System and method of a ring architecture of a fixed piping system implemented within a safety system of a structure to continuously supply breathable air therewithin
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fire safety systems in large structures often compromise breathable air supply due to smoke inhalation risks, leading to disorientation and limited access to clean air during emergencies, especially in extended areas like warehouses and shopping malls.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a ringed architecture for a fixed piping system within a safety system that includes a first portion proximate to interior regions and a second portion farther away, forming a continuous ring to ensure breathable air supply continues even if a sub-portion of the system is compromised.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional linear piping system is used, then the system is simpler to implement, but the breathable air supply is interrupted when any portion is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The piping system is segmented into multiple independent zones with isolation valves positioned at strategic locations. This allows the system to be divided into functional sections that can be independently controlled and isolated, enabling continuous air supply to unaffected zones when one section is compromised.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a linear one-dimensional piping layout to a two-dimensional ring architecture. This dimensional change creates redundant pathways, allowing air to flow around compromised sections through alternative routes, ensuring continuous supply without requiring complex three-dimensional routing.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the breathable air flow is shut down in compromised regions, then the safety risk is reduced, but the access to clean air is limited for emergency personnel
Solution Approach 1:
Compromised or smoke-affected portions of the piping system are extracted and isolated from the main air supply network using isolation valves. This separates the harmful elements from the functional system, allowing clean air to continue flowing through unaffected portions while preventing contamination spread.
Solution Approach 2:
Isolation valves serve as intermediary control elements between compromised and unaffected regions. These valves act as mediators that selectively block air flow to dangerous zones while maintaining flow to safe zones, enabling differential control of air distribution based on real-time hazard conditions.
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AI summary
A safety system implemented within a structure includes a source of breathable air, and a fixed piping system to supply the breathable air from the source to each interior region of a number of interior regions across the structure. The fixed piping system is implemented in a ringed architecture including a first portion of the fixed piping system proximate the each interior region and a second portion thereof farther away from the each interior region. In accordance with the ringed architecture, the first portion and the second portion are implemented as a continuous ring with respect to the source of the breathable air such that, even during a compromise of a first sub-portion of the first portion, unaffected by the compromise, the breathable air continues to be supplied to a second sub-portion of the first portion by way of the second portion.