- Author
- Shanley, J. H., Jr. | Budnick, E. K., Jr.
- Title
- Study of the Utility of Heat Collectors in Reducing the Response Time of Automatic Fire Sprinklers Located in Production Modules of Building 707.
- Coporate
- Hughes Associates, Inc., Wheaton, MD
- Sponsor
- EG&G, Golden, CO
- Report
- RFP-4874, January 1990, 86 p.
- Distribution
- Available from DTIC
- Keywords
- sprinklers | sprinkler response | response time | delay | ceilings | quick response sprinklers | automatic sprinkler systems
- Identifiers
- heat collectors
- Abstract
- Several of the ten production Modules in Building 707 at the Department of Energy Rocky flats Plant recently underwent an alteration which can adversely affect the performance of the installed automatic fire sprinkler systems. The Modules have an approximate floor to ceiling height of 17.5 ft. The alterations involved removing the drop ceilings in the Modules which had been at a height of 12 ft above the floor. The sprinkler systems were originally installed with the sprinkler heads located below the drop ceiling in accordance with the nationally recognized NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems. The ceiling removal affects the sprinkler's response time and also violates NFPA 13.