FIRETIR Thermal Infrared Imaging
Real-time temperature monitoring of industrial stockpiles
Many types of businesses carry an increased risk of fire due to the concentration of highly combustible materials that when combined can generate high levels of heat. Thermal cameras offer the ability to monitor such operations around the clock to detect any increases in heat that might lead to spontaneous combustion.
The Patol FireTIR system features fixed infra-red cameras connected to a user-friendly software interface through which the surface temperatures of the area being protected are monitored in real time, visually display the heat readings in the form of high-definition images or video. Hot spots or areas with higher temperatures will show up brighter on screen.
The image from each camera can be divided into zones, allowing specific risk areas to be identified and monitored aside of non-detection areas. High or low pre-alarm and alarm set temperatures can be programmed for each zone, with outputs to fire alarm and process control systems.
For hazardous areas, camera enclosures are available to IP66 or ATEX certification, with automatic camera lens cleaning ensuring the system is ideally suited to dusty environments.
General information
- Coal and biomass
Coal products and dust have the ability to self combust under certain conditions. Biomass plants are as particularly prone as the product and dust can be composed of a multitude of unknown refuse items.
Waste recycling
Mixed recyclable waste, collected, sorted, stockpiled and processed from highly combustible materials is highly susceptible to potential ignition from processing machinery
- Laundry
Spontaneous combustion is the principle cause of laundry fires. Usually fires start in the centre of a pile of clean textiles. As the heat increases, the temperature starts to rise exponentially and within a few hours auto-ignition occurs.
Use FIRETIR Thermal Infrared Imaging with
Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD)
Fibre-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS)
