National Fuel Gas Code Handbook,9780877654469

National Fuel Gas Code Handbook

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ISBN13: 9780877654469
ISBN10: 0877654468
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Natl Fire Protection Assn
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x
History of the National Fuel Gas Code xi
PART ONE NFPA 54 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, 1999 EDITION, WITH COMMENTARY 1(388)
General
3(36)
Scope
3(8)
Alternate Materials, Equipment, and Procedures
11(1)
Retroactivity
11(1)
Qualified Agency
11(1)
Interruption of Service
12(1)
Prevention of Accidental Ignition
13(1)
Definitions
14(25)
Gas Piping System Design, Materials, and Components
39(30)
Piping Plan
40(1)
Provision for Location of Point of Delivery
40(1)
Interconnections Between Gas Piping Systems
41(1)
Sizing of Gas Piping Systems
41(3)
Piping System Operating Pressure Limitations
44(3)
Acceptable Piping Materials and Joining Methods
47(9)
Gas Meters
56(2)
Gas Pressure Regulators
58(3)
Overpressure Protection Devices
61(4)
Back Pressure Protection
65(1)
Low-Pressure Protection
66(1)
Shutoff Valves
66(1)
Expansion and Flexibility
67(2)
Gas Piping Installation
69(28)
Piping Underground
70(8)
Aboveground Piping Outside
78(1)
Piping in Buildings
78(3)
Concealed Piping in Buildings
81(2)
Piping in Vertical Chases
83(1)
Gas Pipe Turns
84(1)
Drips and Sediment Traps
85(2)
Outlets
87(2)
Branch Pipe Connection
89(1)
Manual Gas Shutoff Valves
89(1)
Prohibited Devices
90(1)
Systems Containing Gas-Air Mixtures Outside the Flammable Range
90(1)
Systems Containing Flammable Gas-Air Mixtures
91(2)
Electrical Bonding and Grounding
93(1)
Electrical Circuits
94(1)
Electrical Connections
94(3)
Inspection, Testing, And Purging
97(10)
Pressure Testing and Inspection
97(4)
System and Equipment Leakage Test
101(2)
Purging
103(4)
Equipment Installation
107(50)
General
108(15)
Accessibility and Clearance
123(1)
Air for Combustion and Ventilation
124(20)
Equipment on Roofs
144(3)
Equipment Connections to Building Piping
147(5)
Electrical
152(1)
Room Temperature Thermostats
153(4)
Installation of Specific Equipment
157(84)
General
158(2)
Air-Conditioning Equipment (Gas-Fired Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps)
160(7)
Central Heating Boilers and Furnaces
167(16)
Clothes Dryers
183(4)
Conversion Burners
187(1)
Decorative Appliances for Installation in Vented Fireplaces
187(3)
Gas Fireplaces, Vented
190(2)
Direct Make-up Air Heaters
192(2)
Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters
194(2)
Duct Furnaces
196(2)
Floor Furnaces
198(3)
Food Service Equipment, Floor-Mounted
201(6)
Food Service Equipment Counter Appliances
207(1)
Hot Plates and Laundry Stoves
207(1)
Household Cooking Appliances
208(3)
Illuminating Appliances
211(2)
Incinerators, Commercial-Industrial
213(1)
Incinerators, Domestic
213(2)
Infrared Heaters
215(2)
Open-Top Broiler Units
217(1)
Outdoor Cooking Appliances
218(1)
Pool Heaters
219(1)
Refrigerators
220(1)
Room Heaters
221(3)
Stationary Gas Engines
224(1)
Gas-Fired Toilets
224(1)
Unit Heaters
225(3)
Wall Furnaces
228(4)
Water Heaters
232(5)
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicular Fuel Systems
237(1)
Appliances for Installation in Manufactured Housing
238(3)
Venting of Equipment
241(56)
General
242(2)
Specification for Venting
244(4)
Design and Construction
248(5)
Type of Venting System to Be Used
253(3)
Masonry, Metal, and Factory-Built Chimneys
256(11)
Gas Vents
267(11)
Single-Wall Metal Pipe
278(4)
Through the Wall Vent Termination
282(3)
Condensation Drain
285(1)
Vent Connectors for Category I Gas Utilization Equipment
285(7)
Vent Connectors for Category II, Category III, and Category IV Gas Utilization Equipment
292(1)
Draft Hoods and Draft Controls
292(2)
Manually Operated Dampers
294(1)
Automatically Operated Vent Dampers
294(1)
Obstructions
295(2)
Procedures to be Followed to Place Equipment in Operation
297(8)
Adjusting the Burner Input
297(4)
Primary Air Adjustment
301(1)
Safety Shutoff Devices
302(1)
Automatic Ignition
302(1)
Protective Devices
303(1)
Checking the Draft
303(1)
Operating Instructions
303(2)
Sizing Tables
305(34)
Tables for Sizing Gas Piping Systems
305(34)
Sizing of Category I Venting Systems
339(46)
Additional Requirements to Single Appliance Vent Tables 10.1 Through 10.5
341(6)
Additional Requirements to Multiple Appliance Vent Tables 10.6 Through 10.13(a) and (b)
347(38)
Referenced Publications
385(4)
APPENDIXES 389(92)
A Explanatory Material
389(2)
B Coordination of Gas Utilization Equipment Design, Construction, and Maintenance
391(6)
C Sizing and Capacities of Gas Piping
397(14)
D Suggested Method for Checking for Leakage
411(4)
E Suggested Emergency Procedure for Gas Leaks
415(2)
F Flow of Gas Through Fixed Orifices
417(12)
G Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliances Equipped with Draft Hoods, Category I Appliances, and Appliances Listed for Use with Type B Vents
429(28)
H Recommended Procedure for Safety Inspection of an Existing Appliance Installation
457(2)
I Recommended Procedure for Installing Electrically Operated Automatic Vent Damper Devices in Existing Vents
459(4)
J Recommended Procedure for Installing Mechanically Actuated Automatic Vent Damper Devices in Existing Vents
463(4)
K Recommended Procedure for Installing Thermally Actuated Automatic Vent Damper Devices in Existing Vents
467(2)
L Example of Air Opening Desing for Combustion and Ventilation
469(4)
M Referenced Publications
473(8)
PART TWO SUPPLEMENTS 481(86)
Development of Revised Venting Guidelines
483(32)
Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing Gas Piping Systems
515(10)
Technical Background for Residential Carbon Monoxide Responders
525(22)
Revision to American National Standard for Gas Water Heaters-Volume 1-Storage Water Heaters with Input Ratings of 75,000 Btu per Hour or Less
547(12)
Procedure to Estimate Infiltration Rate for Residential Structures
559(8)
Index 567

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