Nitrogen Gas Fire Suppression System

GAS SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN MARKET

Halons
9

Halon 1301, Halon 1211, Halon 2402

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Halon alternatives
9

Halocarbon

9 Inert

gas

FM200 (HFC-227ea), FE13 (HFC-23),

NAF S-III (HCFC-123 Blend A)
Inergen (IG-541), Argonite (IG-55),

NN100 (IG-100)

APPLICATIONS
No tolerance to downtime acceptable
For expensive and critical equipment
For irreplaceable items (historical items, clients data)

Telecommunication room
Control Room
Data center
Electrical room
Generator room
Mechanical room
Cable room
Archives
Art works storage

Agent: Nitrogen gas only

Design oxygen concentration: 12.5 % Vol.
Storage cyl. pressure: 30 MPa
Discharge time: 60 seconds (90% or more)
Pilot cyl. pressure: 10.8 MPa
Ambient temperature : -20 to 55 C (cyl. room)
Max. pressure in piping: 10.8 MPa

GOOD EXTINGUISHING PERFORMANCE

NN100 put out fire by depleting oxygen

concentration to 12.5%

9 Fires are extinguished when the oxygen concentration is below 14%

Longer life time for fire suppression

9 The specific weight of nitrogen gas is as heavy as that of the air,
which creates an even distribution for longer time of gases in a
room
Oxygen concentration change with time
O2 concentration (%)

Discharge

Test room size: 5 x 5 x 8H = 200m3

(at Nohmi laboratory)

Sampling Point Height from Floor:

0.5 m, 2.0 m, 3.9 m, 6.0 m, 7.5 m

Time
(sec.)

NN100 SAFE SYSTEM FOR HUMANS

Oxygen level:
Oxygen concentration

(NFPA 2001)
Above 12%

10 to 12%

Below 10%

Normally occupant allowance

Occupied

Occupied

Unoccupied

Limited human exposure time

5 min.

3 min.

30 sec.

NN100 Real oxygen concentration will be between 10 to 12.5%

Nitrogen itself:

Not toxic
No toxic byproduct
is generated

Oxygen
21%

Nitrogen
78%

Others
1%

Before discharge

12.5%

86.5%
After discharge

Gas proportion in the air

1%

IMPACT TO PROPERTY
Inert gas

No chemical impact
Little thermal impact

Halocarbon

HF is strongly corrosive gas

which might damage property

NRC (National Research Council Canada)

A computer card, after exposure to
more than 500 ppm of HF,
had a total loss of functionality

VISUAL DISTURBANCE
Inert gas: Stored in the form of gas.

No mist is generated clear visibility, which

enables trapped person escape easily

Halocarbon: Agent is stored in the form of liquid.

Sudden vaporization takes place and causes

condensation in the air. Volumes of mist is
generated

Poor Visibility

Condensation on Valuables

FRIENDLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT

NN100: Zero ozone depletion potential
Zero global warming potential

ODP : (Halon1301 = 1)

NAF S-III (HCFC-123) = 0.044

GWP : (CO2 = 1)

FM200 (HFC-227ea) = 2050

FE13 (HFC-23) = 11700
Inergen (IG-541) = 0.08

SPACE AND COST SAVING

Cylinder room space and Gas cost (refilling)
Name

NN100

Room volume

Inergen

Argonite

FM200

1000 m3

Required Gas volume

470 m3

470 m3

550 m3

592 kg

Gas volume per cylinder

20.3 m3

15.7 m3

15.8 m3

60 kg

Number of cylinder required

23

30

35

10

Gas cost per cylinder

2.25A

1.63A

30A

Total gas filling cost

23A

68A

57A

300A

Gas availability

(Comparison among Internationally approved system for class A fire)

(Gas price comparison in Japan)

Nitrogen gas
9
9
9

Industrial use
Abundant supply
Locally available

Other gas
Inergen, FM200
9
9

Proprietary formula gas

Refilling through original
supplier

Argonite, FM200
9

Expensive gas

INSTALLATION RECORD
180
169

160

151
159

140

158

135

120

106

100
80
60

64

40
20
0

100

88

28

TOTAL
NITROGEN
INERGEN
FM200
FE13
ARGONITE

30

3
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Project approval in Japan

NN100 have been installed in overseas country such as

Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Philippine, Thailand, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, India and etc.

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Authorized quality and performance

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
International Standardization Organization (ISO)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Underwriters Laboratories Inc (UL)

Engineered type

Packaged type

Multiple zone protection from a

cylinder room, which reduce
number of cylinder required.
Flexibility in designing allows it
to fit most rooms.

Save-space is realized because

of no cylinder room required.
No big plumbing work is
necessary which reduces
installation cost.