CARBON DIOXIDE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS - DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
This Malaysian Standard specifies the requirements for the design and installation of fixed carbon dioxide fire-extinguishing systems for use in building or industrial, as and when required for extinction of fire or the protection of particular plants or parts of the premises against possible fire risk. The requirements are not valid for extinguishing systems on ships,in aircrafts, on vehicles and mobile fire appliances or for below ground systems in the miningindustry, nor are they valid for carbon dioxide pre-inerting systems.
This Malaysian Standard gives the requirements and characteristic data for carbon dioxide,the types of fires for which it is a recommended extinguishing medium, and requirements andrecommendations for three established types of piped system embodying different conceptsand employing different methods for the application of carbon dioxide, as follows: a) the total flooding system; b) the local application system; and c) the manual hose reel system.
Two methods
