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Everything you need to plan, select, design, specify, and test entire piping systems
Here's a complete design guide and reference for all service and utility piping systems found in laboratory, R&D, chemical, commercial, industrial, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and health care facilities. This all-in-one handbook covers techniques used for selecting appropriate piping, valves, pumps, tanks, and other equipment involved with piping systems both inside of buildings and on the site.
Systems for proper facility functioning, enhancing building aesthetics, and efficient production and manufacturing are discussed in depth. Using a total systems approach, this Handbook progresses from fundamentals of system and component operation to a design procedure that allows quick and accurate component and pipe sizing.
Detailed chapters explore heat loss, insulation, freeze protection, water treatment and purification, and filtration and separation. You'll also find all necessary system design criteria; specs and selection tips for piping, valves, and jointing methods; examples of system design procedures using actual field conditions; and listings of FDA, EPA, and OSHA requirements.
This new edition has been revised to include metric units throughout; updated codes and standards that reflect all changes since 1996; and new material on flow level measurement, drinking water systems, septic systems, and hot water circulating systems. The plumbing chapter has been updated to reflect changes in plumbing codes, along with additional material on pipe space requirements and fixture mounting heights.
Complete with formulas, charts, and tables that increase your efficiency on the job, this Handbook will prove invaluable at the workplace.
Synopsis
Plan, select, design, specify, and test entire piping systemsFacility Piping Systems Handbook, Second Edition, gives you a complete design guide and reference for all piping systems, including those in laboratories, and health care facilities. This new edition includes metric units throughout; updated codes and standards; and new material on flow level measurement, drinking water systems, septic systems, and hot water circulating systems. Youll also find helpful material on pipe space requirements and fixture mounting heights. Complete with formulas, charts, and tables that increase your on-the-job efficiency, this all-in-one Handbook by Michael Frankel provides you with:
- Techniques for selecting appropriate piping, valves, pumps, tanks, and other equipment involved with piping systems
- Information on heat loss, insulation, freeze protection, water treatment and purification, and filtration and separation.
- All necessary system design criteria
- Examples of system design procedures using actual field conditions
- Listings of FDA, EPA, and OSHA requirements
About the Author
MICHAEL FRANKEL, CIPE, CPD, is President of Utility Systems Consultants, a mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm. A graduate of the City University of New York with more than 44 years of experience, he is an oft-quoted and recognized authority in the field of plumbing and piping engineering.
A frequent lecturer and author, his articles have appeared primarily in PLUMBING ENGINEER, the journal of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), and he serves as a member of the editorial advisory board. He has contributed to several handbooks, including McGraw-Hill's PIPING HANDBOOK, now in its Sixth Edition.
Mr. Frankel is a faculty member of CUNY, teaching extension division courses in plumbing design and specification writing. He is a member of ASPE and former president of the New Jersey chapter. He is Certified in Plumbing Engineering (CIPE) and Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD) by ASPE. In addition, he is ASPE code liaison to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and is a member of the Technical Committee on Piping Systems for NFPA-99 (Health Care Facilities).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Codes and Standards Chapter 2: Piping Chapter 3: Solid-Liquid Separation and Interceptors Chapter 4: Water Treatment and Purification Chapter 5: Heat Transfer, Insulation, and Freeze Protection Chapter 6: Site Utility Systems Chapter 7: Turf Irrigation Systems Chapter 8: Cryogenic Storage Systems Chapter 9: Plumbing Systems Chapter 10: Special Waste Drainage Systems Chapter 11: Facility Steam and Condensate Systems Chapter 12: Liquid Fuel Storage and Dispensing Systems Chapter 13: Fuel Gas Systems Chapter 14: Compressed Gas Systems Chapter 15: Vacuum Air Systems Chapter 16: Animal Facility Piping Systems Chapter 17: Life Safety Systems Chapter 18: Water Display Fountains and Pools Chapter 19: Nonpotable Water Systems Chapter 20: Drinking Water Systems Chapter 21: Heat Exchangers Chapter 22: Measurement Instrumentation and Methods Appendix A: Pipe Distribution Systems Appendix B: Trade Associations Appendix C: Glossary and Abbreviations Appendix D: Metric Unit Conventions and Conversions Index