Flame detectors protect biomass
FFE’s Talentum flame detectors and a high pressure watermist system from Hydramist have been installed by FFE contractor Fireworks on three main conveyors at Ironbridge power station in Shropshire, which has been converted from coal to biomass.
Each conveyor was divided up into fire zones, with each zone having a dedicated Talentum flame detector, zone valve, fire control panel and set of water pipes and spray nozzles. The flame detectors and nozzles were installed inside the conveyor covers to provide optimum protection of the biomass. The watermist system operates from a central high pressure pump set with 100% redundancy.
The entire system was then linked to a side-wide addressable fire panel which allows further automatic controls to be programmed, ensuring the desired number of zones will automatically operate when required and that the conveyors will stop as soon as the fire system operates.
