Fire Pump Arrangements at Industrial Facilities

ISBN-13: 9780128130438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str.

Dennis P. Nolan

Opis

Fire Pump Arrangements at Industrial Facilities, Third Edition delivers a practical reference from an author with a successful professional career in fire protection and loss prevention engineering in the oil and gas industry. While most regulatory standards are left to interpretation and try to cover multiple industries in one location, this book focuses on the equipment, standards and operations specific to the petroleum industry, covering quality controls, pump drivers and scheduled maintenance and audits so the equipment remains in safety compliance. Enhanced with new sections on human factors, case studies for modeling fire accidents and a look at recent events that have further shaped the safety and testing of fire pumps, the book provides the engineer and manager with a critical oil and gas resource for every aspect of firewater pumps.

• Remains the go-to reference for loss prevention specialists and fire engineering specific to the oil and gas industry
• Enhanced with new sections on quality audits and new case studies that evaluate operational issues and applications
• Fills in the practical hands-on information gap not covered in the regulatory standards

Spis treści

1. Historical Applications of Firewater Pumping Systems2. Philosophy of Protection3. Firewater Flow Requirements4. Duration of Firewater Supplies5. Sources of Firewater Pump Supply6. Pump Types and Applications7. Pump Installation, Piping Arrangements and Accessories8. Materials of Construction9. Pump Drivers and Power Transmissions10. Firewater Pump Controllers11. Reliability12. Classified Area Pump Installations13. Firewater Pump Acceptance and Flow Testing14. Human Factors, Quality Controls, and Audits15. Recent Major Incidents which Fire Pump Failures were Contributing Causes16. International Standards Related to Fire Pumps

O autorze

Dr. Dennis P. Nolan has had a long career devoted to risk engineering, fire protection engineering, loss prevention engineering and systems safety engineering. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration from Berne University, Master of Science degree in Systems Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a U.S. registered professional engineer in fire protection engineering in the state of California.He is currently on the Executive Management staff of Saudi Aramco, located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as a Loss Prevention Consultant/Chief Fire Prevention Engineer. He covers some of the largest oil and gas facilities in the world. As part of his career, he has examined oil production, refining, and marketing facilities under severe conditions and in various unique worldwide locations, including Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and North and South America. His activity in the aerospace field has included engineering support for the NASA Space Shuttle launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center (and for those undertaken at Vandenburg Air Force Base, California) and "classified” national defense systems. Dr. Nolan has received numerous safety awards and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, He is the author of many technical papers and professional articles in various international fire safety publications. He has written at least four books, several published by Elsevier.