Car­bon di­ox­ide ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tem

Quick and effective fire fighting is the strong point of carbon dioxide extinguishing
systems. Extinguishing with carbon dioxide is achieved by displacing the oxygen from a
fire source quickly – and thus starving the fire. The high heat binding capacity of the
carbon dioxide causes the withdrawal of energy from the basis of the fire, which
enhances the extinguishing effect.
Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, due to their special extinguishing agent
properties, feature advantages over other inert gas extinguishing systems: Even
freestanding objects in a room can be protected. The liquefied carbon dioxide forms a
thick aerosol cloud in the flooding zone. Special local application nozzles put the
extinguishing agent precisely at the object to be protected.
The extinguishing effect of carbon dioxide is caused by the fast displacement of oxygen
in the vicinity of the fire source and a high heat-retention capacity. Due to special
extinguishing agent properties, carbon dioxide extinguishing systems are not only able

to protect entire rooms, but also open facilities. Carbon dioxide is a natural component
of ambient air and electrically non-conductive. Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems
require little space for storing the extinguishing agent.

At in­stall­a­tion, high-pres­sure steel cyl­in­ders are com­bined in one cyl­in­der bank with spe­cial frames and in­de­pend­ent sus­pen­sion. Ar­ranged in one or more rows, sur­pris­ingly large sup­plies of gas can be stored in a very small space. The spe­cial frames can eas­ily be ad­ap­ted for ex­ten­ded pro­tec­tion zones or quick re­place­ment of in­di­vidual cyl­in­ders. Each cyl­in­der sus­pen­sion is also a weigh­ing unit, which auto­mat­ic­ally in­dic­ates small leak­ages of ex­tin­guish­ing agent.

Ap­plic­a­tions

Due to its out­stand­ing prop­er­ties, the car­bon di­ox­ide ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tem is the ideal fire pro­tec­tion solu­tion for many areas of ap­plic­a­tion. Car­bon di­ox­ide ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tems are well-suited for high risk areas, where, in the event of a fire, it is ne­ces­sary to keep the pro­tec­ted ob­jects avail­able and func­tion­ing, to min­im­ize op­er­a­tional in­ter­rup­tions after a fire, to pre­vent re­ac­tions between the burnt ma­ter­ial and the ex­tin­guish­ing agent, to pre­vent dam­age from the ex­tin­guish­ing agent it­self and to en­sure ef­fect­ive ex­tin­guish­ing of ob­jects in areas with dif­fi­cult ac­cess (3-D ex­tin­guish­ing ef­fect).

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