NFPA 13H-2016 Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook (Thirteenth Edition Includes Tentative Interim Amendment 8 December 1 2016 Effective Date December 21 2016).pdf

1、iAutomatic Sprinkler Systems HandbookThirteenth EditionEdited byMatthew J. KlausPrincipal Fire Protection EngineerNational Fire Protection AssociationNatioNal Fire ProtectioN associatioNThe leading information and knowledge resource on fire, electrical and related hazardsWith the complete text of th

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18、ates of America15 16 17 18 19 5 4 3 2 1BK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 2 11/20/2015 1:24:20 PMThis handbook is dedicated to my parents, Jeffrey and Rachael Klaus. All of the great things in my life have come thanks to your guidance, sacrifice, and example. Thank you.BK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 3 11/

19、20/2015 1:24:20 PMBK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 4 11/20/2015 1:24:20 PMvContentsPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Contributors xvAbout the Editor xxiPART 1NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, with Commentary 11 Administration 31.1 Scope 31.2 Purpose 41.3 Application 51.

20、4 Retroactivity 61.5 Equivalency 71.6 Units and Symbols 71.7 New Technology 92 Referenced Publications 132.1 General 132.2 NFPA Publications 132.3 Other Publications 142.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections 183 Definitions 213.1 General 213.2 NFPA Official Definitions 213.3 General Defini

21、tions 233.4 Sprinkler System Type Definitions 303.5 System Component Definitions 363.6 Sprinkler Definitions 393.7 Construction Definitions 493.8 Private Water Supply Piping Definitions 563.9 Storage Definitions 583.10 Marine Definitions 783.11 Hanging and Bracing Definitions 814 General Requirement

22、s 854.1 Level of Protection 854.2 Limited Area Systems 854.3 Owners Certificate 864.4 Additives 884.5 Air, Nitrogen, or Other Approved Gas 884.6 Support of Nonsprinkler System Components 885 Classification of Occupancies and Commodities 915.1 Classification of Occupancies 915.2 Light Hazard Occupanc

23、ies 935.3 Ordinary Hazard Occupancies 945.4 Extra Hazard Occupancies 985.5 Special Occupancy Hazards 995.6 Commodity Classification 996 System Components and Hardware 1336.1 General 1336.2 Sprinklers 1366.3 Aboveground Pipe and Tube 1476.4 Fittings 1556.5 Joining of Pipe and Fittings 1596.6 Valves 1

24、676.7 Fire Department Connections 1696.8 Waterflow Alarm Devices 1726.9 Signs 1747 System Requirements 1777.1 Wet Pipe Systems 1777.2 Dry Pipe Systems 1817.3 Preaction Systems and Deluge Systems 1977.4 Combined Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems for Piers, Terminals, and Wharves 2057.5 Multi-Cycle Syste

25、ms 2087.6 Antifreeze Systems 209BK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 5 11/20/2015 1:24:21 PM2016 Automatic Sprinkler Systems HandbookContentsvi7.7 Outside Sprinklers for Protection Against Exposure Fires (Exposure Protection Sprinkler Systems) 2197.8 Refrigerated Spaces 2237.9 Commercial-Type Cooking Equip

26、ment and Ventilation 2307.10 Additives and Coatings 2348 Installation Requirements 2358.1 Basic Requirements 2358.2 System Protection Area Limitations 2398.3 Use of Sprinklers 2428.4 Application of Sprinkler Types 2528.5 Position, Location, Spacing, and Use of Sprinklers 2628.6 Standard Pendent and

27、Upright Spray Sprinklers 2748.7 Sidewall Standard Spray Sprinklers 2998.8 Extended Coverage Upright and Pendent Spray Sprinklers 3108.9 Extended Coverage Sidewall Spray Sprinklers 3208.10 Residential Sprinklers 3288.11 CMSA Sprinklers 3408.12 Early Suppression Fast-Response Sprinklers 3488.13 In-Rac

28、k Sprinklers 3558.14 Pilot Line Detectors 3568.15 Special Situations 3578.16 Piping Installation 3928.17 System Attachments 4168.18 Electrical Bonding and Grounding 4349 Hanging, Bracing, and Restraint of System Piping 4419.1 Hangers 4419.2 Installation of Pipe Hangers 4619.3 Protection of Piping Ag

29、ainst Damage Where Subject to Earthquakes 47610 Underground Requirements 55510.1 Piping 55510.2 Fittings 56110.3 Connection of Pipe Fittings and Appurtenances 56210.4 Protection of Private Fire Service Mains 56410.5 Grounding and Bonding 57010.6 Restraint 57010.7 Steep Grades 58010.8 Installation Re

30、quirements 58110.9 Backfilling 58210.10 Testing and Acceptance 58311 Design Approaches 59111.1 General 59111.2 Occupancy Hazard Fire Control Approach for Spray Sprinklers 59711.3 Special Design Approaches 60812 General Requirements for Storage 61312.1 General 61612.2 Hose Connections 62712.3 Adjacen

31、t Hazards or Design Methods 62712.4 Wet Pipe Systems 63012.5 Dry Pipe and Preaction Systems 63112.6 Storage Applications 63112.7 Discharge Considerations 63812.8 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration 64212.9 Unsprinklered Combustible Concealed Spaces 64412.10 Room Design Method 64712.11 Hi

32、gh-Expansion Foam Systems 64812.12 Protection of Idle Pallets 64913 Protection of Miscellaneous and Low-Piled Storage 65913.1 General 66113.2 Design Basis 66213.3 In-Rack Sprinklers 66514 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Class I through Class I

33、V Commodities 66914.1 General 66914.2 Control Mode Density/Area Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 67014.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV C

34、ommodities 67914.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 683BK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 6 11/20/2015 1:24:22 PMAutomatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook 2016Contents vii14.5 Special Design for Palletized, Solid-Pi

35、led, Bin Box, or Shelf Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 68414.6 High-Expansion Foam Reduction to Ceiling Density 68515 Protection for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 69115.1 General 69115.2 Control Mode Density/A

36、rea Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Palletized, Solid-Piled, Bin Box, Shelf, or Back-to-Back Shelf Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 69215.3 CMSA Sprinklers for Palletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities 70315.4 Early Suppression Fast-Response (ESFR) Sprinklers for Pa

37、lletized or Solid-Piled Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities 70515.5 High-Expansion Foam Reduction in Ceiling Density 70816 Protection of Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities 70916.1 General 71016.2 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities Stored

38、 Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height 73116.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height 76017 Protection of Rack Storage of Plastic and Rubber Commodities 79317.1 General 79317.2 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Gro

39、up A Plastic Commodities Stored Up to and Including 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height 81217.3 Protection Criteria for Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodities Stored Over 25 ft (7.6 m) in Height 84418 Protection of Rubber Tire Storage 86918.1 General 86918.2 Columns Within Rubber Tire Storage 87018.3 Water

40、 Supplies 87118.4 Ceiling Systems 87118.5 In-Rack Sprinkler System Requirements for Protection of Rubber Tires 87518.6 Reduced-Discharge Density 87619 Protection of Roll Paper 87719.1 Protection of Roll Paper Storage 87820 Special Designs of Storage Protection 88720.1 General 88720.2 Plastic Motor V

41、ehicle Components 88720.3 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Storage and Display of Class I Through Class IV Commodities, Cartoned Nonexpanded Group A Plastics and Nonexpanded Exposed Group A Plastics in Retail Stores 88820.4 Protection of Baled Cotton Storage 89720.5 Sprinkler Protection of Carton Recor

42、ds Storage with Catwalk Access 89820.6 Compact Storage of Commodities Consisting of Paper Files, Magazines, Books, and Similar Documents in Folders and Miscellaneous Supplies with No More Than 5 Percent Plastics Up to 8 ft (2.44 m) High 90320.7 Protection of High Bay Records Storage 90621 Alternativ

43、e Sprinkler System Designs for Chapters 12 Through 20 90921.1 General 91021.2 Sprinkler Design Criteria for Palletized and Solid-Piled, Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plastic Commodities 91221.3 Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Open-Frame Rack Storage of Class I Through Class IV and Plasti

44、c Commodities 91521.4 Hose Stream Allowance and Water Supply Duration 92021.5 Minimum Obstruction Criteria 92122 Special Occupancy Requirements 92322.1 General 92322.2 Flammable and Combustible Liquids 92422.3 Aerosol Products 92622.4 Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials 92822.

45、5 Solvent Extraction Plants NFPA 36 93122.6 Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines 93122.7 Nitrate Film 932BK-NFPA-13HB16-150270-FM.indd 7 11/20/2015 1:24:22 PM2016 Automatic Sprinkler Systems HandbookContentsviii22.8 Laboratories Using Chemicals 93622.9 Oxygen-Fuel G

46、as Systems for Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes 93622.10 Acetylene Cylinder Charging Plants 93722.11 Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Fluids Code 93722.12 Utility LP-Gas Plants 93822.13 Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 93822.14 Protection of Information Technology

47、 Equipment 93822.15 Standard on Incinerators, and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment 93922.16 Standard for Ovens and Furnaces 94422.17 Health Care Facilities Code, Class A Hyperbaric Chambers 94422.18 Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems 94522.19 Motion Picture and Televisio

48、n Production Studio Soundstages, Approved Production Facilities, and Production Locations 94622.20 Animal Housing Facilities 94722.21 Water Cooling Towers 94722.22 Standard for the Construction and Fire Protection of Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves 95722.23 Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities

49、95922.24 Aircraft Hangars 96122.25 Airport Terminal Buildings, Fueling Ramp Drainage, and Loading Walkways 96122.26 Aircraft Engine Test Facilities 96122.27 Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants 96222.28 Light Water Nuclear Power Plants 96622.29 Hydroelectric Generating Plants NFPA 851 96622.30 Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties Museums, Lib