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.

  • Suit­able for both, the pro­tec­tion of rooms and freelys­tand­ing ob­jects
  • Car­bon di­ox­ide is a nat­ural com­pon­ent of am­bi­ent air and is there­fore read­ily avail­able
  • Ex­tin­guishes without residue without ad­versely af­fect­ing the pro­tec­ted ob­jects
  • Chem­ical re­ac­tions as a res­ult of ex­tin­guish­ing are vir­tu­ally im­possible
  • The ex­tin­guish­ing agent is elec­tric­ally non­con­duct­ive and there­fore suit­able for pro­tect­ing elec­tric sys­tem com­pon­ents
  • The ho­mo­gen­eous dis­tri­bu­tion of ex­tin­guish­ing agent and the fast con­cen­tra­tion buildup provide op­timum ef­fect­ive­ness
  • After a fire, there is no ex­tin­guish­ing agent residue and there­fore no cleanup ex­pense
  • The ex­tin­guish­ing ef­fect is en­sured even at low am­bi­ent tem­per­at­ures
  • Re­li­able ex­tin­guish­ing provides max­imum pro­tec­tion of as­sets
  • The sys­tem tech­no­logy for com­pon­ents has been tried and tested for dec­ades
  • The mod­u­lar, multi-zone sys­tem can be eas­ily ad­ap­ted for most renov­a­tion or ex­pan­sion meas­ures
  • Car­bon di­ox­ide ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tems allow space-sav­ing ex­tin­guish­ing agent stor­age, es­pe­cially with low-pres­sure ves­sels
  • After a fire, the ex­tin­guish­ing sys­tem is ready for op­er­a­tion again, at a low cost
  • Ap­provals by cer­ti­fied test bod­ies and design com­pli­ance with na­tional stand­ards en­sure ac­cept­ance by in­sur­ance com­pan­ies and build­ing au­thor­it­ies
  • If installed, in­sur­ance com­pan­ies grant re­bates on fire and fire busi­ness in­ter­rup­tion in­sur­ance

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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