VATIS UPDATE Article

Hydrocore water mist systems from Hydrocore Ltd, the United Kingdom, are engineered to fight fires with finely atomised high pressure water mist. The Active Mist range of high pressure water mist systems are designed to quickly detect the fire and offer a swift and targeted response. Operating at a high pressure Hydrocore’s Active Mist systems effectively suppress fire and have a quick cooling effect, ensuring the safety of people and property.

Active Mist pump units are compact modular units that can be to fit in to a small space in the kitchen or the utility room. A common pump unit can be used to supply water to nozzles fitted in all the rooms and passages in the house offering complete protection. Automatic nozzles are triggered by a heat source and only specific nozzles are activated at a given point in time. This helps in offering quick fire suppression and limiting any possible collateral damage.

With smartly engineered nozzles operating at high pressure, a very fine spray of water mist is discharged on activation. The micro droplets offer a much larger surface area to react with the heat and on contact the water mist gets instantaneously converted to steam. Less than one third amount of water is required compared to traditional suppression systems and hence most of the Active Mist systems can be connected directly to the main water supply and do not require a water tank.