Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
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I am looking for any information, or experience anyone has, on installing a suppression system in a vacuum chamber. The thermal vacuum chamber will reach 3000 F and be pressurized with nitrogen. Part of the test apparatus will be using a graphite felt type insulation. Becasue of the large surface area presented by the felt, there is a potential fire hazard, if air suddenly enters the chamber. I am thinking of piping some type of inertia agent into the chamber. Does anyone have any thoughts, comments or suggestions?





RE: Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
How were you going to activate it, manually?
Not sure if an agent hitting 3000 degree heat would do any thing.
Can you just keep the chamber shut and some how sut off what ever oxygen that is getting in? or keep pumping nitrogen into it.
RE: Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
RE: Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
Will it work on the class of fire involved.
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RE: Fire Protection System for a Vacuum Chamber
Unless the vapor pressure of graphite presents a problem [I have access to vapor pressure data for certain solids], how will this provide enough flammable vapor to cause ignition in a O2 free environment?