Fire Suppression - Water Tank
Fire Suppression - Water Tank
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Hello,
I'm designing a sprinkler system for a residential building (light hazard). However, this building has an unheated parking (ordinary hazard I). Running the hydraulic calculations, I find out that I don't have enough water to supply my system (the public main only provides me with 500 GPM and I need around 660 GPM - 410GPM for my sprinklers and 250 GPM for the outside hose allowance). So I have to provide a tank, right? How should I size my tank? 660 or 160 GPM for 60 MIN? And Where this supply will be added to my system? Thanks in advance.
I'm designing a sprinkler system for a residential building (light hazard). However, this building has an unheated parking (ordinary hazard I). Running the hydraulic calculations, I find out that I don't have enough water to supply my system (the public main only provides me with 500 GPM and I need around 660 GPM - 410GPM for my sprinklers and 250 GPM for the outside hose allowance). So I have to provide a tank, right? How should I size my tank? 660 or 160 GPM for 60 MIN? And Where this supply will be added to my system? Thanks in advance.





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