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SECTION 213400 - PRESSURE-MAINTENANCE PUMPS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and

Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Multistage, pressure-maintenance pumps.

2. Controllers for pressure-maintenance-pumps.
3. Pressure-maintenance-pump specialties and accessories.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Pressure-Maintenance Pump: Electric-drive pump used to maintain water pressure in fire-

suppression piping system.

B. Pressure-Maintenance-Pump Unit: Assembly with pressure-maintenance pump, driver,

con- troller, and related accessories.

1.4 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Fire-Pump Systems: Fire-pump and pressure-maintenance-pump units that comply with

performance requirements specified and are compatible with building fire-suppression sys-
tems.

B. Pump Equipment, Accessory, and Specialty Pressure Rating: 175 psig (1200 kPa)
minimum unless higher pressure rating is indicated.

C. Seismic certificates will be provided by certified seismic specialist fulfilling the

specification's requirements

1.5 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product indicated. Include rated capacities, operating
characteristics, performance curves, electrical characteristics, and furnished specialties and
accessories.

B. Shop Drawings: For pumps, accessories, and specialties. Include plans, elevations,
sections, details, and attachments to other work.

1. Detail equipment assemblies and indicate dimensions, weights, loads, required

clearances, method of field assembly, components, and location and size of each
field connection.

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2. Wiring Diagrams: For power, signal, and control wiring.

C. Manufacturer Seismic Qualification Certification: Submit certification that pressure-

maintenance pumps, accessories, and specialties will withstand seismic forces defined in
Section "Vibration and Seismic Controls for Fire-Suppression Piping and Equipment."
Include the following:

1. Basis for Certification: Indicate whether withstand certification is based on actual

test of assembled components or on calculation.
a. The term "withstand" means "the unit will remain in place without separation
of any parts from the device when subjected to the seismic forces specified
and the unit will be fully operational after the seismic event."

2. Dimensioned Outline Drawings of Equipment Unit: Identify center of gravity and

locate and describe mounting and anchorage provisions.
3. Detailed description of equipment anchorage devices on which the certification
is based and their installation requirements.

D. Product Certificates: Signed by manufacturers of pressure maintenance pumps and

pressure maintenance pump controllers certifying that products furnished comply with
requirements.

1.6 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Field quality-control reports.

B. Warranties: Warranties specified in this Section.

1.7 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Operation and Maintenance Data: For each pressure maintenance pump unit to include in
operation and maintenance manuals specified in Division 1.

1.8 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Manufacturer Qualifications: Firms whose fire pumps, pressure-maintenance pumps, driv-

ers, controllers, and accessories are listed by product name and manufacturer in UL's
"Fire Protection Equipment Directory" and FM's "Fire Protection Approval Guide" and
that com- ply with requirements indicated.

B. Source Limitations: Obtain fire-pump and pressure-maintenance-pump units through one

source with responsibility and accountability to respond to and resolve problems regarding
compatibility, installation, performance, and acceptance of units.

C. Product Options: Drawings indicate size, profiles, connections, and dimensional require-
ments of fire-pump and pressure-maintenance-pump units and are based on specific
models selected. Other manufacturers' pump units with equal performance characteristics
may be considered. Refer to Division 1 Section "Product Requirements."

D. Provide listing/approval stamp, label, or other marking on equipment made to

specified standards.

E. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in

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NFPA 70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and application.

F. Comply with standards of authorities having jurisdiction pertaining to materials, hose

threads, and installation.

G. Comply with NFPA 20, "Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection," for pressure
maintenance pumps, drivers, controllers, accessories, and installation.

1.9 COORDINATION

A. Coordinate sizes and locations of concrete bases with actual equipment provided.

1.10 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Preparation for Shipping: After assembling and testing pressure-maintenance pumps, pro-
tect flanges and exposed machined metal surfaces, pipe openings, and nozzles.

B. Retain shipping flange protective covers and protective coatings during storage.

C. Protect bearings and couplings against damage from sand, grit, or other foreign matter.

1.11 WARRANTY

A. Manufacturer's Warranty: Provide written warranty, signed by manufacturer agreeing to

repair or replace components of the pressure-maintenance pumps that fail in materials
or workmanship within specified warranty period.

B. Provide system warranty in which Manufacturer, Installer, and Contractor are jointly
and severally liable and agree to repair or replace defective components of the warranted
item.

Warranty shall include:

1. Defective materials and installation.

2. Failure to comply with requirements stated in technical specifications.

3. Structural failures including, but not limited to, excessive deflection.

4. Faulty operation of movable parts such as hardware.

5. Deterioration of metals, metal finishes, and other materials beyond normal weathering
and use.

6. Delamination of exterior or interior facing materials.

7. Making good and installation and finishing all items that are disturbed and that may be
required due to repair or replacement of defective items. Coordinate with Employer,
manufacturer, and installer of adjacent disturbed items to ensure that their warranty is
not cancelled due to the repair work.

C. Warranty Period: Two years from date of Substantial Completion.

1.12 EXTRA MATERIALS

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A. Furnish extra materials described below, that match products installed and that are
packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing
contents.

1. O-Ring: Furnish 1 set for each pump installed.

B. Seal: Furnish 100% of seals installed. PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 MULTISTAGE, PRESSURE-MAINTENANCE PUMPS

A. Description: Factory-assembled and -tested, multistage, barrel-type vertical pump as

defined in HI 2.1-2.2 and HI 2.3; designed for surface installation with pump and
motor direct coupled and mounted vertically.

B. Pump Construction:

1. Barrel: Stainless steel.

2. Suction and Discharge Chamber: Cast iron with flanged inlet and outlet.
3. Pump Head/Motor Mount: Cast iron.
4. Impellers: Stainless steel, balanced, and keyed to shaft.
5. Pump Shaft: Stainless steel.
6. Seal: Mechanical type with carbon rotating face and silicon-carbide stationary seat.
7. Intermediate Chamber Bearings: Aluminum-oxide ceramic or bronze.
8. Chamber-Base Bearing: Tungsten carbide.
9. O-Rings: EPDM or NBR.

C. Motor: Single speed with permanently lubricated ball bearings and rigidly mounted to
pump head. Comply with requirements in Division 21 Section "Common Motor
Requirements for Fire Suppression Equipment."

1. Power Cord: Factory-connected to motor for field connection to controller and at

least 10 feet (3 m) long.

D. Nameplate: Permanently attached to pump and indicating capacity and characteristics.

E. Capacities and Characteristics, as per design requirements:

1. Working Pressure: 175-psig (1200 kPa) minimum, 350 psig (2070 kPa)

2.2 MOTORS

A. Comply with NEMA designation, temperature rating, service factor, enclosure type,
and efficiency requirements for motors specified in Division 21 Section "Common Motor
Requirements for Fire Suppression Equipment."

1. Motor Sizes: Minimum size as indicated; if not indicated, large enough so driven
load will not require motor to operate in service factor range above 1.0.
2. Electrical Devices, and Wiring: Comply with requirements for electrical devices and
connections specified in Division 26 Sections.

2.3 CONTROLLERS FOR PRESSURE-MAINTENANCE PUMPS

A. General Requirements for Pressure-Maintenance-Pump Controllers:

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1. Type: UL 508 factory assembled, -wired, and tested, across-the-line; for combined
automatic and manual operation.
2. Enclosure: UL 508 and NEMA 250, Type 12 for wall-mounting.
3. Factory assembled, wired, and tested.
4. Finish: Manufacturer's standard color paint.

B. Rate controller for scheduled horsepower and include the following:

1. Fusible disconnect switch.

2. Pressure switch.
3. Hand-off-auto selector switch.
4. Pilot light.
5. Running period timer.

2.4 PRESSURE-MAINTENANCE-PUMP SPECIALTIES AND ACCESSORIES

A. Match pressure-maintenance-pump suction and discharge ratings as required for pump

ca- pacity rating. Include the following:

1. Circulation relief valve.

2. Suction and discharge pressure gages.

2.5 GROUT

A. Description: ASTM C 1107/ C 1007M, Grade B, factory-mixed and -packaged non shrink
and nonmetallic grout; suitable for interior and exterior applications.

B. Characteristics: Post-hardening, volume-adjusting, dry, hydraulic-cement grout.

C. Properties: Non staining, noncorrosive, and nongaseous.

D. Design Mix: 34.5-MPa, 28-day compressive strength. PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION

A. NFPA Standard: Comply with NFPA 20 for installation of pressure-maintenance pumps.

B. Base-Mounted Pump Mounting: Install pumps on concrete bases. Comply

with requirements for concrete bases specified in Division 03 Section "Cast-in-Place
Concrete."

1. Install dowel rods to connect concrete base to concrete floor. Unless otherwise
indicated, install dowel rods on 18-inch (450-mm) centers around the full
perimeter of concrete base.
2. For supported equipment, install epoxy-coated anchor bolts that extend through
concrete base and anchor into structural concrete floor.

3. Place and secure anchorage devices. Use setting drawings, templates, diagrams,
instructions, and directions furnished with items to be embedded.
4. Install anchor bolts to elevations required for proper attachment to supported
equipment.
5. Attach pumps to equipment base using anchor bolts.
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C. Install multistage, pressure-maintenance pumps according to HI 1.4.

3.2 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

A. Manufacturer's Field Service: Engage a factory-authorized service representative to

inspect, test, and adjust components, assemblies, and equipment installations, including
connections.

B. Perform tests and inspections.

1. Manufacturer's Field Service: Engage a factory-authorized service representative to

inspect components, assemblies, and equipment installations, including connections,
and to assist in testing.

C. Tests and Inspections:

1. Operational Test: After electrical circuitry has been energized, start units to confirm
proper motor rotation and unit operation.
2. Test and adjust controls and safeties. Replace damaged and malfunctioning controls
and equipment.

D. Pressure-maintenance pumps will be considered defective if they do not pass tests and
inspections.

E. Prepare test and inspection reports.

3.3 ADJUSTING

A. Lubricate pumps as recommended by manufacturer.

B. Set field-adjustable pressure-switch ranges as indicated.

END OF SECTION 213400

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