I believe that 1.39 is the number of air change per hour.
it can be interpreted as the entire volume of air in the library will be replaced with outside air 1.39 times per hour.
ASHRAE standard 62-2001 "Ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality" manual has a table that shows...
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As long as the method i used to calculate the water demand on above posting is right, I'm good to go.
I chose large drop sprinkler system following the selection criteria on NFPA13 closely, actually been somewhat conservative side.
The actual design of the system will be done by...
apostolka,
I really appreciate your response.
I have followed your guide to come up with water demand for the fire sprinkler system described in my previous posting. However i am still not clear on a few things.
Once i decided to go with "large drop sprinkler", i looked up...
This is my first posting on this forum.
I've tried this forum for any postings about how to calculate the water demand for fire sprinkler system but no luck so far.
Here is the situation: I am trying to calculate the water demand for a fire sprinkler system in new transit facility building. The...