A kitchen fire is common incident nowadays. A significant kitchen fire suppression system is required to protect the kitchen with its appliances including stoves, deep fat fryers.

Water Mist and Wet Chemical fire suppression systems have been designed to protect commercial kitchens and exhaust hoods for the safety and security of life and property from the dangers of fire.

Wet Chemical Systems have wet agents to suppress domestic and commercial cooking fires. This method of fire protection helps prevent significant fire damage occurs in the cooking area.

Wet Chemical Fire Suppression System

The wet chemical fire suppression system comprises Cylinder, Control Module, Mechanical Gas Shutoff Valve, Manual Pull Station, Fusible Link, and Nozzles.  The nozzles are installed in the kitchen hood exhaust to suppress the fire.

Nozzles of the system will discharge chemicals. Wet chemical quickly mitigates the fire and removes smoke by covering flames and cutting out oxygen.

This system is available in Both Automatic and Manual activation system. When the liquid spray hits a burning surface, it quickly reacts with the fats and oils and produces foam that cools the surface also prevents the re-igniting of a fire. The Wet Chemical Systems must comply with the NFPA 17a and NFPA 96.

Scope of Wet Chemical Application 

 

The Wet Chemical system is used in Domestic or Commercial Kitchen’s Hoods. Wet chemical systems can also be used to protect institutional kitchen hoods, Plenums, ductwork, and filters of cooking appliances, Grease removal devices, Odor control devices, Energy recovery devices installed in the cooking appliance exhaust systems.

This system creates a little collateral damage; there is no cleanup issue and eliminates the fuel and electrical source of fire instantly.