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Beyond hydraulics: a practical guide to fire water analyses with BOSfluids
Dr. Ir. Erik Jan Lingen
Software Director
Fauzan Badiwale
Manager Software Sales
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About this Webinar
Hydraulic calculations alone cannot confirm whether critical equipment is fully and effectively wetted. BOSfluids bridges this gap by extending NFPA-based hydraulic calculations with coverage and transient surge assessment, helping engineers identify under-protected areas, validate design intent, verify the integrity of systems during transient conditions, and support informed decision-making.
In this session, you will see how an NFPA analysis, coverage evaluation, and transient Flood Analysis can all be performed within a single BOSfluids model, saving time and reducing the scope for errors.
Key Learnings
- Why Fire Water Coverage Goes Beyond Hydraulics
- Limitations of conventional hydraulic-only assessments
- Ensuring critical equipment and zones are fully wetted
- NFPA-Aligned Hydraulic Evaluation
- Hazen–Williams-based pressure loss calculations
- Including equivalent pipe lengths for fittings per NFPA 13/15
- Determining system pressure distribution and minimum supply requirements
- Generating NFPA-compliant reports
- Fire Water Coverage Module in BOSfluids
- Evaluating whether all areas and equipment receive sufficient water
- Visualising protected vs under-protected zones
- Addressing complex geometries typical in offshore and industrial facilities
- Integrated Workflow for Reliable Results
- Performing NFPA, Coverage, and optional Flood & Drain analyses with a single model
- Minimising modelling effort and errors
- Step-by-step engineering workflow from sizing to coverage verification
- Real-World Use Cases
- Offshore platforms and FPSOs with deluge and monitor systems
- Onshore process plants with dense equipment layouts
- Industrial facilities requiring validated fire water coverage assessments
Who Should Watch
This webinar is for: fire protection engineers, loss prevention and safety professionals, EPC & FEED engineering teams, plant operators & asset owners, process & piping engineers, HSE & reliability engineering teams and engineering managers overseeing firewater.
Gain practical, actionable insights on how BOSfluids helps engineers go beyond hydraulic calculations to ensure firewater coverage is complete, NFPA-aligned, and reliable. See how a single model can support efficient, accurate assessment of critical fire protection systems.
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