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Flame Detector Market Size to Grow at a CAGR of 6.9% During the Forecast Period 2021-2026

Flame Detector Market Size to Grow at a CAGR of 6.9% During the Forecast Period 2021-2026Flame Detectors MarketIncreasing Growth Towards Developing Smart Flame Detection Systems Can Be Analyzed as One of the Prominent Factors Towards Creating a Positive Impact on Its Market Growth.

Flame Detector Market is analyzed to grow at a CAGR of 6.9% during the forecast period 2021-2026 to reach $3,125.6 million. Owing to the advantages such as faster fire response in comparison to smoke or heat detectors, flame detectors are getting wider adoption across several industrial environments. With capabilities of controlling alarm systems or automated fire extinguishing systems through direct connection, the demand towards such self-contained standalone devices like flame detectors have been raising significantly especially in hazardous environment. Factors including increasing deployment of smart flame detection systems and governmental regulations towards improving workplace safety within hazardous industrial environments are the major driving factors attributing towards the flame detector market growth. Moreover, rising catastrophic fire and explosion incidents in oil & gas, chemical plants and others due to the ageing infrastructure as well as human negligence are further analysed to boost the market growth of flame detectors during 2021-2026.

Flame Detector Market Segment Analysis- By Type

Based on by type segmentation, IR/UV flame detectors market is analysed to grow with the highest CAGR of 8.7% in the global flame detector market during the forecast period 2021-2026. An UV/IR flame detector generally comprises of both ultraviolet and infrared sensors combined within a single device, thus making it capable of sharing same alarm source like a hydrocarbon fire. Owing to the combination of IR and UV sensor within one detector module, these devices serve an additional benefit over the other detectors available in the market as each individual sensor can be operated separately while delivering excellent flame detection performance for a broad range of flammable liquids, gases or volatile solids. Since these detectors can further help in offering individual enhanced false alarm rejection, creating its wide popularity across various end-use industries be it chemical plants, oil & gas refineries, mining and so on. Additionally, due to its capability of offering high level false alarm immunity along with incorporating self-testing diagnostic as well as varied configuration options, these detectors have been witnessing wider adoption within industries in need of such requirements. Chemical processing, oil & gas production with others can be considered as one of the most commercially used end-use application areas for such flame detectors. In January 2020, General Monitors announced about the launch of an UV/IR detector, named FL500-H2 designed to offer safe usage, production as well as transportation of hydrogen. The FL500-H2 sensors are capable of monitoring optical radiation emitted through a hydrogen flame within both UV & IR spectral ranges, alongside simultaneously rejecting nuisance false alarm sources common across industrial sites. 

Flame Detector Market Segment Analysis- By Application

Oil & Gas sector is considered as one of the major end users deploying flame detectors due to the widespread adoption across all three sectors, namely upstream, midstream and downstream. Oil & Gas had dominated the global flame detector market attributing a value of $1,125.3 million in 2020 and is further set to grow with a CAGR of 2.4% during the forecast period 2021-2026. Various processes involved in Oil & Gas refining includes crude desalting, thermal cracking, hydrogen generation and many others, which are prone to fire hazards due to the presence of explosive vapour/gases in the ambience, contribute towards loss of life as well as industrial property damage in case of fire accidents. To prevent injuries and deaths while reducing fire explosion risks, early detection using flame detection systems become highly essential in controlling the hazards with higher efficiency. Moreover, tanks used for storing flammable substances contribute towards flame ignition while posing highly dangerous threats even during loading or unloading, making it crucial for the oil & gas companies to deploy flame detection systems to optimize work safety standards. Factors like rising rate of fire fatalities, expansion of oil & gas infrastructures and so on can be considered as the major factors attributing towards the growth of flame detectors. Stringent governmental norms or regulations for hazardous environments like oil & gas towards promoting industrial work safety have been also fuelling the market growth owing to mandatory installation of flame detection systems. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), the Gulf of Mexico region accounted for about 84 offshore fire incidents in 2019, which was around 9.09% higher compared to the previous year. Such estimates show the increasing need for flame detectors to reduce the number of fire accidents and fatalities due to the same across oil & gas offshore locations thereby driving the market during 2021-2026.

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Flame Detector Market Segment Analysis- Geography 

APAC region is set to witness the highest growth of 9.0% in the global flame detector market during the forecast period 2021-2026. Growth of construction/expansion activities of chemical plant facilities, increasing demands for oil & gas refineries for meeting high consumption needs can be considered as some of the key factors analysed to drive the market growth of flame detectors in the coming years. High investments towards adopting wireless technologies for flame detection applications have been tremendously growing as well as stringent governmental regulations towards mandatory installation of fire detection systems majorly across hazardous industrial environments are further set to positively drive the market growth during the forecast period 2021-2026. In May 2019, an Indian company, Ambetronics had revealed about its introduction of FL-UVIR flame detector capable of supporting various connection including stand alone, fire alarm panel as well as monitoring systems. Since these detectors can be used in application areas like refineries, offshore drilling, pipeline pumping stations, gasoline transportation and so on owing to serving requirement of instantaneous response towards flame ignition, automated fire protection, involvement of highly combustible materials with others effectively, making it one of the prominent factors to create its wider adoptability in the Indian markets.

Flame Detector Market Drivers 

Increasing growth towards developing smart flame detection systems:

Increasing growth towards developing smart flame detection systems can be analyzed as one of the prominent factors towards creating a positive impact on its market growth in the long run. Chemicals, mining, oil or gas, along with many others are considered as some of the major end use industries which offer a highly critical as well as hazardous environment, which creates mandatory installation of different fire protection systems to avoid life or property damages. Owing to technological advancements, manufacturers have been highly focusing towards optimizing fire detection capabilities through leveraging smart sensing technologies, eventually meeting the requirements of improved fire protection. Utilizing smart sensors in flame detectors helps in accurate detection combined with advantages like excellent false alarm immunity, high sensitivity, faster flame response, less power consumption and many others making it some of the prime factors for its adoption across various industry verticals. In June 2020, the National Science Foundation had offered a grant of $550K for a research project titled, Zero-Power Wireless flame detector for ubiquitous fire monitoring. With this grant, the research professors from North-Eastern University in collaboration with United Technologies Corporation aimed at developing a novel micromechanical flame detector capable of consuming near zero power, until interrupted by an infrared flame emission. This project focuses on developing a smart wireless sensor which can continuously monitors its environment, while turning on only during detection of a relevant event, thus improving fire detection applications. Such ongoing research works are further meant to drive the market growth of smart or intelligent flame arrestors during the forecast period.

Governmental regulations ensuring workplace safety across hazardous environments drives the market forward:

Governmental regulations ensuring workplace safety across hazardous environments acts as a major driving factor boosting the growth of flame detectors market. Industries like chemicals or petrochemicals, oil & gas, mining, and so on offer industrial environments which involve use of harmful and volatile compounds which can cause ignition at high temperature conditions, adversely affecting workplace safety standards. Since the rate of fire explosion incidents majorly within highly critical environments including oil & gas, chemicals with others, the need towards improving industrial work safety concerns have been significantly growing over the years. In order to address such concerns for ensuring workplace safety, governmental bodies across various countries have implemented stringent safety regulatory norms making it mandatory to install fire safety systems within the industrial facilities to retain their plant operations. The Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas serves as a technical standard which is responsible for coordinating the implementation of self-regulatory measures, aimed at improving safety standards within the oil & gas plants operating in India. Several set standards namely, OISD STD 116 and OISD STD 117 regarding fire protection facilities across oil/gas processing plants and petroleum refineries are still in effect, which has been causing a positive impact on the installation of fire explosion control/detection systems like flame detectors. Stringent compliance by the norms is mandated across hazardous industrial environments to potentially eliminate or reduce the fire related incidences. Moreover, NFPA 72 standard published by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) determines the installation, application, performance, location, maintenance as well as testing of fire alarm systems in U.S, which is revised every three years as done in 2019, thereby propelling the adoption for flame detectors.

Flame Detector Market Challenges

High costs related to installation, manufacturing or maintenance:

High costs related to installation, manufacturing or maintenance acts as one of the major factors restraining the market growth of flame detectors. Manufacturing of flame detectors requires the use of high quality components which are costly, adding up to its purchasing costs for the customers. Designing complex circuitry of such detectors poise a major challenge for the manufacturers as any kind of small defect can significantly impact its performance creating severe threats for the end-users, thus the need for performing precise and accurate component placing becomes highly essential. Additionally, in case of improper installation, these detectors function abruptly creating false fire alarm signals, hampering the industrial operations. However, being exposed to various hazardous environments contribute towards reduced device sensitivity overtime owing to regular contact with contaminants like oil, dust, dirt and so on, thereby creating the need for proper and periodic maintenance or repair services, raising the additional operational costs for an organization. Ensuring periodic maintenance like removal of dust, dirt or particles and many others at high temperature conditions to avoid further operation issues in the long-term, has been eventually hampering its market growth. 

Flame Detector Market Landscape

Product launches, acquisitions, and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Flame Detector market. The key players in the Flame Detector market include Emerson Electric Co., United Technologies, MSA Safety Incorporated, Hochiki Corporation, Halma plc, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens AG, 3M Gas & Flame Detection, Honeywell International Inc., Johnson Controls International plc among others.

Acquisitions/Technology Launches/Partnerships

In March 2021, Johnson Controls announced about the launch of the first microprocessor based conventional fire detectors, named 700 Series, meant to precisely monitor as well as respond to building fire conditions. Development of these detectors will help in offering advanced algorithms, resulting in similar detection performance as well as false alarm rejection as of its Gen6 detectors.

In November 2020, a unit of United Technologies Corporation, Det-Tronics announced about expanding its capabilities for X3302 multi-spectrum infrared flame detector by including third party certification for detecting hydrogen, methane, methanol and syngas fires. This development was meant to offer a 25% improvement in on-axis detection range over the previous model design. 

Key Takeaways

Growth towards developing smart flame detectors and governmental regulations for hazardous environments related to enhancing workplace safety standards is analyzed to significantly drive the Flame Detector market during the forecast period 2021-2026.

IR/UV flame detectors market is anticipated to grow with the highest CAGR during the forecast period 2021-2026, owing to factors like high level of false alarm immunity, self diagnostic testing and so on.

APAC is analyzed to account for the fastest growing region during the forecast period due to rising rate of R&D activities from key market vendors, growth of oil & gas facilities with many others.

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