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

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Sobral, J (Author) Other; Luis Andrade Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Process Safety Progress

Vol. 35

Pages: 84-91

ISSN: 1066-8527

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Scopus - 2 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-MZP

DOI: 10.1002/prs.11740

Abstract (EN): 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. (c) 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8