Early Warning Smoke Detection in Waste Recycling Facilities
For many years, waste, trash and household garbage has been gathered and deposited into landfill sites. As time passes and the population increases we are left with more and more waste causing landfills to become full. As a result, waste management services, which involve assorted recycling or reuse programs, are becoming more widely used. In some countries this service includes incineration of waste where garbage is often stored in ‘Waste Bunkers’ or transfer stations before it is sent to be dealt with.
Early Warning Fire Detection for Small Spaces
Typically, Aspirating Smoke Detection (or ASD) is used to protect larger areas from fire. ASD’s ability to actively draw air from large areas can help tackle the issues created by high ceilings, open spaces and smoke stratification, making it the ideal solution. However, there is a wide range of smaller applications where ASD is a more than suitable choice.
Aspirating Smoke Detection Sampling Types Continued…
In June last year we published an article to introduce the types of aspirating smoke detection that are available. During the article we outlined five different approaches to aspirating smoke detection: primary sampling, secondary sampling, localised sampling, in-cabinet sampling and duct sampling, before going on to introduce primary and secondary sampling in more detail. For this article, we want to pick up where we left off and talk about the remaining three types of sampling in further detail; localised air sampling, in-cabinet air sampling and duct air sampling.
Luxury Clothing Store, Covent Garden, London
Covent Garden is a popular tourist and shopping destination in London well known for its boutiques, theatres and street performers. Divided north and south by Long Acre, Covent Garden’s main thoroughfare, Covent Garden has a panoply of famous shopping destinations and landmarks.
Introducing VESDA-E
VESDA is a very early warning smoke detection system from Xtralis. It provides continuous air sampling that can detect a fire at the very early stages thus providing valuable time to investigate the warning and initiate appropriate action. VESDA detectors can provide warnings on multiple levels and have a wide sensitivity range that does not degrade.
