CO2 SYSTEM DESIGN

UNIQUE FIRE CO2 SYSTEM

 COVERAGE AREA

NOZZLE COVERAGE DETECTOR COVERAGE

• COVERAGE FOR EACH NOZZLE USED • COVERAGE FOR SMOKE DETECTOR IS LARGER THAN OF
IS 5m x 5m HEAT DETECTORS, SO WE WILL USE HEAT DETECTOR
COVERAGE AS GUIDE. REFER TABLE BELOW:
CYLINDER QUANTITY

CO2 CYLINDER QUANTITY

• EACH CYLINDER CONTAINS 45KG OF
CO2 GAS.
• REFERING TO NFPA 12, THE FLOODING
FACTOR USED ARE AS TABLE SHOWN.
• SAFETY FACTOR USED IS 10% ~ 1.1
• THEREFORE, THE FORMULA FOR CO2
CYLINDER QUANTITY IS;

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𝐶𝑂 2 𝐶𝑌𝐿𝑄𝑈𝐴𝑁𝑇𝐼𝑇𝑌 :
𝐺𝐴𝑆 𝑃𝐸𝑅 𝐶𝑌𝐿𝐼𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅
FLOWRATE
 NOZZLE LOCATION
• NOZZLE QUANTITY MUST BE AN EVEN NUMBER
(2,4,6,8,10) SO IT IS ALWAYS BALANCED
EXCEPT FOR 1 NOZZLE.
• FOR EXAMPLE: AREA FOR ROOM BELOW, IS
71.34m².THEREFORE, WHEN DIVIDED BY
NOZZLE AREA COVERAGE, WILL BECOME 2.9 ~
3
• HOWEVER, NOTE THAT THE NOZZLE MUST BE
BALANCED SO THE NOZZLE QUANTITY FOR THIS
ROOM WOULD BE 4 NOZZLES.
• ENSURE THAT THE NOZZLE PLACING MUST BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND ARE OF
EQUAL SIDES.
 DETECTOR LOCATION
• ALL DETECTORS SHOULD BE IN PAIRS (HEAT &
SMOKE = 1 PAIR)
• FOR EXAMPLE: AREA FOR ROOM BELOW, GIVEN
THAT THE HEIGHT IS 3m, IS 71.34m².THEREFORE,
WHEN DIVIDED BY HEAT DETECTOR AREA
COVERAGE, WILL BECOME 1.4 ~ 2
• SO, 2 PAIRS OF DETECTOR IS NEEDED FOR THIS
ROOM.
• ENSURE THAT THE NOZZLE PLACING MUST BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND ARE OF
EQUAL SIDES.
 CONTINUE..

• THE LAYOUT OF THE DETECTORS SHOULD BE
CRISS-CROSS TO CREATE A 2 ZONE SYSTEM.
1 2
• IF THE QUANTITY OF NOZZLE AND DETECTORS
ARE THE SAME, THE DETECTORS SHOULD BE
PUSHED MORE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AS
SHOWN.

3 4
 CONTINUE..

• HOWEVER, THE PIPING SHOULD NOT BE • THE DETECTORS ARE PLACED DEPENDING ON THE
OVERLAPPING WITH THE DETECTORS, SO THE PIPING LAYOUT AND ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE
DETECTORS WILL BE PUSHED TO THE MIDDLE OF MADE TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.
THE ROOM.
 PIPING LAYOUT

• THE GENERAL PIPING LAYOUT BELOW SHOW EXAMPLE FOR 2,4,6 & 8 NOZZLES
Exercise

• Click the link below to try the exercise.

• CO2 - EXERCISE.dwg