The re shall be control with the help of the water spray system. Inst Tools IOS App

The indication of operation of the system shall be available on the control panel with Alarming Siren.

Advantages of M.V. Water Spray System

Entire area is ooded with foam, hence very useful for re ghting in hazardous area, plant, storage tanks, etc. where manual
approach is di cult. Language Translate :
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The re losses is kept low as the area under re get foam blanket and also cooling due to water contain and so chances of Select Language

spreading re is negligible.

High Velocity Water Spray System (HVMS):

High Velocity water spray systems are installed to extinguish res involving liquids with ash points of 65 C or higher. Three
principles of extinguishment are employed in the system – emulsi cation, cooling and smothering. The result of applying these
principles is to extinguish the re within a few seconds.

This system is mostly used for the protection of the following

Transformers, oil lled equipments of power stations

Turbo-alternators and other
Oil red boiler rooms, oil quenching tanks.

Transformer protection shall contemplate on essentially complete impingement on all exterior surfaces except the underside,
which may be protected by horizontal projection.

Transformer present particular design problems for Water spray protection, primarily due to their irregular shape and necessary
clearances to be provided for the high voltage equipment. Generally speaking, there is much more interference with the water
ow on the sides of the transformer than at their top. Due to this reason the protection usually involves a large number of small
capacity projectors than a few bigger ones. Often it will be necessary to put more water on the transformer than required to
achieve complete impingement and total envelopment.

All system components shall be so located as to maintain minimum clearances from live parts.

“Clearance” is the air distance between Water Spray Equipment including piping nozzles and detectors and un-insulated live
electrical components at other than ground potential. The minimum clearance is 900 mm under normal conditions. During the
operation of Water Spray system, they are intended for use as safe.

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Quartzoid Bulb Sprinklers (Q. B. S.) Detection is used to for detection of re which will be connected to deluge valve for auto
operation of the system. Q B Sprinklers shall be of 68 Deg or 79 Deg C or other temperatures depending upon the ambient
temperature of the location of the plant.

Operation

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A Deluge system (automatic High Velocity Water Spray System) is a xed re protection system, which totally oods an area with
pressurized water through a system of piping with open nozzles & sprinklers. The system piping is empty until the controlling valve
is activated by a hydraulic or other types of release systems. Deluge valve has an inlet, outlet & priming chamber. The inlet &
outlet are separated from the priming chamber by the valve chamber & diaphragm. In the” SET “position, pressure is applied to
the priming chamber through a restricted prime line .The pressure is trapped in the priming chamber & holds the clapper on the
seat due to the di erential area. When the pressure is released from priming chamber faster than it is supplied through the
restricted priming chamber line, the clapper move & allow the inlet water supply to ow through the outlet into the system and
associated alarm device.

Water spray System are installed to control re & to provide cooling &/or exposure protection to such risks where extinguisher is
always not possible or even desirable e.g. re involving ammable uids having ash points below 650 C (1500 F).

In case of re the Quartzoid Bulb sprinkler shall burst at rated temperature due to heat which allow water in the detection pipe to
drain out and in process allow the Deluge valve to open fully. As soon as the Deluge valve opens the water shall ow through the
piping to ow water to all water spray nozzles mounted on the piping around the transformer. The water shall be sprayed in
Hollow conical spray pattern to cover entire area of the transformer so that the re on the transformer shall cool due to
emulsi cation as well as re get extinguish due to cutting o oxygen due to coverage pattern of the nozzle.

The re shall be control and extinguished with the help of the H. V. water spray system.

The indication of operation of the system shall be available on the control panel with Alarming Siren.

Advantages of HM.V. Water Spray System

Entire Transformer is ooded with water, which extinguish re at earliest as well as avoid further destruction.
Very quick in response.
The re losses is kept low as the area near re get cooling due to water and so chances of spreading re is negligible
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WATER SPRAY NOZZLES

These are similar nozzles as of sprinkler but only di erence is there is no bulb used and they are having open ori ce which could
not hold water pressure.

These nozzles are having threaded inlet and de ector at outlet and tted on the pipe array as same as sprinkler. This system spray
water from all nozzles as the control valve get open and there fore the area under re receive water as well as the adjacent area
also get water and reduces the chances of spreading the re.

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Disadvantages of Water Spray System

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This system needs through maintenance and periodic checking of automatic operation for reliability during re.

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