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The 2018 edition NFPA 54 Handbook explains the “hows” and “whys” behind fuel gas safety compliance, so you are prepared to implement the latest Code. Fully updated and featuring a wealth of color visuals, NFPA’s 2018 edition National Fuel Gas Code Handbook explains technical NFPA 54 requirements and fuel gas safety concepts — so you can confidently answer questions from employees and owners, and verify that fuel gas piping, appliance, and venting jobs are in compliance. It’s an essential tool for engineers, contractors, and consultants who need to ensure fuel gas jobs are done right the first time. This edition’s handbook contributors are comprised of fuel gas safety experts. Expert commentary from recognized authorities in the field gives you the background, rationale, and practical tips you need for error-free design, installation, and inspection. The NFPA 54 Handbook combines Code rules with color visuals, updated commentary, new FAQs, and more! You’ll save time with: The complete 2018 edition NFPA 54\/ANSI Z223.1: National Fuel Gas Code text for convenient reference Shading and icons within the Code text, alerting you to changes to the 2018 edition of the Code Commentary that helps you avoid errors and oversights — including new commentary pertaining to arc-resistant jacketed or coated corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST), changes to Schedule 10 piping and press-connect fitting allowances, and inspection of existing appliances when the building envelope has been modified More than 200 visuals including color photos, graphics, and charts Updated FAQs based on questions from the field that highlight vital aspects of gas safety you can’t afford to overlook A new National Fuel Gas Code ‘At a Glance’ feature, outlining where to find pertinent Piping Design and Appliance sections and tables in the Handbook A supplement that summarizes research on CSST bonding related to lightning-related damage to fuel gas piping systems. Other supplements including Fuel Gas Odorization and Procedure to Estimate Infiltration Rate for Residential Structures Summary of Technical Changes from the 2015 to the 2018 edition of NFPA 54 Calculation Worksheets, including blank versions that users can reproduce and use Get the hands-on backup needed to complete jobs correctly and improve productivity. Published by NFPA, the Code source, the 2018 edition National Fuel Gas Code Handbook is a time-saving NFPA 54 companion for engineers, contractors, consultants, AHJs, designers, and architects<\/p>\n

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PDF Pages<\/th>\nPDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nCover <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nCopyright <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nContents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nPreface <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHistory of the National Fuel Gas Code <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nAbout the Contributors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nAbout the Editor <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nNFPA 54 Summary of Technical Changes: 2018 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nPART 1 – NFPA 54, National Fuel Gas Code, with Commentary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nChapter 1 – Administration
1.1 Scope <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n1.2 Purpose <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n1.3 Retroactivity
1.4 Equivalency
1.5 Enforcement <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nChapter 2 – Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n2.3 Other Publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory
\n Sections <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nChapter 3 – Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n3.3 General Definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nChapter 4 – General
4.1 Qualified Agency
4.2 Interruption of Service <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n4.3 Prevention of Accidental Ignition <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n4.4 Noncombustible Material <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nChapter 5 – Gas Piping System Design, Materials, and Components
5.1 Piping Plan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n5.2 Provision for Location of Point of Delivery
5.3 Interconnections Between Gas Piping
\n Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n5.4 Sizing of Gas Piping Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n5.5 Operating Pressure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n5.6 Acceptable Piping Materials and Joining
\n Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n5.7 Gas Meters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n5.8 Gas Pressure Regulators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n5.9 Overpressure Protection Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n5.10 Back Pressure Protection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n5.11 Low-Pressure Protection
5.12 Shutoff Valves <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\n5.13 Excess Flow Valve(s
5.14 Expansion and Flexibility <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\nChapter 6 – Pipe Sizing
6.1 Pipe Sizing Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n6.2 Sizing Natural Gas Piping Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n6.3 Sizing Propane Piping Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n6.4 Sizing Equations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\nChapter 7 – Gas Piping Installation
7.1 Installation of Underground Piping <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n7.2 Installation of Aboveground Piping <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n7.3 Concealed Piping in Buildings <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n7.4 Piping in Vertical Chases
7.5 Gas Pipe Turns <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\n7.6 Drips and Sediment Traps <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/td>\n7.7 Outlets <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
165<\/td>\n7.8 Manual Gas Shutoff Valves <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/td>\n7.9 Prohibited Devices
7.10 Systems Containing Gas\u2013Air Mixtures
\n Outside the Flammable Range
7.11 Systems Containing Flammable Gas\u2013Air
\n Mixtures <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/td>\n7.12 Electrical Bonding and Grounding <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/td>\n7.13 Electrical Circuits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/td>\n7.14 Electrical Connections <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
175<\/td>\nChapter 8 – Inspection, Testing, and Purging
8.1 Pressure Testing and Inspection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/td>\n8.2 Piping System Leak Check <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/td>\n8.3 Purging Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
187<\/td>\nChapter 9 – Appliance, Equipment, and Accessory Installation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
188<\/td>\n9.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/td>\n9.2 Accessibility and Clearance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200<\/td>\n9.3 Air for Combustion and Ventilation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
225<\/td>\n9.4 Appliances on Roofs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
227<\/td>\n9.5 Appliances in Attics <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
228<\/td>\n9.6 Appliance and Equipment Connections to
\n Building Piping <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
234<\/td>\n9.7 Electrical <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
235<\/td>\n9.8 Room Temperature Thermostats <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
237<\/td>\n10 Installation of Specific Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
238<\/td>\n10.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
239<\/td>\n10.2 Air-Conditioning Appliances (Gas-Fired Air
\n Conditioners and Heat Pumps <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
244<\/td>\n10.3 Central Heating Boilers and Furnaces <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
256<\/td>\n10.4 Clothes Dryers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
260<\/td>\n10.5 Conversion Burners <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
261<\/td>\n10.6 Decorative Appliances for Installation in
\n Vented Fireplaces <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
263<\/td>\n10.7 Gas Fireplaces, Vented <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
264<\/td>\n10.8 Non-Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired Industrial
\n Air Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
266<\/td>\n10.9 Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air
\n Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
268<\/td>\n10.10 Duct Furnaces <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
269<\/td>\n10.11 Floor Furnaces <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
272<\/td>\n10.12 Food Service Appliance, Floor-
\n Mounted <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
274<\/td>\n10.13 Food Service Appliances, Counter
\n Appliances
10.14 Household Cooking Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
276<\/td>\n10.15 Illuminating Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
278<\/td>\n10.16 Incinerators, Commercial-Industrial
10.17 Infrared Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
279<\/td>\n10.18 Open-Top Broiler Units <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
280<\/td>\n10.19 Outdoor Cooking Appliances
10.20 Pool Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
282<\/td>\n10.21 Refrigerators
10.22 Room Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
285<\/td>\n10.23 Stationary Gas Engines
10.24 Gas-Fired Toilets <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
286<\/td>\n10.25 Unit Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
287<\/td>\n10.26 Wall Furnaces <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
290<\/td>\n10.27 Water Heaters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
293<\/td>\n10.28 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicular
\n Fuel Systems
10.29 Appliances for Installation in Manufactured
\n Housing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
294<\/td>\n10.30 Fuel Cell Power Plants
10.31 Outdoor Open Flame Decorative
\n Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
297<\/td>\nChapter 11 – Procedures to Be Followed to Place Appliance in Operation
11.1 Adjusting the Burner Input <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
302<\/td>\n11.2 Primary Air Adjustment
11.3 Safety Shutoff Devices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
303<\/td>\n11.4 Automatic Ignition
11.5 Protective Devices
11.6 Checking the Draft <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
304<\/td>\n11.7 Operating Instructions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
305<\/td>\nChapter 12 – Venting of Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
307<\/td>\n12.1 Minimum Safe Performance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
309<\/td>\n12.2 General
12.3 Specification for Venting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
312<\/td>\n12.4 Design and Construction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
317<\/td>\n12.5 Type of Venting System to Be Used <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
320<\/td>\n12.6 Masonry, Metal, and Factory-Built
\n Chimneys <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
330<\/td>\n12.7 Gas Vents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
339<\/td>\n12.8 Single-Wall Metal Pipe <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
343<\/td>\n12.9 Through-the-Wall Vent Termination <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
345<\/td>\n12.10 Condensation Drain
12.11 Vent Connectors for Category I Appliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
351<\/td>\n12.12 Vent Connectors for Category II, Category III,
\n and Category IV Appliances
12.13 Draft Hoods and Draft Controls <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
354<\/td>\n12.14 Manually Operated Dampers
12.15 Automatically Operated Vent Dampers
12.16 Obstructions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
357<\/td>\nChapter 13 – Sizing of Category I Venting Systems <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
358<\/td>\n13.1 Additional Requirements to Single Appliance
\n Vent <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
372<\/td>\n13.2 Additional Requirements to Multiple-
\n Appliance Vent <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
393<\/td>\nAnnex A – Explanatory Material <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
395<\/td>\nAnnex B – Sizing and Capacities of Gas Piping <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
419<\/td>\nAnnex C – Suggested Method of Checking for Leakage <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
423<\/td>\nAnnex D – Suggested Emergency Procedure for Gas Leaks <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
425<\/td>\nAnnex E – Flow of Gas Through Fixed Orifices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
435<\/td>\nAnnex F – Sizing of Venting Systems Serving Appliances Equipped with Draft Hoods, Category I Appliances, and Appliances Listed for Use with Type B Vents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
463<\/td>\nAnnex G – Recommended Procedure for Safety Inspection of an Existing Appliance Installation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
473<\/td>\nAnnex H – Indoor Combustion Air Calculation Examples <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
481<\/td>\nAnnex I – Example of Combination of Indoor and Outdoor Combustion and Ventilation Opening Design <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
483<\/td>\nAnnex J – Enforcement <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
485<\/td>\nAnnex K – Informational References <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
491<\/td>\nPART TWO
\n Supplements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
493<\/td>\n1 Development of Revised Venting Guidelines <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
511<\/td>\n2 Fuel Gas Odorization <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
519<\/td>\n3 Calculation Worksheets <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
529<\/td>\n4 Clearance Distance for Gas Appliance Sidewall
\n Venting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
539<\/td>\n5 Purging <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
543<\/td>\n6 Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
549<\/td>\nIndex <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
563<\/td>\nImportant Notices and Legal Disclaimers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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