- Author
- Elliott, G.
- Title
- Alarms and Safety Offshore.
- Journal
- Control and Instrumentation, Vol. 8, 26-27, July/August 1976
- Keywords
- offshore platforms | fire alarm systems | fire detection | fire detection systems | damage control | smoke detectors | explosion hazards
- Identifiers
- alarm systems; safety equipment
- Abstract
- After briefly discussing fire and explosion hazards on oil production platforms, the author describes a new system developed by his firm, GP-Elliott Electronic Systems Ltd. for monitoring and giving early warning of possible sources of ignition (such as smoke, flame, or overheating of electrical equipment) monitoring the presence of flammable gas, and depending on the circumstances, automatically closing vents, shutting down plant, and operating the extinguishant. The system has been developed from the company's Fire/Gas Display and Control System, which has been installed in a number of programmable modular solid-state systems which use COSMOS logic elements, can be arranged to suit the requirements of the largest installations. Collecting and processing the information from the system's sensing devices is carried out in a console in the main control centre of the platform; the information displayed on the console matrix is transmitted for display on satellite panels in various parts of the platform, and the console as necessary, actuates the alarms and initiates the fire-fighting action. The article gives further information on the system and its equipment, and includes a simplified block diagram.