Background the dieselfired fire pump emergency engine id no. Dec 19, 2011 here we show how to repair a grundfos medium cr, cri, and crn pump. Led display high visibility red superbright led four full digits 0. These controllers are intended for use with fire pump systems. Jockey pump is set such that it starts at low pressure in header and stop at high pressure to maintain the desire pressure in the network. Fire pump idiot proofing1 free download as powerpoint presentation. Jockey pumps in pump station design romtec utilities. One is the main fire pump which delivers large volumes of water to the fire standpipe system in case of fire. Jockey pumps are typically small multistage centrifugal pumps, and do not have to be listed or certified for fire system application.
Ksb is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of pumps and valves and also offers a comprehensive range of service activities. The jockey touch jockey pump controllers are supplied with a microprocessor based, color touchscreen. Hanover risk solutions fire pump inspection, testing and maintenance fire pumps are used to ensure an adequate water supply by increasing pressure for fire suppression and, as such, are an integral part of the fire protection system for a facility. With the through the door display you can monitor the system pressure, the motor volts, amps, power, and even the motor speed. Jockey pumps multistage booster pumps absolute water pumps. Jockey pumps or sprinkler system pressure maintenance pumps are a low cost yet essential component of a fire pump sprinkler system. Pump stations pump stations and water use can be managed to decrease energy costs on goif courses. Emerson network firetrol fta550e xg is a jockey pump controller that are used for pressure maintenance in fire pump installations to prevent unnecessary operation of the main fire pump. D afonso iv pdf editor sensor transmission control protocol pdf pic16c61 architecture pdf jockey pump pdf merge tebaida lyrica pdf. Some of the most annoying problems with fire pump systems are related to the jockey pump controller. The pump intake is either connected to the public underground water supply piping, or a static water source e. A wide variety of horizontal jockey pump options are available to you, there are 260 suppliers who sells horizontal jockey pump on, mainly located in asia. In a private well water supply system this pump and tank combination may be connected directly to the well, that is, the incoming water line shown in the left of the sketch is connected to a foot valve.
The jockey pump jp or pressure maintenance pumps pmp as. Jun 28, 2017 in this video we look at how centrifugal pumps work, its main components induction motor, shaft, bearings, impeller and pump casing. Pm engineer magazine 2020 april check out the april 2020 edition of pme. Es23 190 hp output in the title v equipment editor tvee as part of this permit modification. Aug 20, 2017 bloodhorse daily download the free snday, agst 20, 2017 page 5 of 31 smartphone app after collected set fractions of. The pump manufacturer, armstrong pumps, recommends, as a rule of thumb, to size the jockey for about 1 % of the rated flow of the main fire water pump. Lift stations are designed to meet the peak flow that the system could see, but this can lead to a system that is way over. Fire fighting pump room with fire pump, jockey pump and diesel pump installation details in hindi duration. If the underground piping leaks excessively, jockey pump sizing must be increased to the maximum permitted. Purchase fire fighting pumping systems at industrial facilities 2nd edition. You could however, buy a fully listed fire pump and use it as a jockey pump. The recall affects approximately 21,300 jockey pumps that were manufactured by water technology, inc. One pump is usually electrically driven, and the other pump is dieselengine driven. Fire pumps application and installation requirements iaei.
Water system design manual doh pub 331123 revised october 2019. Jockey pump starts more than five times in a 1hour period. Operating philosophy of a group of fire pump industrial. This fire pump was added to the insignificant activities. A mechanical part on these pumps was not fully tightened, which can cause the pump to fail to start. The edit objects option within the pdf editor lets you addextract pages, rotate and append them.
Nfpa 20 suggests that the jockey pump be sized 1% of pump flow at 10 psi over pump rated pressure. The following is a pump sizing problem to illustrate the calculations in this article. Failure of a fire pump to operate under fire conditions can result in a major loss. Contentsshow how it works pumps work by using mechanical forces to push the material, either by physically lifting, or by the force of compression. Eaton jockey touch microprocessor based jockey pump.
Grade 1 sw by street boss versatile sire of g1 winners turf. Monica wachman is a former editor and writer for fisherstravelsos, and bonsai ireland. This manual provides general information, installation, operation, maintenance, and system setup information for metron model mp15 jockey pump. Hanover risk solutions fire pump inspection, testing and. Depending on the product, such as rotating assemblies and jockey pumps, there may be a 2 to 3 week lead time before your product is ready to be shipped. I always get one or two more chain saws with oil and gas mix to handle the increased tree work and breakdowns. Jockey pump is a lowflow, highpressure pump it is designed to maintain a constant pressure on the system, accounting for minor pressure fluctuations. Each pump is tested hydrostatically for not less than 5 minutes. As it applies to diabetes, the basal rate is the rate at which an insulin pump infuses small, background doses of shortacting insulin.
The companys products and services are used in process engineering and building services, water and waste water management, and in the energy and mining sectors. The pump shall be hydrostatically tested and run tested prior to shipment. Over a 24hour period, the basal flow of insulin accounts for about 50% of a persons total daily. Pressure input is provided by a 420ma pressure sensor. There are several types of jockey pumps each having their advantages to a given application. Master control systems manufactures and sells jockey pump controllers. It is designed to keep the pressure in the system elevated to a specific level when the system is not in use, so that the fire pump doesnt have to run all the time and the system. The jockey being a tap off of the fp service is common, i cannot recall a jockey being fed from another source. Movavi offers pdf management utility to alter content of a pdf file.
Jockey pump controller hardware, its nomenclature, and to list the units specifications. A jockey pump is a small pump connected to a fire sprinkler system in order to maintain a certain pressure in the sprinkler system, and sized to ensure that if a. Ies23 is a 190 horsepower maximum output engine used for emergency purposes only. Compress the size of your pdf for easier shareability without compromising. Provide nameplate complete with capacity, electrical characteristics, approvals and listings, and other pertinent data, on enclosure door e. Absolute water pumps jockey pumps are top of the line, always guaranteed to support any anti prevention methods you use. Fire pumps peerless pump offers fire pumps, process pumps, industrial pumps, vertical pumps, horizontal pumps, selfpriming pumps and industrial pumps. Peerless pump company pjpc jockey pump controllers installation and operation instructions peerless pump company 2005 dr. In that system, jockey pumps are installed without any pressure sensing lines no pressure actuated switches. In fact, they were the first pump type to be utilized for mobile fire truck applications, long before centrifugal pump designs were used for pumping fire water.
The x button allows the user to cancel editing the value. The contactor coil is connected to the 24vdc source from the microprocessor. Joint water supply and joint fire detection and extinguishing control panel can be provided for both systems. Full voltage is applied to the motor as soon as the controller is actuated, and the motor supplies its rated torque. Fire equipment and sprinkler pump house management july. On a fire protection system requiring a fire pump, there is a small pump that maintains pressure above the pressure settings of the larger fire pump.
Allnew tabs for nfpa 20 or the stationary fire pumps and standpipe systems handbook give you the advantage in finding answers and advice offered for the first time for nfpa 20, tabs help code users find subject matter within the code, so you can maximize time as you work to ensure fire pump readiness and reliability. This article is the second in a threepart series about energy use on golf courses. Jockey pumps are small capacity pump which overrides main fire water pump electric motor and diesel. Cycle stop valves is proud to offer free us shipping pk1a pressure tank kit. Fire protection for wood processing machines is provided by minifog procon water mist systems, while exhaust devices are best protected by spark extinguishing systems. Craig weyandt, cgcs the moorings golf club, vero beach the quarterly question given the very active hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, with numerous florida landfalls, what if anything. The purpose of a jockey pump is to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system so the larger fire pump. Except for no test header requirement, a jockey pump has the same basic components as the main fire pump.
Otherwise, when the power is out and life is getting frantic because of that, you dont want the fire pump to come on when instead the jockey pump could have come on. These compact vfd jockey pump controllers are available from 1 to 3 hp, with 3 phase voltages ranging between 200 and 480 vac, 5060 hz. In 2014, she published mouschie and the big white box about an rv trip across north america. Increased flows and its effects on energy usage and cost. When using full voltage starting, the power source must have suf. Ebara pumps malaysia sdn bhd epm is a subsidiary company of ebara corporation, japan under the fluid machinery and system group. Fire fighting pumping systems at industrial facilities 2nd. Variable speed jockey pump controller master control systems, inc. This product is a replacement part for the patterson pm jockey pumps. Fix an ugly lawn with overseeding complete step by step guide for beginners duration. Three phases variable speed pressure maintenance controller. That small guy on the horse is referred to as a jockey.
The overcurrent protection shall be sized at short circuit ratings nec 430. Our product ranges from home pumps to chillers and cooling towers. The panel shall be furnished with 3 spare 30 amp 2 phase spare breakers for exterior loads. Small horsepower pumps are much less costly to maintain or replace, so using jockey pumps for the bulk of the system operating time is a good design practice. Water pressure booster pump and tank guide water pressure. Also, remember that the election of the jockey depends of the longitude, size, type and leaks of the underground piping. An intelligent system requires logic, for example, do not let me know when the jockey pump starts or stops, it is supposed to do that, however, let me know if either of the following two conditions occur.
One by one, companies will eliminate or marginalize your work. Exception for onsite generators with continuous rating over 225% of fire pump motor fla. Contactors in large horsepower controllers are supplied with. Jpc jockey pump controller master control systems, inc. B jockey pump sensing line c fire pump controller d jockey pump controller c d a b january 2009 from supply to system f e fire pumps. Pump sizing and selection made easy chemical engineering. Emerson network firetrol fta550e xg jockey pump controller. A pump moves liquids or gases from a lower pressure to a higher pressure and is responsible for this difference in pressure. This video shows how to change the mechanical seal, impellerchamber stack kit. Tornatech jockey pump controllers are built to nema industrial standards and are ul listed. Also they recommend that jockey to be sized with 10 psi 0. The pdf editor provides a tabbased interface layout for opening multiple documents in one go.
Buy stationary fire pumps and standpipe systems handbook. Jockey pumps can be a great way to increase pump station lifecycle. The touchscreen display allows the user to monitor and program functions and values. The test pressure is to be upto 2 times the maximum working pressure of the pump, but in no case less than 250 psi 1724 kpa to ensure no rupture or leakage through the castings at the test pressure.
The pump shall be hydrostatically tested at a pressure of not less than one and onehalf times the. Street indianapolis, in 46202 bulletin 4857341 rev. An engineer fighting covid19 as an icu nurse, making mechanical systems smarter, lighting trends and covid19s impact on the ae industry and the workplace. Typically the jockey pump is sized to 1% of the fire pumps rated flow.
These problems are all solved with a variable speed jockey pump controller. A normally operating electricdriven jockey pump is a lowflow capacity pump that discharges to the fire water main loop to maintain its pressurized state. Rotary gear pumps were employed because of their ability to pump water via long hose or piping lengths. The jockey pump, an important part of a fire pump system. This controller shall be ul listed, and shall be of the same manufacturer as the main fire pump controller. Fire fighting pumping systems at industrial facilities 1st. The jockey pump is not as mundane as many engineers, contractors, and installers would have you believe. The pump provides water flow at a higher pressure to the sprinkler system risers and hose standpipes. Check out our praxair hydrogen refinery project page to see an industrial jockey pump application. There are no jockey pumps in uls listing database nor fm globals approval guide, hence there are no manufacturers that have listedapproved jockey pumps.
The video lecture explores and explains the working principles. Fire pump and pressure maintenance jockey pump controllers. If you do something predictable and rote, then sometime in the next 10 years youll probably feel like a gas pump jockey, circa 1980. In general terms, a basal rate is the background supply of a chemical or process. Fire pump parts are ready to be shipped immediately from our manufacturer directly to you. Easily compress pdf file, make pdf smaller and more portable. You can also open multipage pdf pages, png, jpg and jpeg with movavi pdf editor. Woodtechprotect fire protection for wood processing machines. Hence a jockey pump is an important part of the fire pumps control system. They can chatter, trip circuit breakers or fuses, cause. When additional fire pumps are installed in series, use 10 psi 0. Sep 02, 2003 positive displacement pumps have been used in fire protection for many years.
Sized to carry locked rotor currents of the fire pump motors, jockey pump and associated fire pump accessory equipment. The main components of reciprocating pump are as follows. Each pump, including the jockey pump, shall have its own. With the fire pump net churn at about 185 or above psi nominally, the start setting would be 175170psi on and 185 psi off based on nfpa 20, a. A jockey pump, also known as a pressuremaintenance pump, is a small apparatus that works together with a fire pump as part of a fireprotection sprinkler system. Fta500 jockey pump controllers the fta500 jockey pump controller utilizes across the line, full voltage starting. Digital display the xtjp and xtjy jockey pump controllers are supplied standard with a digital panel meter that indicates the current pressure and stop and start pressure set points. Staro process control also offers a certified service center for the wilo pump range. A pump is a mechanical device used to move gases, liquids, or slurries. These pumps discharge to a buried fire water main loop around the plant. What is a jockey pump and why does it carry that title. Reciprocating pump is a positive displacement pump where certain volume of liquid is collected in enclosed volume and is discharged using pressure to the required application.
Red, enamel paint applied to assembled, tested units prior to shipping. There is a small guy riding on top of or above a large horse. A jockey pump is a small pump connected to a fire sprinkler system and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system to. She has an aa degree in travel from career com technical and is an avid rv buff and gardener.
Installation and operation instructions peerless pump. So these jockey pumps are in operation for 24 hoursday. Operational pressure range opr of jockey pump no 1. Since the jockey pump is not required to be listed, the control valves and check valve are not required to be listed. A fire pump is a part of a fire sprinkler systems water supply and powered by electric, diesel or steam. Comparison to an operating manual of a similar fire station for refinery, noted to comply with nfpi regulations in general, results in following. The other is a low flow, high head jockey pump which keeps the system pressurized during normal non. This is the auxiliary pump or jockey pump that is connected to the booster or fire pump for a sprinkler or fire standpipe system. A jockey pump is sized for a flow less than the flow to one sprinkler in order to ensure a system pressure drop.
Reciprocating pumps are more suitable for low volumes of flow at high pressures. Br081001en eff ective june 2015 jockey pump controllers. The image shows a jockey pump placed close to the main firewater pump. Staro process control is an authorised distributor of wilo pumps which includes the mather and platt product range of wilo india in the vaal triangle, secunda, west rand and lesotho outlying areas. You are told to purchase a pump for your manufacturing facility that will carry water to the top of a tower at your facility. Purchase fire fighting pumping systems at industrial facilities 1st edition. The auxiliary jockey pump controller, if required and specified on the plans and specifications, shall be factory assembled, wired, and tested and specifically designed for this type of service. The pump is a centrifugal pump that will need to pump 800 galmin when in normal operation. A jockey pump is normally a smaller pump that fits into a lift station to handle nuisance flow or, possibly, small constant flows. All interior equipment shall be prewired to the distribution panel.
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