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the acceptance that you need more generators to meet the performance requirement. (Remember that ETL 02-15 calls for 90% floor coverage of the silhouettes of all air- craft in the hangar within 60 seconds from discharge initi- ation and a minimum foam depth of one meter over the entire hangar floor area within four minutes). For system controls, make sure you fully understand the hazardous classification requirements for electrical within the hangar bay. “Explosion-proof” manual release stations and notification appliances may be required. Note that explosion proof notification appliances have a large cur- rent draw, so additional NAC panels will be needed. In my next article, I will provide some tips on getting
through acceptance testing. You know, fire protection engineers like me have been doing acceptance testing for decades. Imagine my surprise when I recently found out that all this time I was not doing acceptance testing. I was doing “system commissioning.” I think it is nice that other engineering disciplines have also recently discovered the concept. There’s an idea for another article. Aloha, Sam n
Samuel S. Dannaway, PE, is a registered fire protection engi-
neer and mechanical engineer with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maryland Department of Fire Protection Engineering. He is past president and a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He is president of S. S. Dannaway Associates Inc., a 15-person fire protection engineer- ing firm with offices in Honolulu and Guam. He can be reached via email at
SDannaway@ssdafire.com.
The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not reflect those of Plumbing Engineer nor its publisher, TMB Publishing.
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Gov. Scott Walker (left) presents InSinkErator’s Frank Bryant (center) and Jack Backstrom (right) with the Governor’s Export Achievement Awards at the 47th Annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference. InSinkErator global export sales were up more than 30 percent in 2010 and exports now account for 11.5 percent of the company’s sales. Due in large part to its success in exports, InSinkErator has also grown domestic employment levels. InSinkErator manufactures its disposers at its headquar- ters in Racine, Wis.
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