Prevention and fire protection in refineries and petrochemical industry is gaining in importance and requires the application of innovative and cost-effective methods for companies that want or need to invest in ”safety”.

A fire in a chemical or petrochemical plant which is not possible to contain and extinguish in a short time implies for the company, not only a huge direct economic damage but also indirect, for production stop and image of the company.
The problem of security is therefore related to the hydrocarbons fire time control, allowing the operator to delay and stop the spread by closing the control room of actuated valves.

Valves, actuators, tanks and various kinds of instruments must therefore be protected from flames, so that they can operate for the time necessary to allow the safety of the system and do not allow fire spread in an uncontrolled manner.