The fuel tank shall be reserved exclusively for the fire pump diesel engine.
Diesel fire pump fuel tank.
Nfpa 20 fuel tank arrangement the fuel tank is sized for 5 07 liter kw 1 gal hp plus 10 5 for expansion and 5 for sump.
Just take your engine hp x 1 10 and the result in gallons is the minimum required diesel fuel storage tank size.
Design and fabrication of these tanks are done as per ul standard ul 142 and.
The 2016 edition of nfpa 20 the standard for the installation of stationary pumps for fire protection adds new requirements to ensure that good quality fuel is available to diesel engine driven fire pumps.
Subsection 6 3 2 of nfpa 37 deals with fuel tanks inside structures for fuels other than class i liquids.
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Diesel fuel tank size for fire pumps guidance for the sizing diesel fuel tanks is quite straight forward due to the prescriptive requirements of the code.
Therefore nfpa 37 applies for the fuel tank for the fire pump as it is considered to be part of the installation of the internal combustion engine.
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There shall be one fuel tank per engine.