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General:
The Pyro Chem Kitchen Knight(tm) Restaurant
Kitchen Fire Suppression System is a pre-engineered solution to
appliance and ventilating hood and duct grease fires. The system is
designed to maximize hazard protection, reliability, and installation
efficiency. Automatic or manual system activation releases a throttled
discharge of potassium carbonate solution on the protected area in the
form of fine droplets to extinguish the fire and prevent reignition
after the discharge is complete.
System Operation:
The Pyro Chem Kitchen Knight(tm) Restaurant
Kitchen Fire Suppression System has been designed for protecting kitchen
hood, plenum, exhaust duct, grease filters, and cooking appliances (such
as fryers, griddles, rangetops, upright broilers, charbroilers and woks)
from grease fires. The versatile state-of-the-art wet chemical
distribution technique, combined with dual, independent activation
capability - automatic fusible link or manual release - provides
efficient, reliable protection the moment a fire is detected. Once
initiated, the pressurized wet chemical extinguishing agent cylinder
expels a potassium carbonate solution through a pre-engineered piping
network and out the discharge nozzles. The wet chemical discharge
pattern is maintained for a duration of time to ensure extinguishment
and inhibit reignition.
Expanded capability provides remote manual
actuation, gas equipment shutdown, and electrical system shutdown. This
optional equipment will enhance the basic system functions and be
applicable when designing custom configurations to suit a particular
customer's needs and/or comply with local codes.
Suggested Architect's
Specifications:
The fire suppression system should be of the
stored pressure, wet chemical pre-engineered fixed nozzle type
manufactured by Pyro Chem, Inc. A carbon dioxide cartridge is designed
in compliance with Military Specification "MIL-C-601G", and
shall be used as the pneumatic releasing device for the system. The
cartridge shall be an integral part of the control head assembly. The
wet chemical storage cylinder shall be D.O.T.- rated for stored pressure
of 175 psig, and a pressure gauge shall be provided on the cylinder
valve for visual inspection. The system shall be capable of automatic
and manual actuation. Automatic actuation shall be provided by an
appropriate number of thermal detectors mounted in series on a stainless
steel wire input line to the control head. Manual actuation shall be
provided by turning a handle on the primary head and/or by an optional
remote pull station with a dedicated stainless steel input line to the
control head.
The system shall have been tested to the UL
Standard for Fire Extinguishing Systems for Protection of Restaurant
Cooking Areas, UL300, and Listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. It
shall be installed in accordance with the National Fire Protection
Association Standard No. 17A Wet Chemical Extinguisher Systems, and No.
96 Standard for the Installation of Equipment for the Removal of Smoke
and Grease Laden Vapors from Commercial Cooking Equipment, and comply
with all local and/or state codes and standards.
Features
- UL and ULC Approved
- Complies with NFPA Standard 17A and 96
- Meets the requirements of the Building
Officials and Code Administrators
- Approved by the City of New York Material
and Equipment Acceptance Division (MEA #337-91-E Vol. 111)
Pyro Chem, Inc.
301 Division Street
Boonton, NJ 07005
(800) 526-1079
In NJ (201 ) 335-9750
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