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29、te at www.nfpa.org. All NFPA codes and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright2014NationalFireProtectionAssociation .AllRightsReserved. NFPA 423 Standardfor ConstructionandProtectionofAircraftEngineTestFacilities 2016Edition This edition of NFPA 423, Standard for Cons
30、truction and Protection of Aircraft Engine Test Facilities, was prepared by theTechnical Committee onAirport Facilities. It was issued by the StandardsCouncilonJuly14,2014,withaneffectivedateofJuly29,2014,andsupersedesall previouseditions. ThiseditionofNFPA423wasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardo
31、nJuly29,2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA423 The Sectional Committee started work on this standard in 1972. It was first submitted to theAssociationatthe1975FallMeetingbutwasreturnedtocommitteeforcoordinationwith the NFPACommittee on FireTests.The 1977 edition contained the results of that coordina-
32、tioneffort.Thestandardwasreconfirmedin1983.The1989editionwasacompleterevision ofthe1983edition,andthe1994and1999editionswerepartialrevisionsofthestandard. The 2004 edition of this standard was revised to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documentsforthisedition. The2010edi
33、tionofthisstandardwasapartialrevision. The2016editionisupdatedtoaddresstheusageofmoderngaseousextinguishingagents asalternativestoHalons. 4231 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonAirportFa
34、cilities JamesR.Doctorman, Chair TheBoeingCompany,KSU MichaelE.Aaron, Secretary TheRJAGroup,Inc.,ILSE AndrewT.Barrowcliffe, XLGlobalAssetProtection Services,CanadaI GeneE.Benzenberg, AlisonControlInc.,NJM JamesJ.Blake, VancouverAirportAuthority,CanadaE J.RobertBoyer, UTC/EdwardsCompany,NJM Rep.Natio
35、nalElectricalManufacturersAssociation DavidBrandenburg, ContinentalAirlines,TXU ThomasG.Burk, FederalExpressCorporation,TNU DavidJ.Burkhart, CodeConsultants,Inc.,MOSE PatrickCorcoran, WolverineFireProtectionCompany, MIIM MatthewJ.Daelhousen, FMGlobal,MAI JamesDevonshire, BuckeyeFireEquipmentCompany,
36、 TXM ScottEnides, S.R.I.FireSprinklerCorporation,NYM Rep.NationalFireSprinklerAssociation MichaelE.France, NationalAirTransportation Association,VAU ThomasD.Gambino, PrimeEngineering,Inc.,GASE ElwinG.Joyce,II, EasternKentuckyUniversity,KYE Rep.InternationalFireMarshalsAssociation JohnR.Kitchens, Los
37、AngelesCityFireDepartment, CAE KeithC.Kremkow, MarshRiskConsulting,ILI ChristyJ.Marsolo, Tyco/SimplexGrinnell,OHM MauriceM.Pilette, MechanicalDesignsLtd.,MASE JackPoole, PooleFireProtection,Inc.,KSSE RandyD.Pope, Burns&McDonnellEngineering Company,MOSE RobertW.Rees, SunlandFireProtection,Inc.,NCIM R
38、ep.AmericanFireSprinklerAssociation RobertSaunders, WasatchDesignConsultants,UTSE (VoteLimitedtoDocument:415) JosephL.Scheffey, HughesAssociates,Inc.,MDSE JosephA.Simone, U.S.DepartmentoftheNavy,DCE FredK.Walker, U.S.DepartmentoftheAirForce,FLU MartinH.Workman, TheVikingCorporation,MIM KevinM.Wypych
39、oski, PrecisionMechanicalServices, Inc.,CTIM Alternates DelbertR.Chase,Jr., FederalExpressCorporation, TNU (Alt.toT.G.Burk) RichardM.DiMisa, CodeConsultants,Inc.,MOSE (Alt.toD.J.Burkhart) W.MercerDye,Jr., DyeAviationFacilities,Inc.,GAU (Alt.toM.E.France) RobertJ.Eaker, TheBoeingCompany,WAU (Alt.toJ.
40、R.Doctorman) RickJ.Jackson, JacksonAssociates,Inc.,MIIM (Alt.toR.W.Rees) RobertKasiski, FMGlobal,MAI (Alt.toM.J.Daelhousen) LeeT.Rindfuss, MarshRiskConsulting,MAI (Alt.toK.C.Kremkow) RobertJ.Tabet, U.S.DepartmentoftheNavy,VAE (Alt.toJ.A.Simone) RobertVincent, Shambaugh&Son,L.P.,INM (Alt.toS.Enides)
41、AlisonJ.Wakelin, HughesAssociates,Inc.,MDSE (Alt.toJ.L.Scheffey) Nonvoting L.M.Krasner, Medfield,MASE (MemberEmeritus) ThomasJ.Lett, AlbuquerqueFire&SafetyAssociates, NMSE (MemberEmeritus) BarryD.Chase,NFPAStaffLiaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the
42、 final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred.Akey to classifications is found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves.
43、Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on fire safety for the construction and protection at airport facilities involving construction engineering but excluding airport fixedfuelingsystems. 4232 CONSTRUCTIONANDPROTECTIONOFAIRCRAFTENGINETESTFACILITIES 2016 Edi
44、tionContents Chapter1 Administration . 4234 1.1 Scope 4234 1.2 Purpose . 4234 Chapter2 ReferencedPublications . 4234 2.1 General 4234 2.2 NFPAPublications 4234 2.3 OtherPublications . 4234 2.4 ReferencesforExtractsin MandatorySections 4234 Chapter3 Definitions 4234 3.1 General 4234 3.2 NFPAOfficialD
45、efinitions . 4234 3.3 GeneralDefinitions 4235 Chapter4 ConstructionandInternal Subdivisions 4235 4.1 ConstructionofAircraftEngine TestFacilities . 4235 4.2 InternalSubdivisionsofAircraft EngineTestFacilities . 4235 Chapter5 ServiceandUtilities . 4235 5.1 GeneralSafeguards . 4235 5.2 DrainageSystems
46、. 4235 5.3 ElectricalRequirements . 4236 5.4 HeatingandCooling . 4236 5.5 Ventilation 4236 5.6 FuelSystemsandLubricating OilSystems . 4236 5.7 CompressedAir . 4237 5.8 HydraulicFluids . 4237 5.9 Instrumentation . 4237 Chapter6 FireProtectionRequirements 4237 6.1 EngineTestFacility . 4237 6.2 EngineT
47、estCell . 4237 6.3 ControlRooms 4238 6.4 SupportRooms 4238 Chapter7 FixedFireProtectionSystems 4238 7.1 GeneralDesignRequirements . 4238 7.2 CarbonDioxideSystems 4238 7.3 GaseousAgentSystems 4238 7.4 DryChemicalSystems . 4239 7.5 Foam,High-ExpansionFoam, Foam-WaterSprinkler,and Foam-WaterSpraySystem
48、s 4239 7.6 WaterSpraySystems,WaterDeluge Systems,andAutomaticSprinkler Systems 4239 Chapter8 EmployeeOrganizationforFire Safety . 4239 8.1 General 4239 AnnexA ExplanatoryMaterial . 4239 AnnexB SupplementaryFireProtection Systems 42311 AnnexC AgentSelection 42312 AnnexD InformationalReferences . 4231
49、2 Index . 42313 4233 CONTENTS 2016 EditionNFPA423 Standardfor ConstructionandProtectionofAircraft EngineTestFacilities 2016Edition IMPORTANT NOTE: This NFPA document is made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers. These notices anddisclaimersappearinallpublicationscontainingthisdocument and may be found under the heading “Important Notices and Dis- claimers Concerning NFPADocuments.” They can also be obtained on request fro
