A proposed design for 5-G fire detecting and extinguishing system: ultra-large container ship case study

Abstract

The containerized cargo volume reaches 168.2 million TEU. There have recently been a staggering number of fire catastrophes onboard container ships. Investigations have identified that a rapidly developing fire is one of the main challenges in container fires. On the other hand, firefighting regulations had disregarded container vessel capacity increase. The resulting financial losses and environmental catastrophes paid astronomical bills. This research elaborates on an innovative solution utilizing a 5 G wireless self-detecting and extinguishing fire-control system. The system was applied in a case study of 19,870 TEU ultra large-container ships; The results demonstrate the number and locations of the system components. The system can reduce human interference with the fires onboard. The feasibility analysis output shows a low initial cost compared to the losses of such incidents. Moreover, the time of radio spectrum signals of the proposed system is high speed; remarkably, the internal container monitoring needs around 30 seconds to detect heat and another few seconds to activate the CO2 and smother the suspicious container in its early intuition with allocation bothered alarm. The firefighting improvement technology could be a promising solution for monitoring and controlling dangerous cargo containers fire.