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Tyco Safety Products has launched what it describes as a new, low-cost Carbon Dioxide high pressure system that incorporates the latest container, valve and nozzle design enhancements, and offers easy integration with the latest fire detection and alarm systems.
Hygood CO2 is suitable for the total flooding of a wide variety of applications, particularly IT and telecommunications installations and switchgear enclosures, as well as for local application to protect a variety on non-enclosed hazards. However, the toxic nature of CO2 means that total flooding systems should be used only for unmanned installations, with appropriate safety lock-off devices.
The new Hygood offering is an engineered system that uses individual steel storage containers of 16kg, 23kg, 34kg and 45kg capacity that can be manifold-linked together to enable rapid, simultaneous discharge. The gas is stored under pressure and is piped to the protected enclosure, where it is released via a network of piping and strategically located discharge nozzles, the position and type of which have been determined by the system design. The container valves can be opened automatically, and two or more hazard areas can be protected with a single group of containers by means of directional or selector valves.
On release, the gas expands at a ratio of 450:1 by volume to permeate the entire protected area and extinguish the fire, and also provides localised cooling. CO2 can be compressed into a liquid state which, when maintained under pressure, requires a smaller storage footprint than many other gaseous suppression agents. Further information on +44 (0) 1493 417600 or via email at tspmarketing.emea@tycoint.com.