Royal Navy Ship Simulator
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Case Study Two
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In January 2001, Process Combustion completed the design, installation and commissioning of the Royal Navy's fire fighting establishments at HMS Excellent in Portsmouth, and HMS Raleigh in Plymouth.
The Project HMS Excellent consists of eight fire training units and one demonstration area for live fire, search and rescue and stress training. Each of the eight units has three floors and four compartments. A network of corridors, ladders and hatches link together the galley, mess deck, machinery control room and engine room. Almost every aspect of the training environment can be changed to meet the requirements of the exercise. These include the level of heat, visibility, lighting levels, background noise and explosions, together with the fire scenario's height and intensity.
Maintenance and diagnostics also start at the control room, where the operation and usage of all the equipment is logged. Environmental Issues Using our previous experience in the chemical industry, Process Combustion was able to employ techniques of recycling and cleanup not usually found in the fire training industry. This, together with the design of our burner systems, that already exceed current legislation, resulted in a highly environmentally friendly fire training system. Plumes of smoke are non existent. BBC TelevisionIn April 2001, the BBC science program, Tomorrow's World, featured the fire training facility at Portsmouth. To read more about the program, visit their Web Site. 
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Fires on-board ships bring with them a host of problems not encountered on land. In the event of an on board fire,
there is nowhere to retreat to and the quantity of water pumped into the ship must be limited. These points,
together with the inherent confined spaces found on board ships, makes fighting shipboard fires a complex operation.
The project was the culmination of seventeen years of research and development with the
Ministry of Defence to develop a fire fighting training unit with a level
of realism and safety second to none.
In the control room, scenarios can be designed and safety levels can be set to suit the skill level of the trainee.
When the unit is armed, control of the fires passes to the safety officer in the compartment.
Every aspect of the unit and training is monitored and recorded in the control room.
In the past, fire fighting training has not been environmentally friendly.
Clouds of black acrid smoke emitted by the Royal Navy's previous trainers had gained them
the nickname "Smokey Joe's". The new location, in the centre of Portsmouth, does not permit smoke stacks
or visible emissions.
