Elaboración de un sistema contra incendios considerando el uso de agua diluido con ignifugo inorgánico (hidróxido de aluminio, hidróxido de magnesio) utilizando la herramienta CFAST en el área de producción de Industrias Licoreras Asociadas (ILA)

Abstract

A fire protection system minimizes the effects produced by fire. It safeguards people is lives and reduces damage to infrastructure. Nowadays there are specialized softwares that simulate fires. They allow to modify the fire conditions and to observe the damages produced by the fire, without affecting people or influencing the material damages. The design of the fire protection system for the production plant of the company Industrias Licoreras y Asociados (ILA). It was carried out based on NFPA13 (Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems) and UNE EN 12845: 2016 (Fixed firefighting systems. Automatic sprinkler systems. Design, installation and maintenance). For the ILA simulation, experimental conditions were added, such as temperature variations and simulation times, in addition, the surface area of the sprinklers in the area of operation of the plant was calculated, it will have an area for 30 sprinklers and 8 are necessary for the control of the simulated fire. Simulations were also carried out with the addition of flame retardants (alumina hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide), which showed favorable results in terms of reducing the fire development time. The most effective flame retardant was aluminum hydroxide, reducing the fire extinguishing time by 30 percent. The results were compared with other experiments, reaching the same conclusions where fire retardants reduce fires.