Codes and Standards
Fire suppression agents go greener
By By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
May 10, 2012
Environmental sensitivity is helping to drive adoption of new fire suppression agents. The market is shifting toward the use of fluorinated ketone (FK) agents such as Novec 1230 because they have zero ozone depletion and negligible global warming potential. Water mist suppression has also seen a recent surge in interest from end-users, mainly because these systems consume less water.
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