Rod: Just thinking out loud, could you subdivide the vertical run with check valves to minimize the separation. If a 50' vertical will not cause undue separation, could you put in 6 check valves to have 50' of vertical. You may need multiple expansion chambers or some other way to allow for expansion, besides a hole in the check valve.
On 5/6/2010 2:23 PM, Rod DiBona wrote: > I Am wondering if anyone has an opinion on a large ( 8" pipe) vertical > antifreeze system. The piping would go straight up a silo almost 300'. Do > you think that there would be an expediated 'separation' problem? I know it > is not the preferrable option but we are wondering if it is an option at all. > This is in cold country. We have 7 deluge systems in a valve house at the > bottom of the silo. We are currently looking at running seven parallel runs > of galv sch 40 up the silo and the down the conveyors. If we could run one > antifreeze filled line up the silo and put the valves in the heated head > house that would save a lot of money. My gut tells me No but thought I would > run it up the flagpole. Appreciate your thoughts. > > Rod DiBona > Rapid Fire > Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
