Thank you both for answering;
MJCronin, let's imagine we have two tanks containing a liquid class III (diesel with flash point of 70ºC approx.), 30 meters diameter and 16 meters high each one, in a common dike. Let's also consider two general options: fixed roof or floating roof. I couldn't...
Thank you David, I understand that the fire fighting design is not elementary at all, specially when there are several fuel tanks. I will take a look to API standards (if I'm not wrong, they involve some issues related to the tanks height and so on, but I'm not used to them). What I didn't know...
Hi David,
your interpretation sounds sensitive and logical to me. My understanding is also related to the "reliability" of the source; I assume that a tank with a fixed minimum (always available) water quantity reserved for fire fighting is reliable enough. At the same time, if the source from...
Hi all,
I'm trying to predesign a fire fighting system for a power plant with a huge amount of fuel to be stored. Providing that the minimum distances specified in NFPA 30 are fulfilled, I understand no cooling water would be needed (only foam according to NFPA 11 5.2.5). But my question is...
Hi everybody,
I'd like to ask you about your understanding of NFPA 850 point 6.2.2, related to the water supply. Do you interpret from this point that more than one tank (source?) for fire protection purposes is needed (recommended) in a power plant? I usually consider only one tank as source...
