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Solent Composite Systems

www.solentcomposites.com

Fire and Blast Protection for Offshore Substations

Solent Composite Systems Ltd, Victoria Barracks, Albany Road,

East Cowes, IOW, PO32 6AA, United Kingdom. Tel +44 (1983) 292602

TECHNICAL INTEGRITY, ZERO MAINTENANCE, LOW LIFE COST

The advent of large scale offshore wind farms

is calling on more sophisticated technology for

transmission and distribution into the onshore grid.

Many of these systems utilise high voltage DC

transmission (HVDC), that ultimately will form part

of the international Supergrid.

The announcement of the UK Round 3, facilitating

25GW of new offshore wind by 2020, will advance

a new era of offshore substation technology, and

simultaneously a growing need to keep that energy

transmission safe and secure.

Protek™ lightweight composite enclosures for

transformers and other critical equipment provide

an economic solution for fi re and blast protection.

The SCS design team understands the hazardous

environment offshore and has learned to design

for this harsh environment - inclement weather

- wide temperature range - relentless salt spray

and corrosion risk throughout the platform’s life

- typically 30 years. In addition pollution prevention

is high on the list of risk mitigation.



ProTek™ Fire & Blast Protection Flange Covers




ProTek™ fl ange covers are designed and

engineered to protect ANSI fl anges and compact

fl anges from failure due to the effects of blast

followed by hydrocarbon jet fi re. The protection

cover also ensures that the fl ange bolts are fully

protected throughout the duration of the jet fi re.

The covers can be provided to meet a range of

different blast and jet fi re scenarios and to fi t to

the full range of standard fl ange sizes.

The fl ange covers are manufactured using

lightweight ProTek™ composite technology

that has been used on several hundred

equipment enclosures currently installed on

onshore plants and offshore installations

in UK, Norway and

the rest of the world.

The ProTek™ fl ange covers are designed for use in

harsh environments encountered offshore with no

degradation in performance offering a low lifecycle

cost for 30 year design life.






ProTek™ fl ange covers provide inherent thermal

insulation, fi re protection and noise reduction

characteristics in accordance with NORSOK

R-004 Classes 5, 6, 7 and 8. Certifi cation of the

product is carried out by Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

or Lloyd’s Register and is based upon full scale

blast testing up to 1.5 barg overpressure and jet

fi re testing carried out for more than 2 hours.

The ProTek™ fl ange covers are designed to

incorporate earthing straps for connection across

the pipe fl anges. The covers are supplied as two

semi-circular mouldings with a simple bolted

connection that permits rapid assembly on site;

the design also allows rapid dismantling and

reassembly of the ProTek™ covers for planned

maintenance inspection of the pipe fl anges.

ProTek™ fl ange covers enclose a pipe fl ange

and bolts and are located upon the pipeline so

that there is no requirement to attach the covers

directly to the fl anges themselves. The structural

properties of the durable ProTek™ composite

laminate support the blast and fi re loads.































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