Study of Thermal Power Plant’s Intelligent Fire Detection and Suppression System Via Wireless Sensor Network and Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

In terms of fire outbreak, the nature of some big industries and thermal plants seems extremely volatile. The existence of oxygen and fuel cannot be taken out in thermal power plant, and many actions may be originated from heat source. Many researchers have developed more interest in the research field of fire detection in some big industries and thermal plants, especially those who use hydrocarbon-based product as fuel. The fire that normally occurs at these places is normally class B type of fire, and carbon dioxide is used to put them off. This paper proposes a design of an automated fire alarm system which utilizes already existing technologies such as the wireless sensor network technology and carbon capture and storage system to help alleviate the problem of global warming and reduce the cost incurred in existing ineffective fire alarm system. During combustion process in the thermal plant, the carbon dioxide emitted is captured and stored to be used to put off or suppressing fire after early detection by the wireless sensor network with sensors such as optical flame detectors, heat detector, and hydrogen detector. The simulations done on the final designs proved that this system is feasible and can be successfully deployed on a larger scale.