it is 1B because of the methanol. burns without a strong flame...some worry you can walk into the same.
but it is the processing with this chemical that prompts the water. we have thrown foam at it, since the total demand is reduced. drawback is with the inevitalbe false alarms from the detection system (if using almost anything other than heats, or the newer multidimensioned detectors) and the subsequent mess in clean up, BI... NFPA 30a covers process with IB's, as should your local building code .... scot excelsior fire engineering On 6/14/07, Todd Williams - work <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been asked to look at some criteria for a small (2500 sqft) biodiesel processing facility. Someone (I'm not sure who) defined this as a Class !B flammable liquid and called for a 0.40 gpm/sqft density over the entire building area. While I'm not necessarily challenging this, I cannot find anything to verify it. NFPA 13 and 30 seem to focus more on storage than processing. Has anyone else run into this yet? Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, Connecticut 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
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