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Press Release / Japan Ship Centre (JETRO)

“Fixed Local Application Fire Fighting System MICRO FOG”

from NABCO Ltd.

Please find attached information on the “Fixed Local Application Fire

Fighting System MICRO FOG”recently developed by NABCO Ltd.

For further information, please contact either:

Richard Pettit
PR & Research
Ship Machinery Division
Japan Ship Centre (JETRO)
Tel: +44 20 7403 1666
Fax: +44 20 7403 1777
E-mail: richard@jsc.org.uk

OR:

Mr Toshiyuki Takamiya
NABCO Ltd.
E-mail: Toshiyuki_Takamiya@nabco.co.jp

February 2002
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Fixed Local Application Fire Fighting

System MICRO FOG
NABCO Ltd. has begun commercial production of the Micro Fog
fixed local application fire fighting system for marine use, which
capitalizes on the high pressure water control technology built up by
the manufacturer over the years and which also complies with the
new IMO regulation outlined below.

- New IMO Regulation
In December 2000, the IMO adopted the
extensively amended version of Chapter II-2 of
the International Convention on Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS) at a meeting of its Maritime
Safety Committee (MSC 73). The amended
SOLAS Convention requires all passenger
ships of 500 GT and above and cargoships of
2,000 GT and above whose construction will
start on or after July 1, 2002 to be equipped
with water mist fire fighting systems able to
keep under control early stage fires in the
engine room.
The Micro Fog system has been granted type
certification for its ability to extinguish spray
fires of 1MW and 6MW in no more than five
minutes, as required under Guideline
MSC/Circ. 913.
The Micro Fog system has a wide nozzle pitch
and a long reach as it uses high pressure and
accordingly can spray mist at a high speed
when fighting a fire. Due to these highly
developed features, only a minimum number
of systems need to be installed in order to
extinguish fire effectively.
- Minimized Risk to Electrical Items
The Micro Fog system can effectively
extinguish fire with a relatively small volume
of water as its high spray pressure provides
fine and uniform water particles as illustrated
in the distribution diagram of particle sizes.
The smaller volume of water per unit area
serves to minimize the risk to electrical items.
? ? %Particles (%) Accumulation
? ? (%)
? ? ?
10% 100%

- Principle of Fire Extinguishment 8%

? ? %
80%

? ? ? ? ?
6% 60%
The Micro Fog system facilitates evaporation
4% 40%
by applying pressure of about 6 MPa to fresh
2% 20%
water and discharging a mist with a particle
size of about 100 microns. It is a revolutionary 0% 0%
200

250

300

350

400

500
100

150

450
50
130
41
69
97
125
153
181
209
237
265
293
321
349
377
405
433
461
fire fighting system utilizing the cooling effect
? ?Microns
? (µ m )
of the mist on flames and the “suffocating”
volume expansion of the water vapor, which Distribution Diagram of Particles
effectively cuts off the supply of oxygen.
- Worldwide After-Sales Service

NABCO is currently engaged in extensive

Micro Fog Works Keep Flame Under Control
- Installation on Main Engine
sales activities directly to shipyards for its next
generation fire fighting systems, all of which
are committed to human safety and global
environmental conservation, and operates a
worldwide after-sales service network able to
Extinguish deal with the requirements of every user.

The nozzles of the system have to be arranged

so as not to obstruct the operation of moving
units including overhead cranes. Out of the
five locations stipulated for fire extinguishers
(the main engine, generator, boiler, waste oil
incinerator and fuel oil purifier) the main
engine requires a fire fighting system offering
a wide nozzle pitch and a long reach for the
mist being sprayed.

NABCO Ltd.
Address: Kokusai Hamamatsucho Bldg., 9-18, Kaigan 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022
Tel: +81-3-5470-2413 Fax: +81-3-5470-2417
Website: www.nabco.co.jp E-mail: Toshiyuki_Takamiya@nabco.co.jp
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Appendix II
Fire Fighting Under Controlled Conditions

Stage 1: Fire Spreading

Stage 2: Fire Under Control

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Appendix III

This graph shows the changes in temperaturebefore and after spraying. After ‘
0’, it can be
observed how quickly the flame is extinguished. The top two lines indicate the temperature
around the nozzle, and the bottom two lines indicate the temperature around the ceiling.

? ? [? ] ? ? ? (10m )?? ? ? ? ? (6m )? ?

300

250
? ? ? ? ? (6m )
6M W
200
? ? ? ? ? (6m )
1M W
150
? ? ? (10m ) 6M W

100
? ? ? (10m ) 1M W

50

0
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
? ? ? ? [? ]

This graph shows the changes in radiant heat intensity and oxygen density before and
after spraying. After ‘
0’, it can be observed how quickly the flame is extinguished

? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? [K W /m2] ? ? ? ? [% ]
10 21.0
1M W ? 6M W ? ? ? ?

8 20.5
6M W ? ? ? ?

6 20.0

4 19.5

1M W ? ? ? ?
2 19.0

0 18.5
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
? ? ? ? [? ]