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Thanks LCREP, was very useful.

Very grateful UFT12, I did not obtain any relevant information on Ammonium Nitrate FM DSs. I will try to find my way through the Insurance Company.

I am involved in the design of a deluge system for an ammonium nitrate "aboveground" covered conveyor belt at a fertiliser plant. As it is HAZMAT, I consulted NFPA 400 (11) which, for such purposes, refers to NFPA 13. However, NFPA 13 specifies the use of sprinklers for this purpose but is...

Thanks for reply MJCronin. I guess I was not clear enought. In fact, it treats of an existing pressure vessel that has a spraying system with 2 HV-45 sprays at the top and 2 more at the bottom of the vessel (if no cooling system is required for the sphere, may be it was designed to fight...

Thanks Stooketfpe. I'll provide these standards.

I need size a deluge system for a spherical pressure vessel of anhydrous ammonia of about 820 m3 wich should to be protected by water spray, but I can not get the right information on the design of such systems. I consulted NFPA 55 but understood that it is limited to "occupancies" and in my...

In the case of a discharge header of a system of pumps in parallel (a total of five centrifugal pumps in the present case), must the outlet piping to the process be positioned after the last pump or can it start immediately before the last pump? By adopting the last arrangement, would there be...