Fire suppression — Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid

Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid Waterless Fire Suppression_VDESC_en_US.mp4 In a server room, a woman consults a tablet. ON SCREEN TEXT: Specify with confidence. Because there's no time for down time. A view pans across a server room. Closeups show the servers, as well as a firefighting system. ON SCREEN TEXT: Live fire testing MALE NARRATOR: We constructed a working simulation of a data center inside this fire test chamber to compare the ability of water and Novec 1230 Fluid to extinguish a fire inside a typical server cabinet. The chamber has a detection system, water sprinklers, and a discharge system designed for use with Novec 1230 Fluid. ON SCREEN TEXT: 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid MALE NARRATOR: A test of the Novec Fire Protection Fluid-based system is run first. To begin the test, a technician ignites sheets of ABS plastic inside an empty server cabinet. A technician stands by as a firefighter starts the fire. Readings appear, showing numbers rising as the server room fills with smoke, then falling as the firefighting system suppresses the blaze. ON SCREEN TEXT: Cleaning agent system ON SCREEN TEXT: Cabinet temp. ON SCREEN TEXT: Ceiling temp. ON SCREEN TEXT: System pressure ON SCREEN TEXT: Novec 1230 fluid discharge ON SCREEN TEXT: For illustration purposes, the fire was allowed to reach a mature flame stage. Systems using Novec 1230 fluid are designed to extinguish a fire at the incipient stage. ON SCREEN TEXT: Extinguished in less than 20 seconds MALE NARRATOR: As sensors in the ceiling detect smoke and heat from the fire, an alarm is sounded, and the countdown to discharge begins. Once the agent is released, it quickly fills the room and penetrates the burning enclosure, extinguishing the fire in less than 20 seconds. A clean agent fire suppression system is designed to detect a fire at an earlier stage, helping to further reduce possible damage. After the test, technicians check a server for damage. MALE NARRATOR: After the smoke and agent have been evacuated, technicians reenter the chamber to find that the energized servers are still functioning. Equipment and facilities show no signs of damage. Now we're ready for the water discharge test in the same fire scenario. As before, plastic sheets inside the same server cabinet are ignited, and technicians leave the room. ON SCREEN TEXT: Sprinkler system ON SCREEN TEXT: Cabinet temp. ON SCREEN TEXT: Ceiling temp. ON SCREEN TEXT: System pressure ON SCREEN TEXT: Air sensor alarm The blaze spreads out of control. MALE NARRATOR: Two minutes pass. Then three minutes. The heat of the fire rises to 91.9 degrees. And dense, black smoke fills the room. Finally after nearly four minutes, the sprinkler heads discharge. For 11 minutes, the room is deluged with water. Even so, the fire in the cabinet stubbornly refuses to go out. 15 minutes after ignition, a firefighter enters the chamber and puts out the remaining fire with a portable C02 extinguisher. In the aftermath of the test, the server room is in ruins. Ceiling and walls are coated with black soot. Hundreds of gallons of water pool on the floor. And the drives and other components inside the cabinets are damaged beyond repair. Imagine the lost time, lost revenue, and damage to your reputation had such an incident happened inside one of your server rooms. Shots reveal the brutal extent of the fire damage. ON SCREEN TEXT: 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid Advancing today. Sustaining tomorrow. www.3m.com/novec1230fluid A legal disclaimer appears, followed by a logo. ON SCREEN TEXT: 3M ON SCREEN TEXT: Science. Applied to Life.