Gielle HFC-23™ is a specialist
suppression agent with characteristics not unlike those of Halon
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Gielle HFC-23™ is the extinguishing agent for specialist
applications ranging from offshore oil platforms and industrial
storage areas to locomotives and anechoic chambers.
Gielle HFC-23™ is Trifluoroethane - a high-pressure clean
agent which contains no Bromine or Chlorine, hence its ODP of
zero. Fires are quickly and efficiently suppressed with Gielle
HFC-23™ by the process of physiochemical thermal transfer, the
presence of the Gielle HFC-23™ molecule at the flame front
absorbing heat from a fire as a sponge absorbs liquid.
Gielle HFC-23™
Fire Suppression System
Gielle HFC-23™ is safe to
personnel - no exposure restrictions have been set for its
use in occupied areas up to the NOAEL of 30%. Gielle HFC-23™
is kind to the environment - it does not deplete
stratospheric ozone.
Since the phase-out of Halon 1301, a gap has existed in
certain applications for which Halon was ideally suited.
These applications involved areas greater in height than
three metres, those where high concentrations were required
in occupied areas and those where agent cylinder storage
areas could be subject to extremely low temperatures - the
"High, High, Low aspect of Gielle HFC-23™ satisfies
the requirements for these specialist applications;
High nozzle
height applications
The high pressure nature of
Gielle HFC-23™ gives it an advantage in UL approval height
testing. Gielle HFC-23™ nozzles have been tested to a
height of 7.6 metres, which is greater than any currently
listed clean agent system and close to the maximum for Halon
1301 of 9 metres.
High concentration inerting applications: With a NOAEL of
30%, Gielle HFC-23™ will allow for high concentration
application without human exposure restrictions. The most
common of these is inerting applications where, depending on
the fuel to be inerted, Gielle HFC-23™ maybe the only
answer without human exposure limitations.
Low temperature applications: Gielle HFC-23™ is suitable
for use at a minimum storage temperature of -40 degrees C
whilst other agents have limitations in the region of zero
degrees C. Halon 1301 offered -4O degrees C storage and
Gielle HFC-23™ is the only clean agent capable of
providing this low temperature feature.
Gielle offers a complete range of services to support HFC-23™
clean agent systems including system design, installation,
maintenance and 24 hour service
Gielle Srl - Administrative Headsquares Via R. Ferri 32 Z.I. - 70022 Altamura (Ba) Italy
Tel +39 0803118998 - Fax + 39 0803101309
E-mail: info@gielle.it
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