As one approximation: assume it is all seat cushions, expanded, uncartoned, exposed Group A plastics solid piled to ____ (fill in your estimate here).
If there is more than an 1/8 inch of dust, no need to go out and measure that 1/8th, just providing a rough picture for coverage over areas exceeding the design area...then yes the fire hazard warrants upping the design area. However, the warrant is issued by FM. 2010 NFPA 13 Section 5.4.1 says good to go with EH-1. -- Scot Deal Excelsior Fire On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Art Tiroly <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am working on a proposed trash recycling plant. Automobile trash from a > hammer mill type crusher arrives in large dump trucks. All steel has been > removed by magnets. This is mostly auto waste with a variety of > combustibles: plastic, rubber, foam seats, carpeting, door panels, fiber > board, wiring, etc. Non-ferrous metal will be recovered in this recycling > system. > The dust from the operation is combustible. The large piles of incoming and > outgoing combustible waste in the shed is a concern. > I think that with combustible materials drives this into Ex.HAZ. group 1 > and > not OH2 and with larger areas of application. > I am waiting for pictures from the pilot plant. > Any thoughts and questions would be appreciated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20110824/0633ea14/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
