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FSSA Guide To Estimating Pressure Relief Vent Area 2 Edition

This document provides guidelines for estimating pressure relief vent area for clean agent fire extinguishing systems. It contains agent-specific correlations that relate the maximum expected enclosure pressure to the leakage-to-volume ratio of the enclosure based on test data. It notes the limited applicability of the estimates and provides the minimum and maximum parameter limits of concentration, discharge time and predicted enclosure pressure response that were used to develop the correlations.

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FSSA Guide To Estimating Pressure Relief Vent Area 2 Edition

This document provides guidelines for estimating pressure relief vent area for clean agent fire extinguishing systems. It contains agent-specific correlations that relate the maximum expected enclosure pressure to the leakage-to-volume ratio of the enclosure based on test data. It notes the limited applicability of the estimates and provides the minimum and maximum parameter limits of concentration, discharge time and predicted enclosure pressure response that were used to develop the correlations.

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FSSA Guide to Estimating Pressure Relief Vent Area

2nd Edition

4.0 AGENT-SPECIFIC CORRELATIONS


4.1 CORRELATIONS USING U.S. CUSTOMARY UNITS
The maximum pressure developed in an enclosure upon discharge of a clean agent fire extinguishing system is
affected by several characteristics of the system itself and the enclosure being protected. Of particular importance
are the thermodynamic properties of the agent and the discharge characteristics of the hardware. Each of the
following sections contains agent-specific correlations of maximum enclosure pressure in relation to leakage-to-
volume ratio - LVR. The correlations were developed from the test program data noted above. The applicability of
the correlations to manufacturers’ hardware is indicated either as to “All” or to the hardware of specific system
manufacturer.

NOTE: The equations, charts and tables published in this guide have a limited range of applicability based on the
parametric limitations of the data sets from which they were derived. The table below indicates the
applicable limits of design concentration, discharge time and enclosure pressure response for use of this
guide. Please note the maximum peak pressure estimates (both positive and negative) based on data
obtained for each agent are given in the table below.

WARNING: It is physically possible to develop pressures greater than those covered by this guide during
clean agent discharges.

Maximum peak pressure estimates using the equations and tables in this guide should not be
extrapolated above the maximum positive and maximum negative values shown in the table below.

CORRELATION LIMITS OF APPLICATION


(U.S. Customary Units)

Design Concentration Discharge Time, Enclosure Pressure


R.H., %
Vol. % seconds Response, psf

Agent Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum PPOS PNEG Reference

FK5-1-12 4.2 6.0 6 10 5 25 36

HFC-23 18 30 6 10 30 N/A 38

HFC-125 8 10.5 6 10 10 10 38

HFC-227ea 6.25 10.5 6 10 8 20 38

IG-55 37 50 30 60 20 N/A N/A

IG-55PI 34.2 50 30 60 20 N/A N/A

IG-100 34 50 30 60 20 N/A N/A

IG-541 34.2 52 30 60 20 N/A N/A

N/A – Not applicable

FSSA Document PRG-01 Page: 16

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