Maintenance of fire sprinkler systems based on the dynamic assessment of its condition


Autoria(s): Sobral, José; Ferreira, Luís
Data(s)

19/04/2016

19/04/2016

2015

Resumo

Safety is one of the major concerns of process safety engineers in most industrial facilities all over the world. To this scope, some events play an important role once the effect of their consequences can be assumed as totally undesirable. One of these events refers to the occurrence of a fire. Such event can result in catastrophic consequences for life, equipment, and continuity of activities or even leading to environmental damage. A fire protection equipment with low reliability means that this equipment are often unavailable and thus the risk of a fire increases. Maintenance of fire protection equipment is very important because this kind of systems is mostly in a dormant mode, which gives uncertainty about their operability when demanded in a real situation of fire. This article outlines the importance of tests, inspection, and maintenance operations in the context of a fire sprinkler system and proposes a methodology based on international standards and supported by test/inspection reports to correct the frequency of these actions according to the level of degradation of the components and regarding safety purposes. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Identificador

SOBRAL, José; FERREIRA, Luís - Maintenance of fire sprinkler systems based on the dynamic assessment of its condition. Process Safety Progress. ISSN 1066-8527. Vol. 35 (1). 84-91, 2015

1066-8527

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/6037

10.1002/prs.11740

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Fire risk #Inspection #Maintenance #Sprinkler system #Test
Tipo

article