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If different flow rates of NFPA 15 and API 2510 can use a same tank?

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lkchen

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Jan 25, 2012
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There is one of my projects to design a deluge system on a propane sphere tank.
Because of water source shortage, I am wondering if can use both NFPA 15 (0.25 gpm/ft^2) for the lower hemisphere and API 2510 (0.1 gpm/ft^2) for the upper hemisphere.
 
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