Environmentally benign Fixed Fire Fighting (Suppression) System for machinery spaces

The machinery spaces inside a warship consists of various engineering equipment (that employs fuel oil (diesel), lube oil etc.) and other inflammable material (such as lagging, cleaning material, electrical cabling) that could become the source of a fire. Therefore, fixed firefighting systems such as Halon, CO2, Water Mist, FM 200, NOVEC 1230 etc. are installed in the machinery spaces to suppress fire caused due to the aforesaid sources. However, the extinguishing agents/ systems that are currently being used in IN are lethal, high Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP)/ Global Warming Potential (GWP)/ being imported. Hence, there is a requirement to develop a fixed fire suppression system for machinery spaces that employs clean agents which are environmentally benign and easily available in the Indian market.