Hydraulic calculation for Sprinkler System Design

NFPA 13
Hazard classification : Ordinary hazard group 1
Ordinary Hazard Group 1
Area coverage by sprinkler (As): 130 ft² As per NFPA-13 Automobile parking
Bakeries
Beverage manufacturing
Density(D) : 0.15 gpm/ft² As per NFPA-13 Canneries
Dairy products
Total area protection(Ap) 1500 ft² As per NFPA-13 Electronic plants
glass products manufacturing
K factor = 5.6 As per NFPA-13 Laundries
Restaurant service areas
Total number of sprinklerAp/As showrooms
N = 11.53846
Suppose (N) = 12 Sprinklers

Remote Area Length = 46.47 ft 1.2 (Ap)2 As per NFPA-13

Remote Area Width = 32.26 ft

Distance between sprinklers (S) = 14 ft Max distance is 15ft as per NFPA-13, Ordinary hazard

Distance between branch lines (L) = 9.29 ft As/S

Branch number of sprinklers = 3.3 1.2 (Ap)2/S

Suppose = 3
Flow rate per sprinkler(Qs)= D * As

Qs = 19.5 gpm

Qs =k * p½ P residual =(Qs/k)2

P residual = 12.12532 psi As per NFPA min. residual pressure 20psi for Ordinary Hazard
Start Point P1 residual = 20 psi We will take this value, if take public water supply pipeline
Material of pipe black steel schedule 40
 c = 120

Pipe Fitting and Equivalence Length(ft

Friction loss pressure
path Q(gpm) D(in) N
Length(ft) Devices Length (ft) Total (Psi/ft) friction(Psi)

90° standard elbow 1 2

1-2 19.5 1 14 NONE 0 16 0.16 2.51
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 5

2-3 46.07 1 14 NONE 0 19 0.77 14.61
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 3

3-a 80.19 1.25 15.28 Tee or Cross 90° 1 6 24.28 0.72 17.56
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 2

4-5 19.5 1 14 NONE 0 16 0.16 2.51
NONE 0
.
Tee or Cross 90° 1 5
5-6 46.07 1 14 NONE 0 19 0.77 14.61
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 6

6-a 80.19 1.25 6 NONE 0 12 0.72 8.68
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 10

a-b 167.80 2 9.28 NONE 0 19.28 0.29 5.54
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 2

7-8 19.5 1 14 NONE 0 16 0.16 2.51
 7-8 19.5 1 14 16 0.16 2.51
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 5

8-9 46.07 1 14 NONE 0 19 0.77 14.61
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 6

9-b 80.19 1.25 6 NONE 0 12 0.72 8.68
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 10

b-c 259.75 2 9.28 NONE 0 19.28 0.65 12.44
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 2

10-11 19.50 1 14 NONE 0 16 0.16 2.51
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 5

11-12 46.07 1 14 NONE 0 19 0.77 14.61
NONE 0

Tee or Cross 90° 1 6

12-c 80.19 1.25 6 NONE 0 12 0.72 8.68
NONE 0

Tee or cross 90° 1 12

c-d 360.75 2.5 6.2 90° standard elbow 1 6 24.2 0.40 9.67
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 7

d-e 360.75 3 21.3 NONE 0 28.3 0.16 4.65
NONE 0

90° standard elbow 1 10

e-f 360.75 4 51.3 63.3 0.04 2.56
 e-f 360.75 4 51.3 Gate valve 1 2 63.3 0.04 2.56
NONE 0

NONE 0
f-g 360.75 6 220 Swing check* 1 32 255 0.01 1.43
Gate valve 1 3

P (friction and residual) = 6.27 bar 0.0689 x90.98 psi Note:

P (static) = 9.46 bar 315.3feet x 0.03 137.16 psi

P (total) = 15.73 bar 14.6 x 14.5 228.11 psi

PUMP HEAD PRESSURE =15.73 BAR OR 228.11 PSI

PUMP FLOW CAPACITY = 361 GPM
rdinary Hazard Group 1
parking

nufacturing

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ervice areas
P(psi) Notes

P2 = 22.51 P(friction)=total length*friction loss per feet

22.51 k = 5.6 P=Presidual+Pfriction
Q2 = 26.57 Q2=K(P)*1/2

P3 = 37.12
37.12 k = 5.6
Q3 = 34.12

54.68

P5 = 22.51
22.51 k = 5.6
Q5 = 26.57

P6 = 37.12
37.12 k = 5.6
Q6 = 34.12

45.80
Qa = 87.62 Q (Adjust)=QLx√P/P

60.22

P8 = 22.51
22.51 k = 5.6
22.51
Q8 = 26.57

P9 = 37.12
37.12 k = 5.6
Q9 = 34.12

45.80
Qb = 91.95 Q (Adjust)=QLx√P/P

72.66

P10 = 22.51
22.51 k = 5.6
Q10 = 26.57

P11 = 37.12
37.12 k = 5.6
Q11 = 34.12

45.80
Qc = 101.00 Q (Adjust)=QLx√P/P

82.33

86.98

89.54
 89.54

90.98

1 foot WC= 0.03bar

1 foot WC= 0.434psi
1 psi = 0.0689bar
1 bar = 14.5psi
 Classification of Occupancies.
Light Hazard Occupancies. Ordinary Hazard Occupancies
Group 1 Group 2
Churches Automobile parking Cereal mills
Clubs Bakeries Chemical plants — ordinary
Eaves and overhangs, Beverage manufacturing Confectionery products
Educational Canneries Distilleries
Hospitals Dairy products Dry cleaners
Institutional Electronic plants Feed mills
Libraries, glass products manufacturing Horse stables
Museums Laundries Leather goods manufacturing
Nursing or accomodation Restaurant service areas Libraries — large stack room areas
Offices, showrooms Machine shops
Residential Metal working
Restaurant seating areas Mercantile
Theaters and auditoriums, Paper and pulp mills
Unused attics Paper process plants
Piers and wharves
Post offices
Printing and publishing
Repair garages
Resin application area
Stages
Textile manufacturing
Tire manufacturing
Tobacco products manufacturing
Wood machining
Wood product assembly

Table [Link].1 Light Hazard Pipe Schedules

Steel Copper
 1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in.
1¼ in. 3 sprinklers 1¼ in.
1½ in. 5 sprinklers 1½ in.
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in.
2½ in. 30 sprinklers 2½ in.
3 in. 60 sprinklers 3 in.
3½ in. 100 sprinklers 3½ in.
4 in. See Section 8.2 4 in.

Table [Link] Number of Sprinklers Above and Below a Ceiling

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in.
1¼ in. 4 sprinklers 1¼ in.
1½ in. 7 sprinklers 1½ in.
2 in. 15 sprinklers 2 in.
2½ in. 50 sprinklers 2½ in.

Table [Link] Ordinary Hazard Pipe Schedule

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in.
1¼ in. 3 sprinklers 1¼ in.
1½ in. 5 sprinklers 1½ in.
2 in. 10 sprinklers 2 in.
2½ in.. 20 sprinklers 2½ in.
3 in. 40 sprinklers 3 in.
3½ in. 65 sprinklers 3½ in.
4 in. 100 sprinklers 4 in.
5 in. 160 sprinklers 5 in.
6 in. 275 sprinklers 6 in.
8 in. See Section 8.2 8 in.
Table [Link] Number of Sprinklers — Greater than 12-ft (3.7-m) Separations

Steel Copper
2½ in. 15 sprinklers 2½ in.
3 in. 30 sprinklers 3 in.
3½ in. 60 sprinklers 3½ in.

Table [Link] Number of Sprinklers Above and Below a Ceiling

Steel Copper
1 in. 2 sprinklers 1 in.
1¼ in. 4 sprinklers 1¼ in.
1½ in. 7 sprinklers 1½ in.
2 in. 15 sprinklers 2 in.
2½ in. 30 sprinklers 2½ in.
3 in. 60 sprinklers 3 in.

Table [Link].3 Flow Required to Produce a Velocity of 10 ft/sec (3 m/sec) in Pipes

PIPE SIZE FLOW RATE

IN mm gpm
4 102 390
6 152 880
8 203 1,560
10 254 2,440
12 305 3,520
 Extra Hazard Occupancies
Group 1 Group 2
Aircraft hangars Asphalt saturating
Combustible hydraulic fluid use areas Flammable liquids spraying
Die casting Flow coating
Metal extruding Manufactured home
Plywood and particles Open oil quenching
Printing Plastics processing
Rubber Solvent cleaning
Saw mills Varnish and paint dipping
Textile All kind
Upholstering with plastic foams

Copper
 2 sprinklers
3 sprinklers
5 sprinklers
12 sprinklers
40 sprinklers
65 sprinklers
115 sprinklers
See Section 8.2

Copper
2 sprinklers
4 sprinklers
7 sprinklers
18 sprinklers
65 sprinklers

Copper
2 sprinklers
3 sprinklers
5 sprinklers
12 sprinklers
25 sprinklers
45 sprinklers
75 sprinklers
115 sprinklers
180 sprinklers
300 sprinklers
See Section 8.2
Copper
20 sprinklers
35 sprinklers
65 sprinklers

Copper
2 sprinklers
4 sprinklers
7 sprinklers
18 sprinklers
40 sprinklers
65 sprinklers

LOW RATE
L\S
1,476
3,331
5,905
9,235
13,323
Hazen-Williams Equation for Pressure Loss in Pipes

Specified Data
l = length of pipe (ft) 1
c = Hazen-Williams roughness constant 120
q = volume flow (gal/min) 80.19
dh = inside or hydraulic diameter (inches) 1.25

Calculated Pressure Loss

f = friction head loss in feet of water per 100 feet of pipe (ft H20 per 100 ft p 168.64
f = friction head loss in psi of water per 100 feet of pipe (psi per 100 ft pipe) 72.52

Head loss (ft H20) 1.69

Head loss or Friction loss (psi/ft) 0.73

Calculated Flow Velocity

v = flow velocity (ft/s) 20.98