Fire Fighting Pumping Systems at Industrial Facilities

by Dennis P. Nolan

Overview

This book describes fixed firewater pump installations for industrial facilities from the viewpoint of the end users, fire protection engineers, loss prevention professionals, and those just entering a career in which decisions about fire pump installations must be made. Therefore much background information is given for the necessary requirements and usefulness of a firewater pump and the services that interface with it. This book's primary objective is the provision of practical information and basic background design principles on the application of fixed pumps for fire fighting purposes at industrial facilities, both onshore and offshore. Where specific details are necessary and pertinent to the discussion they are provided, otherwise, these can be found from the applicable fire codes and engineering practices to be applied to the facility. Experience from the installation of fire pumps in the petroleum and chemical industries, historical data, manufacturers specification sheets and regulatory code requirements have been drawn upon for the preparation of the information in this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815514282
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/31/1998
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to risk engineering, fire protection engineering, loss prevention engineering and systems safety engineering. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration from Berne University, Master of Science degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a U.S. registered professional engineer in fire protection engineering in the state of California.He is currently on the Executive Management staff of Saudi Aramco, located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as a Loss Prevention Consultant/Chief Fire Prevention Engineer. He covers some of the largest oil and gas facilities in the world. As part of his career, he has examined oil production, refining, and marketing facilities under severe conditions and in various unique worldwide locations, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and North and South America. His activity in the aerospace field has included engineering support for the NASA Space Shuttle launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center (and for those undertaken at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California) and “classified” national defense systems. Dr. Nolan has received numerous safety awards and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, He is the author of many technical papers and professional articles in various international fire safety publications. He has written at least four books, several published by Elsevier.

Table of Contents

Historical Applications of Firewater Pumping SystemsPhilosophy of ProtectionFirewater Flow RequirementsDuration of Firewater SuppliesSources of Firewater Pump SupplyPump Types and ApplicationsPump Installation, Piping Arrangements and AccessoriesMaterials of ConstructionPump Drivers and Power TransmissionFirewater Pump ControllersReliabilityClassified Area Pump InstallationsFirewater Pump Acceptance and Flow TestingHuman Factors & Quality ControlAppendicesAcronymsGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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This book describes fixed firewater pump installations for industrial facilities from the viewpoint of the end users.