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Thanks for the input, good to hear that another ChemE gets to do these things as well =) From what I have read I understand the 0.3 gpm/sq ft calculation, and have come across that in several area's, so I think that part is okay. The part that didn't make sense was the foam, I know...
I made sure that the insurance report I had was from the Property Insurance company and I did meet with the guy when he was on site in 2010 as I gave him the tour of the facility.
I'm going to try as your suggesting and contact the insurance company again and try to get some more specifics into...
We are located within the US...our insurance company comes out around once per year. The last time they were on site was in late 2010, and they did conduct an audit. In the fire protection they referenced our sprinkler system inside of our "warehouse" area, basically an area where finished...
Thanks for the info guys, I have a copy of NFPA 15 so I will read through it. From my reading and understanding we are exempted from the building code as you guys suggested. We basically run a crystallization process which does include distillation.
Our tower is 5 stories, and platforms...
LCREP - I'm not sure where in my post you saw me asking for someone on this site to design our fire system...I was just asking if anyone had any other codes that they knew of as to where to look. When you speak with insurance companies they won't give you any specifics, and they always will...
I'll start off by stating I am a Chem E, not a Fire Protection Guy, so be gentle =) We are in the process of due diligence on designing a fire protection system for our process tower at the facility I work in. The tower is 5 levels and each level is grating with various pieces of equipment in...
