Thaanx Craig,, good guidance.am havn a copy of msds.. let me have a look..
I will try for some answer from the AHJ also..,, Hopefully that will be the besthng.. THaaanx again.. Sam On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If the code guys says that's permitted he should be fired. > > If you're responsible for the design of a system such as this you better > know the codes and not just NFPA 13. Special hazard design will take you > through a myriad of Codes and Standards and you need to know where to go to > find answers. > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of AKS-Gmail-IMAP > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Flammable Liquid storage in open sheds > > > On Jul 14, 2010, at 7:32 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > Per our codes if there are flammables there must be containment. > > Which is the largest container plus 20 minutes of fire protection flow. > > > Selection of suppression methodology can vary widely and there is > > little in the way of direction at times. NFPA 30 is the best guide > > but it does not always cover every possible situation you will see. > > > > For example what if "they" want three 10,000 gallon tanks of diesel in > above ground storage tanks inside the building (office complex) and > the code guys say this situation is permitted but provide no more > suppression information other than, "must be sprinklered". This is out > of NFPA 13 scope and NFPA 30 says nary a word about this situation, > plus there does not seem to be an insurance company involved. The > suppression methodology can vary from lots of water to any number of > complicated exotica but the simplest with least maintenance cost is > lots of water. The question is how much? Twenty minutes of any kind of > EH2 or plus water has a big impact on the architecture. > > Allan Seidel > St. Louis. MO > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected]<to%[email protected]> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
