The use of galvanized steel as a corrosion control strategy has been commonplace in the fire sprinkler industry over the past 20 years. Nearly all mission-critical installations utilized galvanized pipe in their pre-action and dry pipe fire ...
The use of nitrogen gas has become the standard method of preventing corrosion in dry pipe and preaction fire sprinkler systems. By eliminating the presence of oxygen within the system piping, corrosion and deposit formation are minimized. This ...
This case study exemplifies the risk and added expense of not implementing a nitrogen-based corrosion control strategy from day one in mission critical applications.
