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FFI-RAPPORT 16/00707
robot goes to charge for the night.
Vault description
The scenario takes place while the piqlFilm is in storage in the piqlVault.
The piqlVault system is placed in a storage room located on the lower
floor or basement of an office building.
The vault is regulated through ventilation to uphold the ISO standards
governing levels of humidity and temperature. The ventilation system is
powered by a backup generator after the electrical system in the building
causes the piqlVault system to fail.
Local safety
measures
All safety measures required by Piql AS are in place, see section 5.5.1 for
details. The general standard of the building, though, indicates lack of
funds to uphold the safety requirements. Of special notice here: the
recommendation to use an oxygen reduction suppression solution has
been ignored due to cost issues and the sprinklers already installed in the
building is deemed sufficient.
Local security
measures
All security measures required by Piql AS are in place. The general
standard of the building, though, indicates lack of funds to uphold the
security regime recommended. As the user class is business non-
sensitive, a high level of security does not seem necessary to the Piql
partner.
Consequences
Outer building
The physical infrastructure of the building and the storage room is not
notably affected.
Vault
The operations of the piqlVault system shuts down after the spark caused
the whole electrical system to fail. The backup generator cannot
regenerate the power supply, as the necessary connections in the firing
have been fried.
The aluminium in the grid has a melting point of between 600 and 660°
Celsius. The aluminium will not burn, but it will melt. However, the
integrity and stability of its mechanical properties is affected at such low
temperatures as around 200° Celsius, meaning that if the structure is still
standing, it will be much weakened.
The water released from the sprinklers, though putting out the fire and
protecting the grid and robots from the fire, cause more problems for the
piqlVault system, in that it causes the electronics of the system to short-
circuit. Should the piqlBins need to be extracted from the grid
immediately after the fire, this must be done manually, which can be
done but it is a complex and time-consuming process.
Box
The piqlBoxes near the top of the grid where the fire is strongest are
affected by the fire. The PP in the piqlBoxes melts at 170° Celsius.
Flame temperatures in room fires can reach between 600 and 1200°