Waste Bunker Fire Detec­tion System – WASTE-SCAN

WASTE-SCAN Supports Fire Detec­tion and 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 early fire detection system FIRE-SCAN 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 visual 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

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