The second Benelux tests (Lemaire and Kenyon, 2006) examined an open deluge sprinkler system with a flow rate of 12.5 l/min/[m.sup.2] (0.3 gpm/f[t.sup.2]), which was installed in two zones; the fire area and 17.5 m (57.4 ft) downstream of the fire.
Ko (2011) tested a deluge sprinkler system generating large water droplets to investigate the interaction of the water spray and a longitudinal air flow in the range of 0.6-3.0 m/s (2-9.8 ft/s) in a tunnel (10 m wide and 5 m high (32.8 ft wide and 16.4 ft high)).
When the values of source factors, [omega][(V/[V.sub.c]).sup.2]/[Q*.sup.1/2] [greater than or equal to] 9, the smoke backlayering was limited for the deluge sprinkler system tested.
Based on product, the market is segregated into wet sprinkler system,
deluge sprinkler system, dry sprinkler system, pre-action sprinkler system and others.
The Petronas LPG in Naga City installed a gas detection system, automatic shutdown system, automatic
deluge sprinkler system, automatic smoke or fire alarm system and a combination of wet and dry standpipe system in all the facilities in the five- hectare plant.
The bridge was further protected against arson through the installation of a
deluge sprinkler system.
Under no circumstances should there be complete deactivation of the
deluge sprinkler system until either the fire is extinguished or managed by the fire department.
GLA designed a special
deluge sprinkler system along the facade, without which the nearly all-glass facade would not have been possible.
As an added benefit, the system uses a
deluge sprinkler system at the conveyor openings instead of fire shutters/doors to maintain the integrity of the fire enclosure.
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Deluge sprinkler systems keep glass cool during a fire." Laboratory tests have shown that the effectiveness of deluge sprinklers depends a great deal on where the fire starts in relationship to the glass, how quickly the sprinklers are activated, and other hard-to-predict occurrences.