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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 02:23 pm |
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Does anyone know how much fuel needs to be stored with regards to building function for emergency power?
As in, you need enough fuel for 30 minutes (or 1 hour, or whatever) of continued operation, etc...
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 05:16 pm |
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archstudent6 wrote: Does anyone know how much fuel needs to be stored with regards to building function for emergency power?
As in, you need enough fuel for 30 minutes (or 1 hour, or whatever) of continued operation, etc...
My understanding is that it depends on a number of factors.
An emergency system may only be needed to bridge the time lag between a loss of power, and the transition to a backup or standby system.
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Posted: Sat May 10th, 2008 09:27 pm |
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I also heard that its common for emergency generators to have a minimum of 2 hours of fuel in case of power outages.
My AIA seminar MEP instructor highly recommended it for most buildings...
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 06:06 am |
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the kaplan book stated that a diesel generator should have at least 2 hour supply of fuel in reserve
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 02:21 am |
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For what it is worth, I just did a job in NY and a similar question came up in the field. There was an old sprinkler system with an undersized tank that no longer met code. Of course this is brought to our attention 3 weeks before the store is to open. In the end I needed enough water to give the fire department up to 90 minutes, lets ignore the fact that the department was 5 blocks away. I am pretty sure that my engineer needed to confirm 2 hours worth of fuel as well.
Note though that these are more than likely site specific as I can only imagine that the location of a fire department, size of a building, source of water and occupancy use play key roles in determining the final requirements. you could probably look into NFPA, as they might have this broken down.
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