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How to calculation of head pump for fire fighting?

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Question added by tayyab Pasha
Date Posted: 2017/07/24
Prakadeesh Jayasamraj
by Prakadeesh Jayasamraj , Project Engineer , Adhunik cooling

The fire fighting system pump head can be calculated using hazzan willam equation.

Step1 

Identify the longest pipe route and water flow rate.

Step2

Calculate the losses in pipes, fittings, valves, equipment etc., in the longest path and add safety.

Steop3

Ensure that the inlet line has sufficient NPSH (Net positive suction head) added.

Ahmed Lotfy
by Ahmed Lotfy , Senior Mechanical Engineer , SIAC

by calculating losses of fitting that installed at the pipe line and the vertical distance between thae farest sprinkler and pump room

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