JP2008017976A - Inspection method of mixer for foam fire extinguishing agent - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the inspection method of a mixer for foam fire extinguishing agent capable of reducing the time, labor and costs required for the recovery, transportation and discarding treatment of foam produced by foam discharge in a parking lot or the like which is a fire prevention zone where a foaming device is installed and eliminating the possibility of deteriorating an environment in some cases by using a pseudo liquid composed of a colorant aqueous solution with small values of BOD and COD instead of discharging the foam in a certain parking lot or the like which is the fire prevention zone as before when inspecting the mixer for foam fire extinguishing agent. <P>SOLUTION: The pseudo liquid composed of the colorant aqueous solution is proportionally mixed with water by the mixer. The absorbance of the mixed solution is measured by a colorimetric method, and the mixing rate of the pseudo liquid mixed solution is obtained from a calibration curve prepared by obtaining the relation of the pseudo liquid diluted to a stipulated concentration beforehand and the absorbance. In the meantime, the mixing rate of a foam stock solution and the pseudo liquid when changing a condition which is the orifice diameter of the mixer is obtained respectively, and by measuring the mixing concentration by the pseudo liquid from an obtained relation curve, right or wrong of the mixing performance of the mixer by the foam stock solution is confirmed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for checking the mixing performance of a foam extinguishing agent mixer in a foam extinguishing facility.

  The foam fire extinguishing equipment is provided with a foam extinguishing agent mixing device (mixer) (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3). The foam extinguishing agent mixer makes foam aqueous solution by mixing the foam extinguishing agent in proportion to a predetermined dilution concentration (mixing ratio) according to the flow rate of the extinguishing water, and is very important for the foam extinguishing equipment. Device. Therefore, not only foam fire extinguishing equipment but also fire extinguishing equipment that is not used on a daily basis must always be maintained in the best condition. It is important to detect and deal with functional deficiencies at an early stage by conducting daily inspections as much as possible as well as conducting legal inspections. The same is true for the inspection of foam fire extinguishing agent mixers.

  In checking the mixing performance of a foam extinguishing agent mixer, generally, the foam stock solution and the diluting water in the foam stock solution tank are mixed with the foam extinguishing agent mixer, and the foam is discharged from a foaming device such as a foam head. An aqueous foam solution is collected and its refractive index is measured with a densitometer. Compare the measured refractive index of the foam aqueous solution released during this inspection with the refractive index of the 2,3,4,5% foam extinguishing agent diluted aqueous solution measured in advance to determine the mixed concentration performance of the foam extinguishing agent mixer. I was checking.

JP 2001-573 A JP 2001-276253 A JP 2006-75644 A

However, the foam stock solution used in the above inspection method for the foam extinguishing agent mixer is based on hydrolyzed high-concentration protein or synthetic surfactant, and stabilizers and foaming materials are mixed in the mixer. Then, when it is released by a foaming device such as a foam head, it is scattered as bubbles of about 6 to 12 times in a parking lot or the like where it is installed. These bubbles have very large BOD and COD values and cannot be discharged into sewers or rivers as they are. After they are collected, they are transported to a waste disposal contractor and disposed of, but the capacity becomes very large. Therefore, there is a problem that the disposal cost and the transportation cost are high.
Moreover, in the work after the inspection, it was very troublesome to collect the emitted foam, and depending on the work method, there was a possibility of deteriorating the environment such as releasing a part of it to the sewer through the drainage channel.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a certain fire prevention method as in the conventional method of checking a foam-extinguishing agent mixer described above. Instead of inspecting by releasing bubbles at the parking lot etc., which is the area, parking lots etc. that are fire prevention areas of the foaming device installation location by using a pseudo liquid consisting of a colorant aqueous solution with small BOD and COD values To provide a method for checking a foam extinguishing agent mixer that can reduce the time and effort required to recover, transport, and dispose of foam generated by foam discharge at the factory, and sometimes eliminate the possibility of deteriorating the environment. is there.

  According to the present invention, in the method for checking the mixing performance of a foam fire-extinguishing chemical mixer, as described in claim 1, a pseudo liquid composed of a colorant aqueous solution is proportionally mixed with water by the mixer, and the absorbance of the mixed aqueous solution For example, the mixing ratio of the simulated liquid mixed aqueous solution is obtained from a calibration curve prepared by measuring the colorimetric method and previously calculating the relationship between the simulated liquid diluted to the specified concentration and the absorbance, while the condition is the orifice diameter of the mixer. The mixing ratio of the foam stock solution and the simulated liquid is obtained, and the mixing performance of the mixer in the foam stock solution is confirmed by measuring the mixing concentration in the simulated liquid from the obtained relationship curve. It has the characteristics.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, the colorimetric method can be performed with a spectrophotometer.

  According to the method for checking a foam extinguishing agent mixer of the present invention, a parking lot that is a certain fire prevention area as in the conventional method for checking a foam extinguishing agent mixer described above is used because a simulated liquid composed of an aqueous colorant solution is used. It is possible to eliminate the work of releasing the foam, etc., and to reduce the labor and cost of the collection, transportation and disposal of the foam, and the simulated liquid made of the colorant aqueous solution has small BOD and COD values. There is no possibility to make it worse.

  Hereinafter, the suitable Example of the inspection method of the foam fire extinguishing agent mixer which concerns on this invention is described.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a foam fire extinguishing equipment. This foam fire-extinguishing equipment is a closed-type foam fire-extinguishing equipment in which a large number of closed-type foam heads 1 are installed in a fire-proof area A such as a parking lot. Water tank 3 for storing water, pressurized water supply device 4, foam stock solution tank 5, foam fire extinguishing chemical mixer 6, running water detection device (automatic alarm valve) 7, fire pump control panel 8, fire extinguishing system control panel (fire receiver) ) 9 etc.

  In FIG. 1, the pressurized water supply device 4 includes a water pump 10 and a motor 11 that drives the water pump 10. The water pump 10 sucks fire water from the water storage tank 3, pressurizes the sucked fire water, and supplies the water main 12. To pump. The motor 11 of the water pump 10 is started and stopped by the fire extinguishing pump control panel 8. A priming tank 13 is installed at a predetermined height near the water pump 10, and a priming water supply pipe 14 is connected from the priming tank 13 to the discharge side of the water pump 10. The expelling tank 13 is provided with a water level sensor 15, and a water level detection signal from the water level sensor 15 is applied to the fire extinguishing pump control panel 8, so that the fire extinguishing pump control panel 8 generates a full water alarm (upper limit alarm) and a water decrease alarm (lower limit alarm). It is configured to output.

  The fire pump control panel 8 is connected to a fire extinguishing system control panel (fire receiver) 9 so as to receive a running water detection signal from the running water detection device 7 and send an activation signal to the pressurized water feeding device 4.

  In the piping system from the pressurized water feeding device 4 to the primary side of the flowing water detection device 7, the pressurized fire extinguishing water from the pressurized water feeding device 4 and the protein foam stock solution from the foam stock solution tank 5 are mixed in a predetermined ratio. A foam-extinguishing chemical mixer 6 such as a pressure proportioner method, a pump proportioner method, or a line proportioner method is installed. The mixer 6 is installed in a piping system from the pressurized water supply device 4 to the primary side of the flowing water detection device 7.

  A water supply branch pipe 16 is branched and connected from the middle of the water supply main pipe 12. When the foam aqueous solution from the mixer 6 flows into the water supply branch pipe 16, the flow of the aqueous foam solution is detected. A running water detection device 7 for issuing a fire alarm is connected. On the secondary side of the flowing water detection device 7, a branch pipe 17 piped to the fire prevention area A where the closed type foam head 1 is installed is branched and connected. A closed-type foam head 1 is attached to the branch pipe 17.

  When a fire occurs in the fire prevention area A where the closed foam head 1 is installed, the above foam fire extinguishing equipment heats the closed foam head 1 in the vicinity of the fire position and releases the aqueous foam solution. An activation signal is sent to the pressure water supply device 4, the pressure water supply device 4 is activated, and the aqueous foam solution flows from the mixer 6 to the closed type foam head 1 through the flowing water detection device 7.

  A gate valve 18 is provided in the middle of the water supply main pipe 12 between the primary side of the mixing device 6 and the pressurized water supply device 4, and a pressurized air tank 19 is branched and connected to the secondary side of the gate valve 18. The internal pressure of the water supply main pipe 12 is always maintained at a constant pressure. When a fire occurs in the fire prevention area A where the closed type foam head 1 is installed, the closed type foam head 1 in the vicinity of the fire position senses heat and releases the aqueous foam solution, so that the pressure in the water supply main pipe 12 and the water supply branch pipe 16 is increased. The pressure switch 20 provided in the pressure air tank 19 detects this pressure drop. A detection signal from the pressure switch 20 is sent to the fire pump control panel 8, and the fire pump control panel 8 activates the pressurized water supply device 4.

Next, the method for checking the mixing performance of the foam fire-extinguishing chemical mixer 6 of the foam fire-extinguishing equipment of the present invention will be described.
When checking the foam extinguishing agent mixer 6, a pseudo liquid composed of an aqueous colorant solution is proportionally mixed with water using the mixer 6, and the absorbance of the mixed aqueous solution is measured by a colorimetric method using a spectrophotometer to obtain a predetermined concentration. From the calibration curve (see FIG. 2) created by determining the relationship between the diluted simulated solution and absorbance, the mixing ratio of the simulated solution mixed aqueous solution is determined. On the other hand, when the condition of the orifice diameter of the mixer 6 is changed, the mixing ratio (%) of the protein foam stock solution and the simulated liquid is obtained, and the mixed with the simulated liquid is obtained from the obtained relationship curve (see FIG. 3). By measuring the concentration, it is possible to confirm whether the mixing performance of the mixer 6 with the foam stock solution is right or wrong.

  As the simulated liquid, for example, a solution obtained by adding 60 ppm of blue No. 1, which is a food additive, as a colorant to water is used.

In this way, since the foam fire extinguishing agent mixer is inspected using the simulated liquid composed of the colorant aqueous solution, a parking lot or the like which is a certain fire prevention area as in the conventional method for inspecting the foam extinguishing agent mixer described above. Can be inspected without releasing bubbles, reducing the labor and cost of collecting, transporting, and disposing of the bubbles, and the simulated liquid made of an aqueous colorant has small BOD and COD values. There is no possibility of deteriorating the environment.
As for the performance check of the protein foam stock solution, a small amount of the foam stock solution in the foam stock solution tank 5 is sampled and a performance test is simply performed at another location. As a result, a comprehensive performance check of the foam fire extinguishing equipment including the pressurized water supply device 4 and the mixing device 6 can be carried out.

It is a block diagram of an example of a foam fire extinguishing equipment. It is a table | surface which shows the relationship (calibration curve) of the pseudo | simulation liquid diluted beforehand to the regulation density | concentration, and a light absorbency. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the protein foam undiluted | mixed liquid mixing rate and pseudo | simulated liquid mixing rate when the conditions of a mixer are changed.

Claims (2)

  In the method of checking the mixing performance of the foam fire extinguishing agent mixer, a simulated liquid composed of an aqueous colorant solution is proportionally mixed with water by the mixer, the absorbance of the mixed aqueous solution is measured, and the simulated liquid diluted to a prescribed concentration in advance. While obtaining the mixing ratio of the simulated liquid mixed aqueous solution from the calibration curve created by calculating the relationship of absorbance, the mixing ratio of the foam stock solution and the simulated liquid when changing the condition that is the orifice diameter of the mixer, respectively, A method of checking a foam-extinguishing agent mixer, wherein the mixing performance of the mixer with a foam stock solution is confirmed by measuring a mixing concentration in a simulated liquid from the obtained relationship curve. The method for checking a foam extinguishing agent mixer according to claim 1, wherein the colorimetric method is performed with a spectrophotometer.

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