NFPA Hdbk 54 09 2009
$135.42
NFPA 54: National Fuel Gas Code Handbook
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| NFPA | 2009 | 600 |
Work with complete, reliable, up-to-date Code support in the 2009 NFPA 54: National Fuel Gas Code Handbook.
The only complete guide to the 2009 Code, NFPA®’s 2009 National Fuel Gas Code Handbook is written by industry experts to provide the hands-on backup needed to avoid application errors and keep fuel gas piping, appliance, and venting jobs in compliance and on schedule.
This essential Code companion helps engineers, contractors, AHJs, designers, and architects do jobs right and improve productivity by providing:
- Authoritative commentary from industry leaders that provides application guidance and interpretation of Code requirements, including new rules for bonding of gas piping
- The entire 2009 NFPA 54 text for convenient reference
- FAQs that highlight vital aspects of gas safety–things you can’t afford to overlook
- Hundreds of 2-color charts, illustrations, and drawings plus 4-color photos not found in the Code covering state-of-the-art equipment and installations
- Seven helpful supplements that expand your expertise, including a first-time supplement comparing changes in the 2009 NFPA 54 with previous Code editions. Other topics addressed include fuel gas odorization, tech background for residential carbon monoxide responders, calculation worksheets, development of revised venting guidelines, and more.
User-friendly features such as end-sheets on how to use the Handbook; a list of figures, tables, and exhibits; and Code and commentary indexes streamline research and maximize your time.
Mitigate fire and explosion hazards with practical guidance.
Access the help you need to transition to the new Code quickly so you can apply or enforce requirements confidently. Order your 2009 National Fuel Gas Code Handbook today.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | National Fuel Gas Code Handbook SEVENTH EDITION |
| 2 | Copyright |
| 3 | Contents |
| 7 | Preface |
| 9 | History |
| 11 | About the Contributors |
| 13 | About the Editor |
| 15 | PART ONE NFPA 54, National Fuel Gas Code, with Commentary |
| 17 | Administration CHAPTER 1 1.1 Scope |
| 25 | 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Retroactivity 1.4 Equivalency 1.5 Enforcement |
| 27 | Referenced Publications CHAPTER 2 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications |
| 28 | 2.3 Other Publications |
| 29 | 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections |
| 31 | Definitions CHAPTER 3 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions |
| 32 | 3.3 General Definitions |
| 51 | General CHAPTER 4 4.1 Qualified Agency 4.2 Interruption of Service |
| 52 | 4.3 Prevention of Accidental Ignition |
| 55 | Gas Piping System Design, Materials, and Components CHAPTER 5 5.1 Piping Plan |
| 56 | 5.2 Provision for Location of Point of Delivery |
| 57 | 5.3 Interconnections Between Gas Piping Systems 5.4 Sizing of Gas Piping Systems |
| 62 | 5.5 Piping System Operating Pressure Limitations |
| 64 | 5.6 Acceptable Piping Materials and Joining Methods |
| 76 | 5.7 Gas Meters |
| 78 | 5.8 Gas Pressure Regulators |
| 81 | 5.9 Overpressure Protection Devices |
| 84 | 5.10 Back Pressure Protection |
| 85 | 5.11 Low-Pressure Protection 5.12 Shutoff Valves |
| 86 | 5.13 Excess Flow Valve(s) 5.14 Expansion and Flexibility |
| 89 | Pipe Sizing CHAPTER 6 6.1 Pipe Sizing Methods |
| 90 | 6.2 Tables for Sizing Gas Piping Systems Using Natural Gas |
| 113 | 6.3 Tables for Sizing Gas Piping Systems Using Propane |
| 127 | 6.4 Sizing Equations |
| 129 | Gas Piping Installation CHAPTER 7 7.1 Piping Underground |
| 137 | 7.2 Installation of Piping |
| 140 | 7.3 Concealed Piping in Buildings |
| 143 | 7.4 Piping in Vertical Chases 7.5 Gas Pipe Turns |
| 144 | 7.6 Drips and Sediment Traps |
| 146 | 7.7 Outlets |
| 147 | 7.8 Branch Pipe Connection |
| 148 | 7.9 Manual Gas Shutoff Valves |
| 149 | 7.10 Prohibited Devices |
| 150 | 7.11 Systems Containing Gas–Air Mixtures Outside theFlammable Range 7.12 Systems Containing Flammable Gas–Air Mixtures |
| 153 | 7.13 Electrical Bonding and Grounding |
| 155 | 7.14 Electrical Circuits 7.15 Electrical Connections |
| 157 | Inspection, Testing, and Purging CHAPTER 8 8.1 Pressure Testing and Inspection |
| 162 | 8 .2 Piping System Leak Check |
| 164 | 8.3 Purging |
| 167 | Appliance, Equipment, and Accessory Installation CHAPTER 9 |
| 168 | 9.1 General |
| 181 | 9.2 Accessibility and Clearance |
| 182 | 9.3 Air for Combustion and Ventilation |
| 206 | 9.4 Appliances on Roofs |
| 209 | 9.5 Appliances in Attics |
| 210 | 9.6 Appliance and Equipment Connections to Building Piping |
| 215 | 9.7 Electrical |
| 217 | 9.8 Room Temperature Thermostats |
| 219 | Installation of Specific Appliances CHAPTER 10 10.1 General |
| 221 | 10.2 Air-Conditioning Appliances (Gas-Fired Air Conditionersand Heat Pumps) |
| 227 | 10.3 Central Heating Boilers and Furnaces |
| 238 | 10.4 Clothes Dryers |
| 242 | 10.5 Conversion Burners |
| 243 | 10.6 Decorative Appliances for Installation in Vented Fireplaces |
| 245 | 10.7 Gas Fireplaces, Vented |
| 246 | 10.8 Non-Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters |
| 248 | 10.9 Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters |
| 250 | 10.10 Duct Furnaces |
| 252 | 10.11 Floor Furnaces |
| 254 | 10.12 Food Service Appliance, Floor-Mounted |
| 257 | 10.13 Food Service Appliances, Counter Appliances |
| 258 | 10.14 Hot Plates and Laundry Stoves 10.15 Household Cooking Appliances |
| 260 | 10.16 Illuminating Appliances |
| 262 | 10.17 Incinerators, Commercial-Industrial 10.18 Infrared Heaters |
| 263 | 10.19 Open-Top Broiler Units |
| 264 | 10.20 Outdoor Cooking Appliances |
| 265 | 10.21 Pool Heaters |
| 266 | 10.22 Refrigerators |
| 267 | 10.23 Room Heaters |
| 269 | 10.24 Stationary Gas Engines 10.25 Gas-Fired Toilets |
| 270 | 10.26 Unit Heaters |
| 272 | 10.27 Wall Furnaces |
| 275 | 10.28 Water Heaters |
| 278 | 10.29 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicular Fuel Systems 10.30 Appliances for Installation in Manufactured Housing |
| 279 | 10.31 Fuel Cell Power Plants 10.32 Outdoor Open Flame Decorative Appliances |
| 281 | Procedures to Be Followed to Place Appliance in Operation CHAPTER 11 11.1 Adjusting the Burner Input |
| 286 | 11.2* Primary Air Adjustment 11.3 Safety Shutoff Devices |
| 287 | 11.4 Automatic Ignition 11.5 Protective Devices 11.6 Checking the Draft |
| 288 | 11.7 Operating Instructions |
| 289 | Venting of Appliances CHAPTER 12 |
| 292 | 12.1 Minimum Safe Performance 12.2 General 12.3 Specification for Venting |
| 296 | 12.4 Design and Construction |
| 300 | 12.5 Type of Venting System to Be Used |
| 303 | 12.6 Masonry, Metal, and Factory-Built Chimneys |
| 313 | 12.7 Gas Vents |
| 322 | 12.8 Single-Wall Metal Pipe |
| 326 | 12.9 Through-the-Wall Vent Termination |
| 328 | 12.10 Condensation Drain 12.11 Vent Connectors for Category I Appliances |
| 335 | 12.12 Vent Connectors for Category II, Category III, andCategory IV Appliances 12.13 Draft Hoods and Draft Controls |
| 338 | 12.14 Manually Operated Dampers 12.15 Automatically Operated Vent Dampers |
| 341 | Sizing of Category I Venting Systems CHAPTER 13 |
| 343 | 13.1 Additional Requirements to Single Appliance Vent |
| 357 | 13.2 Additional Requirements to Multiple-Appliance Vent |
| 377 | Explanatory Material ANNEX A |
| 379 | Coordination of Appliance and Equipment Design,Construction, and Maintenance ANNEX B B.1 Coordination |
| 380 | B.2 Appliance and Equipment Design and ConstructionChecklist |
| 381 | B.3 Maintenance of Appliances and Equipment |
| 383 | Sizing and Capacities ofGas Piping ANNEX C C.1 Sizing Factors C.2 General Pipe Sizing Considerations |
| 384 | C.3 Description of Tables |
| 385 | C.4 Use of Capacity Tables |
| 392 | C.5 Use of Sizing Equations |
| 393 | C.6 Pipe and Tube Diameters C.7 Use of Sizing Charts |
| 394 | C.8 Examples of Piping System Design and Sizing |
| 409 | Suggested Method of Checking for Leakage ANNEX D D.1 Use of Lights D.2 Leak Check Using the Gas Meter D.3 Leak Check Not Using a Meter |
| 411 | D.4 When Leakage Is Indicated |
| 413 | Suggested Emergency Procedure for Gas Leaks ANNEX E E.1 |
| 415 | Flow of Gas Through Fixed Orifices ANNEX F F.1 Use of Orifice Tables |
| 423 | Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliances Equipped with DraftHoods, Category I Appliances,and Appliances Listed for Usewith Type B Vents ANNEX G G.1 Examples Using Single Appliance Venting Tables |
| 436 | G.2 Examples Using Common Venting Tables |
| 451 | Recommended Procedure for Safety Inspection of an ExistingAppliance Installation ANNEX H H.1 General |
| 455 | Indoor Combustion Air Calculation Examples ANNEX I I.1 New Installation I.2 New Installation, Known Air Infiltration Rate Method |
| 459 | I.3 New Installation, Known Air Infiltration Rate Method |
| 463 | Example of Combination of Indoor and Outdoor Combustionand Ventilation Opening Design ANNEX J J.1 Example of Combination Indoor and Outdoor CombustionAir Opening Design |
| 465 | Other Useful Definitions ANNEX K K.1 Useful Terms |
| 469 | Enforcement ANNEX L L.1 |
| 471 | Informational References ANNEX M M.1 Referenced Publications |
| 473 | M.2 Informational References |
| 475 | M.3 References for Extracts in Informational Sections.(Reserved) |
| 477 | PART TWO Supplements |
| 479 | SUPPLEMENT 1 Development of RevisedVenting Guidelines OVERVIEW |
| 484 | VENT-II COMPUTER PROGRAM |
| 485 | BASELINE CONDITIONS FOR CATEGORY IFAN-ASSISTED APPLIANCE VENTINGTABLES |
| 489 | SINGLE-APPLIANCE VENTING TABLES |
| 491 | COMMON VENTING TABLES FOR TWO APPLIANCES |
| 495 | SUMMARY SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS |
| 496 | REFERENCES |
| 499 | SUPPLEMENT 2 Update on the Design andInstallation Requirements forCSST Gas Piping Systems TUBING TECHNOLOGY |
| 500 | LIGHTNING AND CSST |
| 501 | BONDING OF GAS PIPING |
| 502 | REFERENCES |
| 503 | SUPPLEMENT 3 Carbon Monoxide PART I: CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)INFORMATION AND DATA |
| 506 | PART II: GUIDELINES FOR FIRE ANDOTHER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL |
| 515 | PART III: SIDEWALL VENTED APPLIANCES PART IV: CARBON MONOXIDE INCIDENTINVESTIGATION |
| 517 | REFERENCES |
| 519 | SUPPLEMENT 4 Fuel Gas Odorization INTRODUCTION EARLY HISTORY OF FUEL GASODORIZATION |
| 521 | NATURAL GAS LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS |
| 522 | ODORIZATION PROBLEMS |
| 524 | SUMMARY REFERENCES |
| 527 | SUPPLEMENT 5 Procedure to Estimate InfiltrationRate for Residential Structures INTRODUCTION ASHRAE METHOD |
| 530 | FACTORS IN ESTIMATING AIR INFILTRATION |
| 533 | SUMMARY REFERENCE |
| 535 | SUPPLEMENT 6 Calculation Worksheets |
| 545 | SUPPLEMENT 7 Clearance Distance for GasAppliance Sidewall Venting INTRODUCTION APPROACH |
| 546 | PREVIOUS STUDIES |
| 547 | CFD ANALYSIS |
| 553 | SUMMARY REFERENCES |
| 555 | SUPPLEMENT 8 Technical/Substantive Changesfrom the 2006 Edition to the2009 Edition of NFPA 54 |
| 565 | Code Index |
| 575 | Commentary Index |
| 593 | IMPORTANT NOTICES AND DISCLAIMERS |
