Vince,
Most fire protection expansion tank companies have sizing charts you can
use.
Regards,
G. Tim Stone
G. Tim Stone Consulting, LLC
NICET Level III Engineering Technician
Fire Protection Sprinkler Design
and Consulting Services
117 Old Stage Rd. - Essex Jct., VT. 05452
CELL: (802) 373-0638 TEL: (802) 434-2968 Fax: (802) 434-4343
[email protected]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:sprinklerforum-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Casterline
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:04 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: E x p a n s i o n T a n k s
>
> Vince,
>
> My gut tells me to use numbers. If you post the system capacity, mix
> percentage, temperature extremes, and chamber max working pressure, I
> can tell you what the max static pressure at the chamber can be.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince Sabolik [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:58 PM
> To: SprinklerFORUM
> Subject: E x p a n s i o n T a n k s
>
> I need a genuis quick!
>
> A small amount of piping on an existing antifreeze system runs through
> an area where temperature "extremes" can occur. The rest of the system
> is located in conditioned air. I'd estimate the split at maybe 95-5% .
>
> Although the entire system is antifreeze, has a one gallon tank, and
> the pressure has never "spiked". The expansion will all be in the
> conditioned area.
>
> So, my question is, should I have the owner consider a new tank on this
> basis? My gut tells me it's needless... what's yours tell you?
>
>
> thanks,
> Vince
>
>
>
> Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc.
> 11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440
> 238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876
> ____________________________________________________________________
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL:
> <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attac
> hment
> s/20120730/3cc5afff/attachment.html>
> _______________________________________________
> Sprinklerforum mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sprinklerforum mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
_______________________________________________
Sprinklerforum mailing list
[email protected]
http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
