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your engine mfg should have that info readily available.... 
In Response To: Anyone know how I can calculate the CFM of air that my diesel consumes. ()
but, barring that you could take half the bore of your cylinders, square it, multiply by pi, multiply by the stroke, multiply by the number of cylinders, multiply by TWO (because it is a four-stroke engine), and that is the volume of air per revolution (you can get the units right, I assume). Multiply the volume per revolution by the number of revolutions per minute to get the volume per minute.
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- Anyone know how I can calculate the CFM of air that my diesel consumes.
- your engine mfg should have that info readily available....
- THe engine needs to shut off as you hit the fire extinguisher unless you're using a foam vs. "gas"?
- If you install a fixed fire extinguisher system you also need...
- Saftey for person in engine room
- your engine mfg should have that info readily available....