Kidde Fire Protection 400 Series, Design, Installation, Operation, And Maintenance Manual

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System Design
July 2018 3-16 06-237518-001
3-13 TYPICAL FLOOR LOAD
Use these table to calculate the floor load of the cylinder bank.
3-14 VIBRATIONS
Give due consideration to cylinder installations in a storage room exposed to constant
vibrations as well as storage rooms exposed to vibrations in the form of shock.
Agent cylinders subjected to vibrations may need to be installed on a “soft” plate between the
floor and the bottom of the cylinder and between wall brackets and cylinders in order to avoid
momentary low-pressure alarm signals caused by chattering of the contact in the contact
pressure gauge.
3-15 AGENT CYLINDER RELEASE CONSTRAINTS
Each valve shall be actuated no more than 50 times. (The valve has been tested for 100
actuations at 300 bar at the BAM institute.
The cylinder valve is capable of emptying a cylinder pressurized to 300 bar within 60 seconds.
A typical cylinder bank can be emptied within 60 to 120 seconds. The emptying rate produces
a high discharge thrust at the valve outlet port, however the valve does limit the discharge
pressure to the same level regardless of cylinder pressure. The discharge thrust is
approximately 126 KG-force. These forces shall be neutralized by the cylinder brackets.
Table 3-15. Approximate Weight per Metre of 80.0 Litre Cylinders
Number of
Rows
IG-100 IG-541 IG-55 IG-01
Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg)
200 bar 300 bar 200 bar 300 bar 200 bar 300 bar 200 bar 300 bar
Single row 363 383 380 408 378 405 395 431
Double row 725 766 760 816 755 811 789 863
Triple row 1088 1149 1140 1225 1133 1216 1183 1294
Table 3-16. Approximate Weight per Metre of 140.0 Litre Cylinders
Number of Rows
IG-100 IG-541 IG-55 IG-01
Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg) Weight (Kg)
Single Row 723 768 763 808
Double Row 1447 1535 1525 1616
Triple Row 2170 2303 2288 2424