ICAMT-conferentie, 14, 15 en 16 september 2017

1. Ms Kiem-Lian The, MSc LL.M.
Managing partner/senior consultant
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September 16, 2017
Fire Safety:
Implementing Water Mist in
Historical Museum Buildings

2. _Introduction
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_Contents of presentation:
- Some principles of fire safety:
- non museum specific
- historical museum buildings (monuments)
- What is a Water Mist Installation?
- Case Study: Teylers Museum, Haarlem NL
- Analysis (technical and process) and lessons learned

3. _Principles Fire Safety
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- Non museum specific/general principles
- building structure (compartmentalising)
- organisational (no or low risk introduction)
- installations:
- preventive measures
- repressive measures
- Museum specific issues:
- Care for the collection
- In historical buildings/monuments: Limits to
compartmentalisation

4. _Principles Fire Safety
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_Museum Specific :
- Preventive measures: f.e. low oxygen
- Repressive measures: f.e. water, gas, foam,..
- Repression with water: f.e. sprinkler installation, either
conventional or water mist
- Main ingredients are the same:
- water, tank, pump, pipes and nozzles

5. _Water Mist Installation
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_What is it?
A quick overview/comparison:
- High pressure (80 bar vs 3 bar)
- Very fine mist, high cooling capacity, around objects (not
just on), effectively stopping the fire
- Less water (but still quite some, smaller basin)
- Dedicated spray/area of effect
- Refined installation: slim pipes, small nozzles
- Less damage to the collection? Not scientifically tested and
proven in museum environment, but may be assumed

6. _Water Mist Installation
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- A quick comparison part II:
- Expensive (installation and maintenance)
- Complexities process:
- Few manufacturers (close to monopoly)
- No standard design protocols or standards (in NL): early
involvement or manufacturer and Notified Body required
- Technical complexities:
- Not suitable for high spaces (pressure drop)
- Noise level pump installation (when operational)
- Vibration level pump installation (when operational)

7. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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_Introducing the Teylers Museum Haarlem, NL
1784: the first and oldest museum of The Netherlands
- Legacy of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1712-1778)
- Ideals of the Enlightenment
- Advancing Science and the Arts: education and debate
- Unique ensemble: authentic building complex and collection of
18th Century
- Museum of Wonder

8. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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9. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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10. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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11. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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12. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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13. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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14. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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15. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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16. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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17. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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18. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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19. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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_Introducing the Lorentz Lab
- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (Nobel Price in Physics 1902)
- Worked at Teylers Museum from 1909 until 1928
- Laboratory restored and added to the museum (May 2017)
2017

20. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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21. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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22. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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Project scope water mist: four stages, yellow = first stage (Lorentz Lab)

23. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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24. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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Design pump room water mist installation

25. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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26. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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27. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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28. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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29. _Case Study: Teylers Museum
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30. _Analysis: technical and process
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_Technical aspects
- Fully meets requirements and expectations
- Sizable installation: precise fit
- Test case for following phases
- Vibrations tested externally: implementation of measures
(risk to stucco) on site concrete floor slab, dampers, etc.
- Periodical test only when the museum is closed (acoustics)

31. _Analysis: technical and process
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_Process
- Dependency on single manufacturer (delivery)
- Certification and dependency on Notified Body (availability)
- Challenges implementation in a monumental complex
- Impact on building and collection
- Impact maintenance

32. _Analysis: technical and process
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33. _Would you?

34. _Images
All images copyrights and used with kind permission of Teylers Museum Haarlem, NL except for:
- p. 19, left hand photo of Einstein and Lorentz in Leiden, Wikipedia (presumably stock photo)
- p. 23: Ten Cate & Van der Wiele Architects BV, NL
- p. 24: Fire Technology BV, NL
- p. 25-28, Kiem-Lian The, ToornendPartners, NL