Fire Engineer
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 4

Gas systems leak-It's Official! The need for improving safety by remote monitoring

BA (Dunelm) Hon DSc FRINA FIMarEST AFNI MRAeS Coltraco Ultrasonics, United Kingdom

Online published on 24 September, 2018.

Abstract

This paper advocates that the current methods typically undertaken to ensure the integrity of fire extinguishing systems and airtight seals on vessels are limited and that new technology must be investigated to judge its merits. The conclusion is that ultrasonic technology offers many solutions and these are available in the market today.

Keywords

Safeship, Ultrasonics, Monitoring, Safety, SOLAS, Fire, Water ingress, Compartmentation