Novec 1230 is a colorless, odorless and electrically non-conductive clean extinguishing gas developed as an alternative to Halon 1301, which has been prohibited for use by the Montreal Protocol due to its harmful effects on the ozone layer. Novec 1230, which is carbon-based (C₆F₁₂O) and identified with the code FK-5-1-12, is pressurized with nitrogen gas at 25, 42 or 50 Bars and stored in liquid phase within a cylinder. It is a suppression gas approved by many standards and organizations around the world such as UL, FM, LPCB and VdS.
We install NOVEC 1230 clean gaseous extinguishing systems for your sensitive spaces such as electrical rooms, system rooms and archive rooms as certified as end-to-end systems in accordance with the international standards. We also perform their leakage testing and periodical maintenance with our specialized personnel. By virtue of our experience of over 40 years, we take your fire safety a step further by integrating NOVEC 1230 clean gaseous extinguishing systems into the fire detection systems that we install.
Novec 1230 gas suppression systems respond to fire based on the principle of absorbing heat from the environment and contain fire without affecting the amount of oxygen in the area. Novec 1230 gas was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency to be non-harmful for the ozone layer, can be breathed at the required design concentration, and does not cause any harm to human health. The atmospheric lifetime of Novec 1230 gas is between 3 and 5 days, and its global warming potential factor is 1. In other words, Novec 1230 gas is neither harmful to ozone nor does it have a greenhouse effect. The atmospheric lifetime of FM200 as the closest competitor to Novec 1230 is 36.5 years.
For Novec 1230 gas, the NOAEL level is 10% and the LOAEL level is considered to be over 10.5%. When the design concentration is compared with the NOAEL value, there is a 150% margin of safety. This ratio in FM200 gas, which is the closest clean alternative extinguisher, is only between 3 and 20%.
