The installation of the reliable firedos proportioner under cold weather conditions

A Canadian industrial company Novota Engineering, decided to install a FireDos stationary foam proportioner in a freezing environment in the middle of nowhere, the historical location of Yukon goldmine, Canada.

This case study gives an overview of how robust the FireDos technology is. It also illustrates how using FireDos products allows a tight and seamless integration into overall project designs and construction, ensuring the highest reliability and efficient foam proportioning in industrial applications, despite extreme weather conditions.

Yukon, formerly Yukon Territory, northwestern Canada, is an area of high plateaus and rugged mountains.  In this arctic climate, temperatures vary enormously, sometimes reaching summer highs in the mid-90s F (about 35 °C) and winter lows of −60 F (about −50 °C). The area’s extensive and varied mineral resources include deposits of lead-zinc and er, combined silver-lead, coal, iron, and some petroleum and natural gas. During the early 1870s, gold discoveries on tributaries of the Yukon River attracted prospectors to this area. However, by 1900 many of the individual miners (called “stampeders”) had given up and left Yukon. Companies that brought in large-scale mechanical mining techniques reorganized the gold-mining industry.

• The proportioner should be able to work at low temperatures
• As the location is remote, reliability was the highest priority
• To fit the vertical propotioner in the container with limited space
• Testing and maintenance should be easy, without the consumption of foam concentrate

Novota Engineering (Established in 1994) provides consulting, engineering, procurement and project management services within the fire protection industry.

Juraj Novota is a founding member of Novota Engineering. Educated in Fire Protection Engineering and Business at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, he has 30 years of industry experience and 25 years of private practice experience. Juraj is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, and the National Fire Protection Association.

Innovation remains a core value for Novota Engineering as the company continues to develop new products and practices within the fire protection industry. Novota focuses on special hazards and innovative automatic targeted suppression utilizing Water, Water Mist, Wetting agents, Foam and CAF (Compressed Air Foam) as an extinguishing medium.

With over 25 years of experience, Novota Engineering continues to strive for excellence in serving its customers.