22Fire Protection
22.1 Plant Fire Protection System
Fire detection and fire suppression systems are comprehensive protection systems for industrial and power plants. As a fully integrated system spread over a wide area, it includes fire detection, notification, and suppression. This is a “mechanical project” with substantial participation by the electrical engineers through the detection and notification and later as commissioning engineers they take charge of it to prove the system performance.
The following specific fire protection systems may be employed in an industrial or a power plant:
- Gas flooding, VESDA, or sprinkler systems for large generators and plant control rooms.
- Automatic wet or dry sprinkler systems for general ...
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