HYDROCORE High Pressure Watermist Fire Suppression System

Hydrocore Limited was established in the UK in 2012, to design and manufacture, world class environmentally friendly, high pressure water mist fire suppression systems.

There are many approved and fire tested Hydrocore systems protecting people and property at industrial and commercial locations across the world.

These include Industrial Plants, Airports, Metro Stations, Rail Terminals, Road Tunnels, Transformer Substations, Engine Test Cells and many other risk- based applications.

Water Mist Technology

Fire suppression systems all rely on an understanding of the principles of the Fire Triangle, which is a simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire needs to sustain and grow: heat, fuel, and oxygen. A fire naturally occurs when the elements are present and combined in the right mixture. A fire can be extinguished by removing any one of the elements in the fire triangle.
Finely atomised water mist particles instantaneously convert from water to steam on contact with the fire, thus providing a cooling effect and reducing the heat content in the fire.
Without sufficient oxygen, a fire cannot begin, and it cannot continue. With decreased oxygen concentration, the combustion process slows. Water mist systems operating create a shield around the fire, preventing fresh oxygen from reaching the seat of the fire.
Because of the high velocity discharge and pressure, oxygen is further driven away from the fire, depriving the fire of the oxygen required to sustain.

Hydrocore Products

All Hydrocore products amongst the high pressure and low pressure water mist range are manufactured in the UK, to the highest quality standards. All the water mist components play a vital role in effectively suppressing a fire and in protecting people and property and undergo rigorous testing before they are sent to our customers.

High Pressure Water Mist Pump Units

The Hydro Series of high pressure water mist pump units are designed specifically for industrial and commercial applications. They offer quick and effective fire suppression, ensuring business downtime is kept to a minimum in case of any fire incident.
The Hydro pump units are compact, modular skid mounted units offering a range of 100 litres per minute to 800 litres per minute at maximum 140bar pressure. All systems can have a redundant pump for added safety. The Hydro pump series features integrated pilot/feeder pumps. An optional Star-Delta arrangement to reduce the starting current requirement is offered with our systems

Hydrocore Nozzles

Hydrocore has a range of high pressure water mist nozzles both of open and closed types. Open nozzles are designed to offer a total flooding or a deluge effect while the closed nozzles offer a targeted response.

Closed Nozzles 

Closed nozzle systems are used in environments where fire suppression may be required on a targeted basis. The nozzle is sealed with a heat-sensitive thermal element (frangible bulb) that fractures at a set temperature and allows the mist to be dispersed

Open Nozzles

Hydrocore Open Nozzles are made of stainless steel used in dry-pipe systems for the protection of machinery spaces, as part of a total flooding system, for protection of local applications, transformer protection or tunnel protection. The nozzle discharges water at a working pressure of 100bar. Each micro nozzle has an integral filter

Section Valves 

 

Based on the risk being protected appropriate section valves are selected. These can be located close to the pump station or adjacent to the area to be protected. These are not to be located within the protected area.
Typically, a section valve set features inlet and outlet pipes, manual or actuated isolation section valve, manual ball valve after the main section valve for maintenance and testing purposes and a test/drain valve. A pressure gauge is provided for monitoring the pressure and a flow sensor is used to monitor flow.

Booster Pump Unit

 

These are designed to automatically supply water from the main tank/reservoir to the integral buffer tank within the pump unit. The booster pump kit has filters & strainers which ensures that only filtered water is supplied to the buffer tank preventing any impurities from getting into the water mist system leading to nozzle blockages.
Main components: Duty and redundant pumps which are configured based on individual project requirements, Filters 20µm (minimum), y-strainers and associated fittings.

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Hydrocore Applications

  • Fire Protection Of Machine Rooms 
  • Fire Protection Of Local Applications
  • Fire Protection Of Hotels & Heritage Buildings
  • Fire Protection Of Hospitals
  • Fire Protection Of Libraries, Archives And Office Buildings 
  • Fire Protection Of Transformers
  • Fire Protection Of Tunnels

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