Can we combine fire pumps for High Velocity Water Spray system, hydrant system and Sprinkler system.?
I Want to design water base fire protection system for Substation & Oil type transformer having oil about 25000 ltr. Substation is having fire pump with diesel driven pump requirement. Wanted to understand correct approach for design of fire fighting system.
Selection criteria of fire pump flow rate, head for above application while combining.
Selection criteria Fire Water tank capacity for all application.
They are usually separated because of the difference in working pressure. For fire hydrant it's around 300 psi, but it's only up to 100 psi for sprinkler, for instance. Maybe a mechanism can be developed so that they could share same pumps. But then if all systems are working concurrently, disruptions may be expected. Equally important, there may be local regulations or laws that one needs to comply with (depending on the country), in which they may probably not allow such kind of combination.