System Design
06-237619-001 3-7 April 2020
3-7 IG-100 TOTAL FLOODING CONCENTRATION FACTOR TABLES
Table 3-4. IG-100 US Customary Units Total Flooding Quantity
Temperature
t
°F
Specific
Vapor
Volume
S
IG-100 mass required per unit volume of protected space, m/V (lb/ft
3
)
Design Concentration (volume %)
ft
3
/lb
34% 36% 38% 42% 46% 50% 54% 58%
-10 11.715
0.0355 0.0381 0.0408 0.0465 0.0526 0.0592 0.0663 0.0740
0 11.976
0.0347 0.0373 0.0399 0.0455 0.0515 0.0579 0.0648 0.0724
10 12.237
0.0340 0.0365 0.0391 0.0445 0.0504 0.0566 0.0635 0.0709
20 12.497
0.0332 0.0357 0.0383 0.0436 0.0493 0.0555 0.0621 0.0694
30 12.758
0.0326 0.0350 0.0375 0.0427 0.0483 0.0543 0.0609 0.0680
40 13.018
0.0319 0.0343 0.0367 0.0418 0.0473 0.0532 0.0596 0.0666
50 13.279
0.0313 0.0336 0.0360 0.0410 0.0464 0.0522 0.0585 0.0653
60 13.540
0.0307 0.0330 0.0353 0.0402 0.0455 0.0512 0.0574 0.0641
70 13.800
0.0301 0.0323 0.0346 0.0395 0.0447 0.0502 0.0563 0.0629
80 14.061
0.0296 0.0317 0.0340 0.0387 0.0438 0.0493 0.0552 0.0617
90 14.321
0.0290 0.0312 0.0334 0.0380 0.0430 0.0484 0.0542 0.0606
100 14.582
0.0285 0.0306 0.0328 0.0374 0.0423 0.0475 0.0533 0.0595
110 14.843
0.0280 0.0301 0.0322 0.0367 0.0415 0.0467 0.0523 0.0584
120 15.103
0.0275 0.0295 0.0317 0.0361 0.0408 0.0459 0.0514 0.0574
130 15.364
0.0270 0.0290 0.0311 0.0355 0.0401 0.0451 0.0505 0.0565
m =(V/s)·ln(100/(100-C)), agent mass, lb
FF = m/V=(1/s)·ln(100/(100-C)), mass flooding factor, lb/ft3
C = agent concentration, vol %
V = volume, ft3
s = a + b*t, specific volume of agent, ft3/lb, where a and b are agent-specific constants
IG-100: a = 11.976 ft3/lb
IG-100: b = 0.02606 ft3/lb-°F
t = temperature, °F