XFlow - Full Protection System, Water Based Fixed Fire Extinguishing System

Fire Extinguishing Systems and Equipment

Water Based Fixed Fire Extinguishing System

XFlow - Full Protection System

Product Description

The system comprises of a pump unit(s), foam tank, section valves, Water Spray nozzles NHP2, NHP2-6, NHP 4, and NHP2-6B, as standard. The system is a manual operated dry pipe system, i.e. there is no water in the system until the pump is started and the relevant section valves opened. The XFlow Full Protection System is a dry-type manual water mist fire fighting system employing open NHP spray heads.and a combination of Water mist & Foam Concentrate for bilges.

Product Ratings

The nozzle type NHP2 has a K-Factor 1.86 , NHP2-6 has a K-Factor 4.3, NHP2-6B has a K-Factor 4.31 and NHP4 has a K-Factor 4.66. | The system requires a minimum flowing working pressure as indicated with nozzles arranged to achieve a Homogeneous mixture. The system is to have a foam enhancement of 1% AFFF for a minimum of 5 minutes for Category A Machinery Spaces and Pump Rooms.

Applicable Standards

1) IMO FSS Code 7/2.2 (2007 Edition as Up-dated 2015),

2) IMO SOLAS 74/78 (2014 Consolidated edition) Regulation II-2/10.4.1.1.3 and II-2/10.9.1.3

3) Revised Guidelines for The Approval of Equivalent Water-Based Fire-Extinguishing Systems for Machinery Spaces and Cargo Pump-Rooms- IMO MSC/Circ. 1165 ( issued on 10 June 2005) as amended by MSC.1/Circ.1237 ( issued on 30 October 2007) , MSC.1/Circ.1269 ( issued on 3 June 2008) and MSC.1/Circ.1386 ( issued on 10 December 2010)

4) Scientific Methods on Scaling of Test Volume For Fire Test on Water-Mist Fire-Extinguishing Systems- IMO MSC.1/Circ. 1385( issued on 10 December 2010)