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When are sprinklers required in water cooling towers? Does NFPA 214 address this? What should I look for in a water cooling tower that would cue this requirement?
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Ryan Hinson
5/21/2020 10:21:51 am
NFPA 214 (2016) Sections 4.1 through 4.7 address this...along with definitions in Section 3.3.4.
Jesse Cecil
5/21/2020 11:42:24 am
Typically its core driven. A combustible core, i.e. wood, fibre, plastic, etc may require protection. Refer to NFPA 214 and local IFC
Mike L
5/21/2020 12:30:34 pm
It's the type of fill material that generally determines the need for fire protection. Towers with combustible fill material will need sprinklers.
Franck
5/21/2020 12:54:45 pm
From an insurance perspective, whenever the tower and/or the fill is combustible AND if it represents an exposure to other equipmment/buildings and/or important business interruption
John Michael Whitehead
5/21/2020 06:40:17 pm
I've been roaming around several this week. They're protected by Deluge valves with a pilot line that has bulb sprinklers and the main dry pipe off the riser has open heads that are a combination of sidewalls over the exterior and uprights inside. They have a water motor gong and a PIV to shut it down in addition to the OS&Y.
Rusty Scott
5/22/2020 08:03:11 am
How often would you say the core is combustible? Is this typical in older cooling towers or till used in modern cooling towers? Leave a Reply. |
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