All traditional fire fighting technologies have the same problem in common. They are being used once the damage has occurred already. Whatever media is in use, foam, water mist, sprinklers, gas or water they are being activated after a fire has been detected. With the common and known methods fire is being fought only reactively. Often the damage caused by the extinguishing media is worse than the damage caused by the fire itself. Furthermore, there are many applications where the usage of water or gas would be fatal in its consequence. Applications like e.g. Data Centers, Server Rooms, Cold Stores, Paper Mills and many more. Whenever electricity comes into play the usage of water could end in a total disaster. Huge storages like cold store could not be flooded from a gas reservoir for example. ISOLCELL aims to provide the optimal solution for most of the above-mentioned applications to ensure absolute security by simply making the development of a fire impossible, replacing traditional fire fighting technologies.
“Completely eliminating the fire hazard and safeguarding people, buildings and it’s content is possible with ISOLCELL’s N2 ORS® oxygen depletion systems.”
The concept of the fire triangle
The generated and controlled atmosphere makes a fire impossible.
When these elements are present and in the right mixture a natural fire will occur. A fire can be prevented or extinguished by removing any one of these elements. Once a fire has started, the exothermic chain reaction sustains the fire and allows it to continue until or unless at least one of the elements of the fire is blocked.
The concept of traditional fire fighting methods either deny the burning fire the oxygen it needs or they lower the temperature of the fuel below the ignition point or by creating a barrier of inert gases thus attacking the chemical reaction responsible for the fire.
With the N2 OXYGEN REDUCTION SYSTEM® we actively prevent the combustion process to get started by uninterruptedly reducing the amount of oxygen.
Advantages
Of an Oxygen Reduction Fire Prevention System
Ignition prevention
- Eliminates the risk of fire
- Zero false alarms
- Constant protection (24/7)
Continuos protection
- Business continuity
- No false activation
- No manual activation necessary
Complete protection
- No damage caused by extinguishing agents
- No residue
- Adaptable oxygen concentration (according to the material to be protected)
Eco-sustainability of the system
- Natural
- User-friendly
- Tolerable for people
The additional advantages
Of our N2 ORS system
Precision
- Accuracy of the virtual grid
- Greater adaptability in relation to the area to be protected
Safety
- Regulated and certified system
- Redundancy of the system
- Greater safety in oxygen measurement
- Fitted with self-diagnostic tools
Simplicity
- Plug & play installation
- Easily reprogrammable
- System visible by remote
Versatility
- Also adaptable in areas subject to regulatory constraints
- Can be produced for any risk class
- Can be integrated into pre-existing systems
Flexibility
- Extensive customisation options
- Minimally invasive in the area to be protected
- Silent
Economy
- Lower management and maintenance costs
- Limited energy consumption
Operating principle
N2 ORS® in four simple steps
This phase involves the generation of the oxygen-reduced atmosphere. All of Isolcell’s technologies for producing this atmosphere are green systems in the true sense of the word: they use only the air from the surrounding environment, without the addition of chemical substances or additives.
The atmosphere created is released into the area to be protected using a distribution network.
Using a special system called a ‘virtual grid’, a series of oxygen sensors analyse all of the protected area and relay the results to the control panel, so that the atmosphere is constantly analysed and monitored.
When an oxygen value other than the level desired is detected, the control panel activates the generators of the oxygen-reduced atmosphere for the period required to restore the defined values.
Thanks to the virtual grid and the rotation system, which is made possible because of the modularity of the generators, the system is able to optimise energy consumption and operating costs: in fact, the equipment alternates cyclically, thus limiting the hours of operation and reducing wear and maintenance.
Health and safety
Perfect protection of your premises by N2 OXYGEN REDUCTION SYSTEM® in the most environmentally friendly way
When we talk about the air we breath we often and falsely talk about oxygen. In fact, the air we breath consists of 78,08 Vol.% of nitrogen and only 20,95 Vol.% of oxygen (0,93 Vol.% Argon and 0,04 Vol.% CO2). This ratio between nitrogen and oxygen is the same all over the world, high up in the mountains or low down at the sea. The food every fire needs to burn is the oxygen supplied by nature. By modifying the atmosphere and changing the ration between these two ingredients N2 Oxygen Reduction System® denies the fire enough “food” to get established.
The changed ratio has got the equivalent effect to human beings as a stay in high altitude or when travelling by plane as the lower air pressure drives the molecules apart and the amount of oxygen inhaled with every breath is less than in lower atmospheres.
Information relating access to the protected areas are illustrated:
- AI, Arbeitsinspektorat
- SUVA, Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt
- DGUV, Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung
- UIAA, Medical commission of Union Internationale Des Associations D’Alpinisme