Implementation of Voted Flame Detectors to Prevent Spurious Fire Detection in Gas Turbines Enclosures.
Abstract
Fire detection inside Gas Turbine enclosures is a safety critical component to prevent unwanted consequences should a fire occur within the enclosure. The standard design and implementation strategy remains by and large placing multiple detectors in a 1oo1 configuration which ensures sufficient coverage and focuses on specific areas within the Gas Turbine enclosure. 1oo1 configuration despite being safe comes at the expense of higher risks of unwanted spurious trips resulting in unwanted downtime. This case study explores the course of action taken by end user to vote between flame detectors inside the gas turbine enclosure. This solution is supported by demonstrating sufficient area coverage of the flame detectors using 3D modelling software in order to arrive at a compromised balance between safety and availability.
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Kandasamy, Surendran; Muthukumar, Nuban (2022). Implementation of Voted Flame Detectors to Prevent Spurious Fire Detection in Gas Turbines Enclosures.. Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /197031.