The intention of this project was to develop a baseline for a fire procedure for water spray systems to be installed on vehicle decks on board ship. The report describes a large scale ro-ro vehicle deck fire test conducted at SP. The test set-up simulated actual conditions on a vehicle deck. A small petrol pool fire was ignited and the fire spread to the cargo of a freight truck. A water spray system in accordance with IMO Res A.123(V) was installed at the ceiling. The system was manually operated approximately a minute and a half after ignition of the pool fire. The result showed that the water application density required by Res A.123(V) is not sufficient, neither to control the heat release rate of a petrol pool fire nor a freight truck commodity fire. The water application rate is also insufficient to limit the temperature exposure from such fires to the structure of a ship. All the observations made during the tests highlights the need for a fully automatic fire protection system for vehicle decks.
Large Scale Ro-Ro Vehicle Deck Fire Test. NORDTEST Project 1299-96. BRANDFORSK Project 421-941
1997
42 pages
Report
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Englisch