Help minimize fire risks and explosion hazards for fluid Heaters to safeguard people and property.
NFPA 87, Standard for Fluid Heaters, addresses safety requirements in industrial environments across the board: textile drying, pressboard manufacturing, gas sweetening, chemical synthesis, plastic molding, hot galvanizing, laminating, dry cleaning, and food processing. This standard offers rules for location and construction, heating systems, commissioning and operations, heating system safety equipment and application, and the maintenance, inspection, and testing of fluid heaters.
The 2024 edition includes:
Significantly reorganized documentation and added annex material
New Chapter 10, Fluid Circuit Safety Logic and Interlock Application
Added definition and requirements for quiescent bath heaters
Increased flange requirements
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope. 1.2 Purpose. 1.3 Application. 1.4 Retroactivity. 1.5 Equivalency. 1.6 Units and Formulas.
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General. 2.2 NFPA Publications. 2.3 Other Publications. 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections.
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General. 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions. 3.3 General Definitions.
Chapter 4 General
4.1 Approvals, Plans, and Specifications. 4.2 Safety Labeling. 4.3 Thermal Fluids and Process Fluids.
Chapter 5 Location and Construction
5.1 Location. 5.2 Fluid Heater Design. 5.3 Explosion Mitigation. 5.4 Ventilation and Exhaust System. 5.5 Mountings and Auxiliary Equipment.
Chapter 8 Commissioning, Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing
8.1 Scope. 8.2 Commissioning. 8.3 Training. 8.4 Operations. 8.5 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance. 8.6 Record Retention. 8.7 Procedures.
Chapter 9 Heating System Safety Equipment and Application
9.1 Scope. 9.2 Safety Devices. 9.3 Burner Management Systems and Logic. 9.4 Programmable Logic Controller Systems. 9.5 Safety Control Application for Fuel-Fired Heating Systems. [86:8.4] 9.6 Combustion Air Safety Devices. 9.7 Safety Shutoff Valves (Fuel Gas or Liquid Fuel). 9.8 Fuel Pressure Switches (Gas or Liquid Fuel). 9.9 Flame Supervision. 9.10 Liquid Fuel Atomization (Other than Mechanical Atomization). 9.11 Liquid Fuel Temperature Limit Devices. 9.12 Multiple Fuel Systems. 9.13 Air–Fuel Gas Mixing Machines. 9.14 Ignition of Main Burners — Fuel Gas or Liquid Fuel. 9.15 Quiescent Bath Heater Interlock.
Chapter 10 Fluid Circuit Safety Logic and Interlock Application
10.1 Scope. 10.2 General. 10.3 Standard Controls and Interlocks. 10.4 Interlocks Pertaining to Fired Heaters. 10.5 Electrical Heating Systems.
Chapter 11 Solid Fuel–Fired Heating Systems
11.1 Scope. 11.2 Air System Safeguards. 11.3 Solid Fuel Supply System Safeguards. 11.4 Solid Fuel Combustion Safeguards. 11.5 Heat Transfer System Safeguards. 11.6 Exhaust Gas System Safeguards. 11.7 Ash-Handling System Safeguards. 11.8 Fire Protection for Solid Fuel–Fired Fluid Heaters. 11.9 Other Safeguards for Solid Fuel–Fired Fluid Heaters.
Chapter 12 Electric Heaters (Reserved)
Chapter 13 Fire Protection
13.1 General. 13.2 Types of Fire Protection Systems. 13.3 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fire Protection Equipment.
Annex A Explanatory Material Annex B Example Maintenance Checklist Annex C Steam Extinguishing Systems Annex D Informational References
Help minimize fire risks and explosion hazards for fluid Heaters to safeguard people and property.
NFPA 87, Standard for Fluid Heaters, addresses safety requirements in industrial environments across the board: textile drying, pressboard manufacturing, gas sweetening, chemical synthesis, plastic molding, hot galvanizing, laminating, dry cleaning, and food processing. This standard offers rules for location and construction, heating systems, commissioning and operations, heating system safety equipment and application, and the maintenance, inspection, and testing of fluid heaters.
The 2024 edition includes:
Significantly reorganized documentation and added annex material
New Chapter 10, Fluid Circuit Safety Logic and Interlock Application
Added definition and requirements for quiescent bath heaters
Increased flange requirements
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope. 1.2 Purpose. 1.3 Application. 1.4 Retroactivity. 1.5 Equivalency. 1.6 Units and Formulas.
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General. 2.2 NFPA Publications. 2.3 Other Publications. 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections.
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General. 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions. 3.3 General Definitions.
Chapter 4 General
4.1 Approvals, Plans, and Specifications. 4.2 Safety Labeling. 4.3 Thermal Fluids and Process Fluids.
Chapter 5 Location and Construction
5.1 Location. 5.2 Fluid Heater Design. 5.3 Explosion Mitigation. 5.4 Ventilation and Exhaust System. 5.5 Mountings and Auxiliary Equipment.
Chapter 8 Commissioning, Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing
8.1 Scope. 8.2 Commissioning. 8.3 Training. 8.4 Operations. 8.5 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance. 8.6 Record Retention. 8.7 Procedures.
Chapter 9 Heating System Safety Equipment and Application
9.1 Scope. 9.2 Safety Devices. 9.3 Burner Management Systems and Logic. 9.4 Programmable Logic Controller Systems. 9.5 Safety Control Application for Fuel-Fired Heating Systems. [86:8.4] 9.6 Combustion Air Safety Devices. 9.7 Safety Shutoff Valves (Fuel Gas or Liquid Fuel). 9.8 Fuel Pressure Switches (Gas or Liquid Fuel). 9.9 Flame Supervision. 9.10 Liquid Fuel Atomization (Other than Mechanical Atomization). 9.11 Liquid Fuel Temperature Limit Devices. 9.12 Multiple Fuel Systems. 9.13 Air–Fuel Gas Mixing Machines. 9.14 Ignition of Main Burners — Fuel Gas or Liquid Fuel. 9.15 Quiescent Bath Heater Interlock.
Chapter 10 Fluid Circuit Safety Logic and Interlock Application
10.1 Scope. 10.2 General. 10.3 Standard Controls and Interlocks. 10.4 Interlocks Pertaining to Fired Heaters. 10.5 Electrical Heating Systems.
Chapter 11 Solid Fuel–Fired Heating Systems
11.1 Scope. 11.2 Air System Safeguards. 11.3 Solid Fuel Supply System Safeguards. 11.4 Solid Fuel Combustion Safeguards. 11.5 Heat Transfer System Safeguards. 11.6 Exhaust Gas System Safeguards. 11.7 Ash-Handling System Safeguards. 11.8 Fire Protection for Solid Fuel–Fired Fluid Heaters. 11.9 Other Safeguards for Solid Fuel–Fired Fluid Heaters.
Chapter 12 Electric Heaters (Reserved)
Chapter 13 Fire Protection
13.1 General. 13.2 Types of Fire Protection Systems. 13.3 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fire Protection Equipment.
Annex A Explanatory Material Annex B Example Maintenance Checklist Annex C Steam Extinguishing Systems Annex D Informational References