Smoke Detection on Trains

AGENDA

1. INTRODUCTION TO VISION SYSTEMS

2. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

3. ASPIRATING SMOKE DETECTION

4. PROVEN APPLICATIONS

5. WHY OEM

6. VESDA OEM TECHNOLOGY

7. VESDA OEM SERVICE OFFERINGS

8. NEXT STEPS

• Market Leaders in Very Early Warning Smoke Detection for preventing business interruption

• Globally accepted technology

• Key applications– Power Generation– Utilities– Telecommunications– Clean Rooms– Cold Storage– Warehouses– Data Storage / IT

Leaders in Business Continuity Technology - VESDA®

• Provides high technology customer solutions for the protection of businesses and assets

• Products that significantly improve the safety and security of its customers

• Earliest possible detection to prevent loss

• System level solutions

• Provide time to react

Vision Fire & Security

VESDA® Aspirating Smoke Detection Systems

ADPRO® Intelligent Security & Surveillance Products

Vision Fire & Security

VESDA smoke detection in trains

• Causes:– Equipment failure – Vandalism/Abuse– Neglect/Misuse

• Catalysts:– Airflows– Foreign fuel loads

• Issues:– Evacuation

Risks on Trains

Detection & Protection Issues on Trains

• Very Early Warning:– Area protection, and/or– HVAC return

• Remote and Centralised Reporting

• Addressability

• Intelligent Referencing:– Reduce False alarms– Increase Air Quality via HVAC

• Response planning

• Escalation of Action

• History

What the Public Wants

Top ten train attributes#:1. No smoking trains

2. Toilets

3. CCTV – on board security system

4. Air conditioning

5. Passenger ramp

6. On-board audio announcements

7. Destination displays

8. Wheelchair accessible toilet

9. High back seat type

10. Combined seating plans

# Translink (Ireland) collated and analysed the results of 2,268 questionnaires completed by members of the general public across Northern Ireland.

What the Operators want

• Reduced install cost:– Pipe-work costs

• Reduced maintenance cost:– Point detector costs

• Operational Continuity:– Service outages from switch-gear, HVAC and other

electrics– SLA obligations

The need for very early warning

Aspirating Smoke Detection

• Most Sensitive Detection Available– Widest sensitivity range

• 0.0015 – 30.0% Obs/m– Lowest possible threshold

• Earliest Warning TIME!

• Reliability– Intelligent monitoring– Absolute smoke measurements– Fully supervised

Benefits of VESDA

• 20 years experience in eliminating false alarms:– Programmable delays – Filtration– Dust rejection– Referencing

• Very high sensitivity overcomes smoke dilution for high airflow applications

• Remote mounting for simple maintenance

• Sophisticated interface options

• Worldwide approvals (primary detection)

Benefits of VESDA

Benefits of VESDA on Trains

• Vandalism - discrete sampling points

• Arson - multistage alarms- Early warning of incipient fires- Fast response to quick fires

• Overheating - targeted sampling & multistage alarms

• Passenger Cars - detects diffused smoke and provides multistage alarms

• Locomotives - targeted sampling & multistage alarms

VESDAVESDA on Trainson Trains

Madrid Metro

Perth Urban Rail

XPT High Speed Express

City Rail Explorer and Endeavour Trains

Great Southern Pacific Express Train

Shanghai Bullet Trains

Queensland Tilt Trains

Madrid Metro

Madrid Metro - VESDA Solution

• Early warning, Early action– Extensive use in stations and equipment

(>450 units)– 30 trains using LaserPLUS, configurable

as 2-6 cars

• Open area protection– Discrete installation to counter

vandalism

• Interface to Hi-Fog water-based extinguishing system

– TMS interface– Manual release by driver or automatic

(where driverless)

Perth Urban Rail

Perth Urban Rail - VESDA Solution

• Bombardier/EDI Joint Venture– Electric Multiple Units concept

• integration to TMS – LaserPLUS for coverage

– One detector per EMU for efficiency

• HVAC management by TMS

XPT High Speed Express

XPT – High Speed Express

• Passenger Train– Sleeper Cars

• Special risks

– Non Sleeper Cars

– Dining Car

VESDA Control Panel

VESDA Detector

XPT – High Speed Express

• Sleeper Carriage with Bedroom

• Bathroom Facilities

Sleeper Bays Bathroom Sleeper Bays Sleeper Bays

VESDA Control Panel

VESDA Detector Unit

Sleeper Bays Bathroom

XPT – High Speed Express

Sleeper Cars• Below ceiling sampling

points

Bath Rooms• Hasp’s in wet area

Installation Techniques

CityRail

CityRail - Customer requirements

– Timely warning to locate, control, evacuate

– Ease of field servicing - “black box” changeable

– False alarm immunity

– Ease of installation and interfacing with train management system

CityRail - Project Challenge

– Changing environment• mobile• pressure changes within tunnels• stop/start operation• temperature variation (-5 to 40C)

– Diesel fumes and other pollutants present

– Vandalism and tampering

– High air flows

– Vibration

CityRail - Competition

• Conventional Point Detectors– Pre-alarm too late - no time to investigate

– Poor detection performance when air conditioning operating

– Faults caused by carbon deposits and diesel fumes

– Exposed ceiling mounting devices likely to attract attention

– Higher costs for installation and maintenance

CityRail - VESDA Solution

• Early warning– 3 staged alarm thresholds allows multiple procedures

• alarm to initiate investigation within carriage by guard• shut down of air conditioning and ventilation• passenger alarm and stopping of train

• Minimal number of integrated components– One VESDA detection unit per carriage to integrate

with train management system

CityRail

CityRail - VESDA SolutionCityRail - VESDA Solution

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CityRail - VESDA SolutionCityRail - VESDA Solution

Interior showing return air grilleInterior showing return air grille

(not exposed to public)(not exposed to public)

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Fresh air is pumped into the carriageFresh air is pumped into the carriage

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City Rail – VESDA Solution

CityRail - VESDA Solution

– Successful detection of smoke

– Low false alarm rates

– Low maintenance costs

– fully operational for more than 5 years.

Great Southern Pacific Express

Great Southern Pacific Express

• 22 LaserPLUS units:– one in each carriage

• in the ceiling void with concealed sampling points

• Sensitive to the heritage aesthetics– each connected via VESDAnet to a

central control/display

Great Southern Pacific Express

• VESDA Control Panel

• automatically determines the position of each carriage in the train

China Star High Speed TrainChina Star High Speed TrainShanghai to Beijing to Shenyang Two LaserCOMPACT per passenger car:

VLC on return air for general area protectionVLC on equipment cabinet

One LaserPLUS per engine car

Queensland Tilt TrainsQueensland Tilt Trains

Electric: Rockhampton – Brisbane:EDI Rail, Hitachi and Itochu for Queensland Rail VESDA Xenon installed on 12 carsInterface with TMS

Queensland Tilt TrainsQueensland Tilt Trains

Diesel: Cairns – BrisbaneEDI Rail, Hitachi and Itochu for Queensland RailVESDA VLP installed on two trains (7 cars and 2 loco’s each)Interface with TMS

Summary

• VESDA provides early warning and innovative smoke detection solutions.

• High sensitivity ASD is the key to early detection and automated action• High air flow applications• Integration with TMS

• Multi-stage alarms facilitate a progressive response to a potential disaster

• Detects fires at earliest stage possible, before smoke is visible

• Proven performance & reputation

• Substitute or complement to suppression

• Minimises risk, damage and reputation

VESDA means Risk Reduction