Thermographic Fire Prevention in Waste Bunkers
Waste Bunker Fire Monitoring - WASTE-SCAN
- Monitoring of waste bunkers, warehouses and open areas
- Automated early detection of bunkerfires
- Prevention of toxic air pollution emissions
- Established fire-protection system
WASTE-SCAN Supports Fire Protection in Waste Bunkers
Waste incineration plants are subject to fire safety regulations since it can cause danger to environment and its local residents. Thus, InfraTec offers its thermographic solution WASTE-SCAN in particular with regard to the 17th German federal immission protection ordinance for early fire detection and fire fighting. It is a consistent further development of the FIRE-SCAN system for the special needs in the waste and power industry on the operation of waste bunkers. The application of WASTE-SCAN reduces the danger of fire in waste bunkers and, therefore, the escape of toxic gases. A fully remote-controlled solution from the bunker control room or the crane cockpit enables a flexible work for plant operators. When necessary, they are additionally supported by a camera for a better orientation. Critical temperature areas can be displayed directly in the visual image. The infrared camera itself is enclosed in a robust housing with a blow-off system for the camera lens and, therefore, can also operate under adverse ambient conditions.
Complete Storage Space Monitoring
- Works even with one single thermographic camera by application of pan-tilt head
- Automated scanning of several inspection sections ???? Maximum cycle time two minutes
- Sector position accuracy < 0.2°
- Switch to manual control for observing suspect spots and evacuating critical objects
- Pilot control of extinguishing zones according to a pre-defined zone table
- Support of multiple recipes (day and night time operation)
- Detect automatically sources of interference
High-resolution Thermographic Camera

- Quality made in Germany
- Uncooled FPA-Microbolometer detectors of various formats
- High geometrical resolution and thermal sensitivity
- High-contrast, low-noise thermal image
- Localisation of hot spots even under dusty or smoky conditions
- Spectral range (7.5 … 14) μm; frame rate 50 / 60 Hz
- Real-time data acquisition (Gigabit Ethernet)
- Internal automatic calibration
- Rugged housing for industrial applications IP65 (stainless steel*)
- Extremely high level of system availability
- Additional digital colour video CCD camera*
Thermography Systems for Early Fire Protection
Thermography Systems for Early Fire Protection from InfraTec
Powerful WASTE-SCAN-Software
- Continious display of current thermal images of all sections (mosaic-overview)
- Simultaneous display of live image (thermal image and colour video)
- Camera and system status indication
- Merging of live images of thermographic and video camera
- Recording of maximum, minimum and average temperature of each section
- Single or multiple-camera system available
- Graphics of temperature-time profile of all sections
- Logging of operations
- Filing of image data
- Detecting and marking of sources of interference, e.g. wheel loaders
Alarm Release
- Automatic alarm release when temperature values exceed critical thresholds
- Multi-level alarm functions with adjustable warning and alarm threshold values
- Analysis of long-term temperature trend with adjustable time basis
- Documentation of alarm situations for analysing fire formation
- Wide range of system versions due to modular design concept


Software interface of multiple camera solution
Software interface of single camera solution
Customised System Design
- Suited for sustained continious operation 24 hours / day
- Transfer of thermal images from the camera to a central control room
- Flexible wiring technology (copper or fibre optics)
- Versatile solution for display and operation in the crane control station, the control room and / or the gate
- Uninterruptable power supply*
- System maintenance at PC in control cabinet (via remote control*)
- Large surface black body reference for atmosphere transmission compensation*
System Structure of Hardware and Software Components

Case Studies for WASTE-SCAN Solutions
Infrared Cameras for WASTE-SCAN
Fairs and Trade Shows
23. Umformtechnisches Kolloquium Hannover
23. Umformtechnisches Kolloquium HannoverHannover, Germany4. - 5. March 2020SEMI-THERM Annual Conference
SEMI-THERM Annual ConferenceSan Jose, California, USA16. - 20. March 2020
* Depending on model