Patent ID: 7673694

Claim:
An inertization device for establishing and maintaining an inertization level in a protective room, the inertization device comprising: an inert gas system for providing inert gas; a control unit for controlling the inert gas system to establish and maintain a desired inertization level in the protective room; a first supply pipe system providing fluid communication between the inert gas system and the protective room to supply inert gas provided by the inert gas system to the protective room; a compressed air source in fluid communication with the inert gas system; and a bypass pipe system providing fluid communication between the compressed air source and the first supply pipe system, the bypass pipe system having a valve disposed therein, an opening and a closing of the valve controlled by the control unit to selectively permit and militate against a flow of air from the compressed air source to the protective room to at least one of establish and maintain the desired inertization level in the protective room.