Low Flow Roof Cooling Sprinkler

Roof top sprinkler systems fact.

Low flow roof cooling sprinkler.

Sprinklers need adequate pressure to operate properly. Summer humidity in this area is very low so the evaporative cooling is very efficient. Roof saver sprinklers an affordable home wildfire protection system. Polyethylene pipe attached to the dairy shed roof for the spray curtain.

Spray curtain in operation. In industrial buildings this kind of evaporative cooling doesn t just reduce the heat coming in from the roof it can reverse the heat flow and make the roof a cooling element. It touches on the two aspects we will be working with in our system. This allows sprinklers in each individual row to be up to 8 ft apart along the pipe while still maintaining no more than 6 ft between any two sprinklers perpendicular to the slope of the roof.

In the face of an advancing wildfire a structure with a properly implemented firesmart program in combination with an operational exterior rooftop sprinkler system has a survival probability of above 90. Also with the roof span being broken up into three sections each sprinkler has a significantly lowered water demand. Sprinklers are one of the oldest methods but one of the newest technologies in wildfire control and property fire protection in wildland areas. The sprinklers generate a semi circle spray pattern that is directed towards the yard side of the shed.

Cool roof requirements are based on the roof s slope with more stringent requirements for low sloped roofs which rise less than 2 feet 0 6 meters in height for every 12 horizontal feet 3 7 meters than for steep sloped roofs which rise more than 2 feet 0 6 meters in height every 12 horizontal feet 3 7 meters source. Warm air inside a large plant will rise and will often be well above 100 degrees inside the building. Roof sprinkler cooling in the central valley. Actually i didn t want to bother since these are low flow heads.

Roof sprinkler cooling system this is a nice example of what someone discovered using simple methods on his own home. If the pressure is too low sprinkler systems will not operate correctly. Roof saver sprinklers are an easy to use high quality and low cost option for bushfire wildfire protection. This is a note from david describing how roof sprinklers are used on clay tile roofs in california s central valley for cooling.

Ember s guard roof top sprinkler with 3 4 male female garden hose swivel brass adapter fittings and 360 impact sprinkler head. This can be done day or night due to the low humidity that is common. Spray curtain water supply and filter. Can be easily fitted to any dairy yard or feedpad with a concrete floor.

A roof sprinkler system that reduces cooling costs by cooling the roof through evaporation.