Over­view

Power sta­tions are char­ac­ter­ized by their com­plex over­all sys­tems made up of a range of dif­fer­ent op­er­at­ing units. In ad­di­tion to this, con­di­tions such as ex­tremely hot sur­faces and lub­ric­at­ing oils pose huge fire risks. If the be­gin­nings of a fire in a power sta­tion are not re­cog­nized auto­mat­ic­ally and ex­tin­guished im­me­di­ately, the costs of dam­age can quickly run up into mil­lions: Even fire dam­age in a sec­ond­ary area can cause pro­longed down times for the en­tire power gen­er­a­tion pro­cess. Par­tic­u­larly in fossil fuel power sta­tions, re­li­able op­er­a­tion is cru­cial since they rep­res­ent a major pil­lar of the basic en­ergy sup­ply. In order to pro­tect people, ob­jects and the en­vir­on­ment, a soph­ist­ic­ated and made-to-meas­ure fire pro­tec­tion concept is ne­ces­sary. Sprink­ler sys­tems are an im­port­ant com­pon­ent of build­ing pro­tec­tion. These can be ad­ap­ted to par­tic­u­lar re­quire­ments by the choice of sprink­ler. A fire de­tec­tion sys­tem com­ple­ments build­ing pro­tec­tion in all areas. The fire de­tect­ors’ sig­nals run to­gether into the fire de­tec­tion- and ex­tin­guish­ing con­trol unit. This no­ti­fies people in danger as well as the fire ser­vice and in many cases as­sumes con­trol and func­tion mon­it­or­ing of the fire pro­tec­tion sys­tems. In ad­di­tion to the basic con­fig­ur­a­tion, other fire pro­tec­tion sys­tems come into op­er­a­tion for total flood­ing and local pro­tec­tion in gas and steam-gen­er­at­ing sta­tions:

• De­luge sys­tems
• Mini­fog Pro­Con XP
• Foam ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tems
• Hydrants
• Oxeo Inert gas sys­tems
• Halo­car­bon ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tems

Protected Area

1

Oil tank

2

Cable ducts

3

Trans­formers

4

Of­fices

5

Server rooms

6

Elec­tric & con­trol rooms

7

Steam tur­bines

8

Coal con­veyor-belt sys­tems

9

Dumps and coal bunkers

10

Burner

1. 1

   Oil tank

2. 2

   Cable ducts

3. 3

   Trans­formers

4. 4

   Of­fices

5. 5

   Server rooms

6. 6

   Elec­tric & con­trol rooms

7. 7

   Steam tur­bines

8. 8

   Coal con­veyor-belt sys­tems

9. 9

   Dumps and coal bunkers

10. 10

    Burner