Design and Installation
October 2014 4-4 06-236115-001
Note: Cup Burner source data, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation.
Table 4-3. Class B Suppression Design Concentrations
Fuel
Cup
Burner
(% v/v)
Design
Concentration, 30%
Safety Factor
(%v/v)
Fuel
Cup Burner
(% v/v)
Design Concentration,
30% Safety Factor
(%v/v)
Acetone 6.9 9 1-Hexene 5.8 7.6
Acetonitrile 4.3 7 Hydraulic Fluid* 6.5 8.5
t-Amyl Alcohol 7.3 9.5 Hydraulic Oil* 5.9 7.7
AV Gas 6.5 8.5 Hydrogen 13.2 17.2
Benzene 5.5 7.2 Isobutyl Alcohol 7.6 9.9
n-Butane 6.6 8.6 Isopropanol 7.5 9.8
n-Butanol 7.6 9.9 JP4 6.9 9
2-Butoxyethanol* 7.4 9.6 JP5 6.9 9
2-Butoxyethyl Acetate* 6.9 9 Kerosene 7.4 9.6
n-Butyl Acetate 7 9.1 Methane 5.5 7.2
Carbon Disulfide 11.8 15.4 Methanol 10.4 13.5
Chloroethane 6.3 8.2 2-Methoxyethanol 9.4 12.2
Commercial Grade
Heptane
6.7 8.7 Methyl Ethyl Ketone 7.4 9.6
Crude Oil* 6.5 8.5 Methyl Isobutyl
Ketone
79.1
Cyclohexane 7.2 9.4 Mineral Spirits 6.6 8.6
Cyclohexylamine 8.3 8.7 Morpholine 7.9 10.3
Cyclopentanone 7.4 9.6 Nitromethane 9.9 12.9
1,2-Dichloroethane 5.8 7.6 n-Pentane 6.8 8.8
Diesel 6.7 8.7 Propane 6.7 8.7
N,N-
Diethylethanolamine*
7.8 10.1 1-Propanol 7.7 10
Diethyl Ether 7.5 9.8 Propylene 6.2 8.1
Ethane 6.7 8.7 Propylene Glycol 8.6 11.2
Ethanol 8.3 10.8 Pyrrolidine 7.3 9.5
Ethyl Acetate 6.8 8.9 Tetrahydrofuran 7.4 9.6
Ethyl Benzene* 6.3 8.2 Tetrahydrothiophene 6.6 8.6
Ethylene 8.4 10.9 Toluene 5.6 7.3
Ethylene Glycol 7.6 9.9 Tolylene-2, 4-
Diisocyanate
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Gasoline-no lead 6.9 9 Transformer Oil 7.3 9.5
n-Heptane 6.7 8.7 Turbine Oil** 7.2 9.4
n-Hexane 6.9 9 Xylene 6 7.8
* General guideline only–MSDS required to determine proper concentration
** Texaco R+O 32