Sprinklers in a cooling tower
Sprinklers in a cooling tower
(OP)
Has anybody every heard of a requirement for sprinkler system serving a cooling tower. The towers are in a pharma facility and it was mentioned that the old towers may have been constructed of timber and there was a risk of fire when towers not in use. At first I though that this was a joke but somebody mentioned FM requirements...Anybody know anything????





RE: Sprinklers in a cooling tower
The company I support definitely requires sprinklers in field erected wood towers. Fiberglass fill will also burn and if the unit is not stamped "Fire-Rated" by UL these require also. Now is it a "true" requirement; most likely dependant upon the insurance carrier.
The basis; as you stated is down days and maintance activity in close proximity. Loss of these typically mean many, days/weeks of loss production.
-dmc
RE: Sprinklers in a cooling tower
RE: Sprinklers in a cooling tower
Fire is usually caused by overheating of a fan motor. Wooden tower framework and plastic impregnated fiberglass supports and dividers (fill) are an everpresent combustible hazard.
RE: Sprinklers in a cooling tower