Aerosol Suppression is Another Clean Agent Solution

In most instances, people use fire detection tube systems to be a solution for vehicle engine fire protection, many project installation companies and fire engineering companies like to use Rotarex products as a fire protection solution, But in reality, there is another clean agent solution which is Rotarex alternative, That is aerosol suppression device.

Why is an Aerosol fire suppression device an alternative product for ROTAREX products?

We know that the Rotarex suppression system uses HFC-227EA or NOVEC1230 as the extinguishing agent.

 Both HFC-227ea and NOVEC 1230 are clean, But the aerosol suppression agent is also clean.

According to the standards of NFPA2010 and ISO15779, we summarize the following advantages of aerosol suppression agents:

• Its chemicals are non-toxic and easy to clean up after discharge.
• It is non-corrosive to metal products.
• It contains little residue after release.
• It does not have any bad effects on the human body and animals.
• It will not affect the climate and the environment, and it not affect the ozone layer.
• It has a super low design density, about 50 grams to 100 grams per cubic meter, so aerosol suppression products can be made into small sizes and look compact and versatile, like our Minisol Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Device herein.
• It combines detection elements and releasing elements together in its body, so you can use a clean agent aerosol suppression device to detect fire, control fire and suppress fire, it is multi-functional.
• It has releasing holes in the aerosol body (some releasing holes in the bottom, some in the top, and some on the size of the aerosol body) when suppressing the fire, the aerosol agent runs out from these holes directly, and there is no need any conveyed pipeline, while Rotarex brand of products need a pipeline.
• It suppresses fire in a few seconds when aerosol runs out, its shape is just like the white color of water mist, and it can reach any direction in a short time to suppress fire, most importantly, it not only can total flooding but also can direct-to-source (also named local application).
• After releasing aerosol will run away in a short time, so people do not need to sweep up the site.

Rotarex is a good product, but its disadvantages are mainly described in the following:

• It needs a pipeline to transmit the extinguishing agent to the fire protection zone.
• It is much more complex to install when compared with aerosol products.
• It has a larger size than that of an aerosol system.

Aerosol Suppression is  a Better Solution for Vehicle Engine Fire Protection

We know, that Rotarex fire extinguishing products can be used in CNC machines, Vehicle engines, Electrical Cabinets, Ventilation Cabinets, and Commercial Kitchens, But aerosol also can be installed in these places.

Aerosol suppression technology is very skilled now in the world, in Russia, Cyprus, America, Malaysia, Netherlands, some manufacturers use Potassium Nitrate as the main oxidant to produce aerosol devices (we call it second-generation aerosol).

But here in China we are special, we improve the aerosol formula, and we not only use Potassium Nitrate but also Strontium Nitrate as the main oxidant in the aerosol formula (we call it third-generation aerosol).

Remark: To learn more about Strontium Nitrate Agents and About Potassium Nitrate please try to see below links:

• What is the new S-type aerosol fire extinguishing device
• Differences of K type and S-type aerosol

Compared with other aerosol extinguishing brands, the third-generation aerosol made by our company is much cleaner than the second-generation aerosol, the biggest difference is ours is not corrosive to precision instruments and high-end equipment, but others are corrosive.

Anyone in the renewable energy field knows know aerosol is popular to install in wind engines, but ours is much better.

Furthermore, the Rotarex fire detection tube system is almost not able to apply to the wind power industry.

At present, for vehicle fire protection, Our products have almost installed in the following fields:

• Komatsu, in its bulldozer, excavator, and Forklift.
• Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, Volkswagen auto cars and more.
• Volvo, Benz, Yutong of China, Kinglong of China autobus, and more.
• Mining vehicles, including Caterpillar, TEREX-Unitrig, Hitachi-Euclid, Komatsu, Liebherr.
• And some other small and big vehicle engines.

The installation and maintenance of aerosol fire extinguishing devices are relatively simple, so aerosols are more popular.

Normally a 250-gram aerosol device and a 500-gram aerosol are more suitable for use in vehicle engines.

The 250-gram aerosol is for the smaller volume, while the 500-gram aerosol is for the bigger size of vehicle engines.

In the following table, we list their design capacities:

For vehicle fire protection, we have 3 basic activation modes:

1. Electronic activation mode,  this activation mode also named “electrical activation”, needs a 3 to 24 VDC power supply to start the aerosol device, and sometimes it requires working with a fire alarm system.
2. Thermal cord activation mode, the thermal cord is an automatic temperature sensing element, it will action to work when the temperature in the vehicle engine compartment arrives at its rated activation temperature of 175 or 300 degrees Celsius; When a fire is detected by the thermal cord wire, it will automatically activate the fire extinguishing device.
3. electronic and thermal cords activation mode, which means the aerosol fire extinguishing device can be activated electrically as well as thermally.

Normally people like to have thermal cords and electronic activation modes of aerosol suppression devices, we also strongly recommend them.

We can have a simple way to suppress vehicle engine fire, aerosol is a perfect solution for it.

If you have any questions or concerns about this product, please ask for help from our teams.

or If have any ongoing projects that require aerosol suppression systems, then please feel free to email us directly.

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