Minimax has supplied extinguishing systems for EnBW Kraftwerke AG’s coal-fired power plants.
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The fire safety company was commissioned by the German energy provider to equip six of its plants with Minifog ProCon fine water spray systems and in total, 16 kilometres of pipe lines have been fitted with 5,000 extinguishing nozzles, 90 strainers and their corresponding deluge valve sets.
A total of 5,000 efficient and water-conserving extinguishing nozzles were installed around the coal conveyor belts of the power plants.
EnBW Kraftwerke AG operates modern thermal power plants in Heilbronn, Altbach/Deizisau, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart-Gaisburg, Stuttgart-Munster and Walheim. All six plants are partially fired with coal, which can ignite spontaneously, even during storage.
A spokesman said: “The coal conveyor systems play an essential role in the operation of the power plants, because their fault-free functioning is an important condition for high availability of the individual power station units."