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HOSE REEL
BREAK TANK
PUMP SYSTEM
57 Orange
68 Red
79 Yellow
93 Green
141 Blue
182 Mauve
227/288 Black
High 400 40
D = 19 mm D = 25 mm
18 18
23 23
30 24
37 30
40 37
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Design of Hose Reel System
Supply Pipe/Riser:
Minimum number of hoses operated simultaneously:
3 at 0.4 l /s giving 1.2 l/s (Hall, p. 39)
2 at 0.5 l /s giving 1.0 l/s (Code, p. 55)
Pressure at the connection to the hose reel (Code, p.
55):
P=1.25 bar for a nozzle of 9.4 mm diameter (Code)
P= 3.0 bar for a nozzle of 4.8 mm diameter (Code)
Riser size:
50 15
64 > 15
Hf = 2 5
q *25*L*10 /d 5 = 0.18 m
(up-feed)
= 0.04 m (down-feed)
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Design of Hose Reel System
Total head is then:
Htotal =HA + H f + Hstatic
=30.6+0.18+15=45.78 m
(up-feed)
=30.6+0.04-3.0 = 27.64 m
(downfeed)
Thus the system specifications are:
HOSE REEL
BREAK TANK
PUMP SYSTEM
Sprinkler Heads
Arrangements
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Design of Sprinkler Installations
Basic information:
Max number of sprinklers per branch is 8.
Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
11/4 in. 3 sprinklers 11/4 in. 3 sprinklers
11/2 in. 5 sprinklers 11/2 in. 5 sprinklers
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in. 12 sprinklers
21/2 in. 30 sprinklers 21/2 in. 40 sprinklers
3 in. 60 sprinklers 3 in. 65 sprinklers
31/2 in. 100 sprinklers 31/2 in. 115 sprinklers
4 in. See NFC 4 in. See Section 5-2
For SI units, 1 in. = 25.4 mm.
Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in. 2 sprinklers
11/4 in. 3 sprinklers 11/4 in. 3 sprinklers
11/2 in. 5 sprinklers 11/2 in. 5 sprinklers
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in. 12 sprinklers
21/2 in. 20 sprinklers 21/2 in. 25 sprinklers
3 in. 40 sprinklers 3 in. 45 sprinklers
31/2 in. 65 sprinklers 31/2 in. 75 sprinklers
4 in. 100 sprinklers 4 in. 115 sprinklers
5 in. 160 sprinklers 5 in. 180 sprinklers
6 in. 275 sprinklers 6 in. 300 sprinklers
8 in. See Section 5-2 8 in. See Section 5-2
For SI units, 1 in. = 25.4 mm.
Steel Copper
21/2 in. 15 sprinklers 21/2 in. 20 sprinklers
3 in. 30 sprinklers 3 in. 35 sprinklers
31/2 in. 60 sprinklers 31/2 in. 65 sprinklers
For SI units, 1 in. = 25.4 mm.
Note: For other pipe and tube sizes, see Table 8-
5.3.2(a).
Solution:
Floor area is calculated to be A =471 m2
Number of sprinklers on the floor= 471/15 = 31 sprinklers.
According to Table 3 the following sizes are selected for a steel
piping:
Line A-B: there are 16 sprinklers. The diameter DA-B = 65 mm
Line B-C: there are 12 sprinklers. DB-C = 65 mm
Line C-D: there are 8 sprinklers. DC-D = 50 mm
Line D-E: there are 4 sprinklers. DD-E = 40 mm
Branches: each branch has 4 sprinklers, 2 on each side. Thus,
DB-F =DC-G ==DE-I =25 mm
The riser size supplying the floor; 100 mm
Riser-Hose-Real
Riser-Hose-Real
and
Sprinkler Systems
Sprinkler Systems
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Water Supply to Water Based Systems
(riser-hose-real and sprinkler systems)
Community Water Supply System