Syllabus - Fire Technology & Safety Engineering (FT 705)

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering (FT 705)

VII-Semester

Design Procedure for Internal Water Supply System- flow rate (Q) and Loading Units (Z) – From Probability Equation - Hazen Williams Formula for Head Loss Calculations.

Internal Water Supply Piping Sizing Calculations- Pumping Calculations- HP / Watts -Number of tapping to be connected in Bigger Diameter Pipe, Material used in Internal Water Supply System. External water Supply System Number of populations Served Number of fixtures served by each pipe.

Design Procedure for external water supply system - External water supply pipe sizing calculations - Material used in external water supply system - Water Supply schematic Layout - Plumbing Drawings, Design of Fire Protection Schematic Layouts & Pipe sizing - Design of Fire water storage & pumping calculations

Course Objective

To understand the layouts drawing used in fire protection plan of different occupancy and familiarize the water demand calculation with fundamental of pipe design.

Practicals

  • To draw the suction and delivery arrangement of main, standby and jockey pump for a given sample of pump house and calculate the fire water demand.

  • To summarize the Sprinkler system components and draw the sprinkler installation for a given sample of an occupancy.

  • To recognize the major components of hydrant system and draw the hydrant system installation for a given sample of an occupancy.

  • To plan the foam based fire protection system and design for medium and high expansion foam system inside a given sample of flammable liquid tank.’

  • To analyze and evaluate the inert gas fire protection system drawing for a given sample of an occupancy.

  • To draw the major components of dry chemical based fire protection system in a given sample of hazardous location.

  • To draw and analyze the components of water spray system in a given sample of LPG bullet storage facility.

  • To draw and describe the components water mist/emulsify system for a given sample of transformer model.

Reference Books

  • Fred Stowell, Principles of Foam Fire Fighting International Fire Service Training Association.

  • Robert M Gagnon, Designer’s Guide to Automatic Sprinkler Systems, NFPA-2005.

  • Operation of Fire Protection System NFPA Special Edition.

  • Tariff Advisory committee, Fire Protection Manual- Hydrant System