Fire Pump Arrangements at Industrial Facilities

Content: Front Cover
 Fire Pump Arrangements at Industrial Facilities
 Copyright Page
 Dedication
 Contents
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
 About the Author
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Notice
 Introduction
 Typical Fire Water Pump Installation
 1. Historical Applications of Firewater Pumping Systems
 Ancient Water Pumps
 Reciprocating Hand and Steam Driven Fire Pumps
 Rotary Pumps
 Invention of Centrifugal Pump
 Modern Fire Pumps
 Municipal Water Pumping Plants and Mains
 Offshore Facilities
 2. Philosophy of Protection
 Protection Options
 Process emergency control measures. Incident fuel consumptionProvide protective measures
 Passive systems
 Active systems
 Insurance requirements
 Internal company policies and standards
 Risk Assessments
 3. Firewater Flow Requirements
 Risk Areas
 Exposure Cooling Requirements
 Fire Control Requirements
 Suppression Requirements
 Egress Water Sprays
 Residual Pressure Requirements
 4. Duration of Firewater Supplies
 Capability of Public Water Mains
 Primary supplies
 Reserve supplies
 5. Sources of Firewater Pump Supply
 Seas and Oceans
 Rivers, Channels, Ponds, and Lakes
 Water Wells (Natural Underground Reservoirs). Manmade Reservoirs (Impounded Supplies)Storage tanks
 Municipal and Private Firewater Distribution Mains
 Specialized Offshore Raw Seawater Systems
 Firewater Usage by Other Services
 Emergency Water Sources
 Water Quality
 Enhancements to Firefighting Water
 Marine Growth
 Biocide Injection
 Other Marine Growth Control Methods
 Evaluation and Prevention of Freezing Water
 Future Use, Sources and Development
 6. Pump Types and Applications
 Dynamic Pumps
 Centrifugal pumps
 Pump/impeller design relationships
 Single and multistage arrangements
 Volute and turbine pump classification. Axial flow pumpsPositive displacement pumps
 Rotary pumps
 Gear pumps
 Lobe pumps
 Sliding vane pumps
 Reciprocating pumps
 Firewater pump characteristics
 Characteristic firewater pump "curve"
 Main and standby firewater pumps
 Booster firewater pumps
 Water mist firewater pumps
 Jockey pumps
 Firewater circulation pumps
 Foam pumps
 Packaged and skid units including temporary installations
 Retrofit Improvements to Existing Firewater Pumps
 Management of change
 Future expansion
 Reliance on mobile firewater pumping apparatus
 Portable pumps
 NFPA 20 versus API 610 and other pump types. 7. Pump Installation, Piping Arrangements, and AccessoriesCode Requirements
 Listing Requirements (United States and International Agencies)
 Typical Installation
 Location, Separation, and Protection From Risk Exposures
 Pump Separation
 Pump Room or Building Construction
 Special Locations
 Offshore facilities
 Arctic Locations
 Arid Locations
 Tropical Locations
 Earthquake Zones
 Multiple Pump Installations
 Pump Rotation
 Relief Valves
 Variable Speed Pressure Limiting Control
 Circulation Relief Valves
 Pressure and Flow Control Valves
 Isolation Valves
 Bypass Capability.