Fire Hazards at Power Generation Facilities

摘要

Power generation plants present several challenging hazards. Some are well understood (e.g., rotating equipment) while others remain poorly defined or understood (e.g., lubricating oil systems, control oil systems, and hydraulic oil systems). In an effort to better define the hazards created by pumped oil systems for our clients and to help us develop better protection options, FM Global initiated a research project to investigate oil fire hazards expected at a power generation plant without an operating floor. The objectives of the project were to 1) provide detailed visual documentation of the potential fire scenarios associated with turbine halls within power generation facilities without an operating floor and 2) examine new and existing protection schemes to mitigate losses due to fires. A final project was aimed at defining a functional spray shield that could be used to mitigate spray fires at flanges.