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FDNY has taken delivery, on a trial basis, of a new state-of-the-art smoke scrubber system specially designed by Flashover Systems. for Class "A" type flashover training simulators. FDNY is concerned about the effects of smoke from its flashover unit on buildings and ball parks situated downwind of the unit when it is in use.
Other high-cost commercially available scrubbers usually employ mechanical means, such as fans or high pressure water spray, to collect smoke for treatment. Mechanical systems adversely affect the normal operation of the flashover unit and may cause dangerous conditions inside the simulator. The cost of these systems can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars and generally require a lot of regular expensive maintenance.
However, the new cost-effective smoke scrubber system, designed by Flashover Systems with the cooperation of a leading chimney manufacturer and a smoke scrubber manufacturer, allows the flashover unit to operate normally. Smoke from the flashover unit travels through a newly designed smoke hood and is collected and incinerated in an incinerator.
The new scrubber system can also be retrofitted to most other Class "A" type flashover simulators, regardless of manufacturer.
(Photographs and air quality testing results coming soon.)
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