Maintenance of FPS Systems
MIC-Europe BV has gained valuable knowledge treating oilfield operations for MIC and chemical corrosion. This technology has been transferred over to the FPS industry for primary passification and maintenance procedures.
Our maintenance program has been methodically developed and custom implementation is designed for each fire sprinkler system.
After primary passification, a time line testing program is included in the program, including microbiological testing and maintenance level adjustments, as needed:
- Microbiological testing is performed every six months to determine the population, type and possible interaction of the “planktonic” or floating bacteria.
- Chemical analysis determines corrosion process by-products.
- MIC-Guard level in system is determined and adjusted to known appropriate passification maintenance levels, according to testing results.
MIC-Guard™ is known to maintain passification at a determined amount of product within the system. Testing these levels every six months gives insight into what exactly is happening in the FPS, when integrated with knowledge gained from microbiological and chemical results.
When levels of MIC-Guard™ are determined to be low, a custom formulated dosing pump injects MIC Guard ™ into the system, bringing the levels up within the entire FPS by ionic diffusion.
