TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF APPLICATION OF ROBOTIC COMPLEX OF MULTI-MODE FIRE EXTINGUISHING IN EMERGENCIES

Abstract

The aim of the study is to evaluate the technical and economic efficiency of a robotic complex designed
to eliminate man-made emergencies associated with the need to eliminate fires. These emergencies
can occur, first of all, in radiation and chemical accidents, as well as in accidents at fire and explosion
hazardous facilities. The elimination of such emergencies, as a rule, is associated with an increased risk
for firefighters and rescuers and requires the use of heavy equipment. It is proposed to develop and use a
robotic complex for multi-mode fire extinguishing (RTK-PM) in the following composition; six specialized
robotic means with the possibility of crew and remote control, including: barriers (RTS-RZ), fire (RTS-P),
high-rise (RTS-VS), sleeve (RTS-RK), pumping (RTS-NS) and gas stations (RTS-ZV); mobile control
point; supply machines. At the same time, the actual problem is the development of approaches to assessing the technical and economic efficiency of robotic tools and complexes used to eliminate emergency
situations. A technique for conducting such studies is proposed on the basis of a two-level quantitativequalitative
comparative assessment in terms of technical and economic efficiency of the task. To assess
the technical efficiency, it is proposed to consider the deployment time, the time to extinguish the fire, the
time to complete the task, the amount of fire extinguishing agents as the main indicators. As criteria for
technical efficiency, it is proposed to evaluate the coefficient of efficiency of the task, the coefficient of
deployment mobility; coefficient of fire extinguishing efficiency; the degree of efficiency of RTC
robotization. Qualitative comparison consists in identifying the types of work available to one of the compared
complexes and inaccessible to another. The evaluation of the economic efficiency of the RTK is
carried out by the value of the annual economic effect from the production and use of a unit of the complex.
Like the assessment of technical efficiency, the assessment under consideration is also comparative -
it shows an advantage (or disadvantage) over the replaced (basic) complex. Also presented are the results
of applying this technique when calculating the effectiveness of a promising robotic complex for multimode
fire extinguishing, which show that the use of one robotic complex for multi-mode fire extinguishing
will provide an economic effect in the amount of 1.39 million rubles. in year.