BS 5306-7:1988
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Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises Specification for powder systems
Hardcopy , PDF
08-15-2001
English
10-31-1988
Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Powder
4 Propellant
5 Types of system
6 Planning
7 General design principles
Section two. Contract arrangements
8 Contract drawings
9 Commissioning and acceptance tests
10 Extensions and alterations
Section three. Periodic inspection, testing, maintenance
and replenishment after use
11 Inspection
12 Testing and maintenance schedule
13 Replenishment of the system after use
Section four. Total flooding systems
14 Use of total flooding systems
15 Design conditions
16 Enclosure
17 Nozzle selection and distribution
Section five. Local application systems
18 Use of local application systems
19 Design conditions
20 Nozzle selection and distribution
Section six. Monitor and hose reel systems
21 Use of monitor and hose reel systems
22 Location and spacing of monitors and hose reels
23 Rate of discharge
24 Minimum quanitity
25 Hose reel design
26 Monitor design
Section seven. System engineering design
27 Alarms
28 System operation
29 Safety precautions
30 Containers
31 Pipework design
32 Installation of pipework
Appendix
A Basis for design
Tables
1 Propellants
2 Safety clearances to enable operation, inspection,
cleaning, repairs, painting and normal maintenance
work to be carried out
3 Colour and marking of powder and gas
4 Maximum pipework spans
Figures
1 Direction of flow through tees
2 Correction for separation at elbows
3 Symmetrical balanced system
4 Non-symmetrical balanced system
5 Local application minimum design conditions for
tankside nozzles with sodium bicarbonate; indoors
6 Local application minimum design conditions for
tankside nozzles with sodium bicarbonate; outdoors
7 Local application minimum design conditions for
tankside nozzles with potassium bicarbonate; indoors
8 Local application minimum design conditions for
tankside nozzles with potassium bicarbonate;
outdoors
9 Local application minimum design conditions for
overhead nozzles with sodium bicarbonate; indoors
10 Local application minimum design conditions for
overhead nozzles with sodium bicarbonate; outdoors
11 Local application minimum design conditions for
overhead nozzles with potassium bicarbonate; indoors
12 Local application minimum design conditions for
overhead nozzles with potassium bicarbonate;
outdoors
13 Label for display at manual control
14 Label for display at entrance to hazard
15 Extinction conditions for total flooding
16 Extinction conditions for local application
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