Morgan: Design methodologies for smoke and Heat exhaust ventilation

Design methodologies for smoke
and
Heat exhaust ventilation

(( Morgan ))

This book summaries the advice available from the Fire Research Station of BRE to designers of Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation Systems (SHEVS) for atria and other buildings. It provides practical guidance on the design of smoke-control systems. It reflects current knowledge and is based on published and unpublished research. It also draws on the authors experience of design features required for regulatory purposes in many individual smoke-control applications.
 The purpose of this book therefore is to provide practical guidance on the design of smoke control systems. It reflects current knowledge and is based on the results of research where available, including as yet unpublished results of experiments. 1n addition, it draws on the authors' cumulative experience of design features required for regulatory purposes in many individual smoke-control applications. Many of these design features have evolved over several years by consensus between regulatory authorities, developers and fire scientists, rather than by specific research,

Table of content

1- Introduction
2-General principles of smoke production, movement and control
3-Design-fire size
4-Escape times
5-Smoke control on the story of fire origin
6-Smoke ventilation within multi story spaces (ex the atrium)
7-Alternative forms of smoke control for atria
    (including multi story malls but excluding through flow ventilation)
8-Depressurization/smoke ventilation hybrid designs
9-Atrium smoke layer temperature
10-Additional design factors
11-Interactions with other systems in the building
12-SHEVS and the fire services
13-Selection of equipment
14-Installation
15-Acceptance testing (commissioning)
16-Maintenance, management and re-testing
17-Some common mistakes in the design of smoke ventilation systems
18-Smoke ventilation design and enforcement of regulations
19-Acknowledgements
20-References
Annex A : Design procedure with a growing design fire
Annex B:  Design procedure with a steady-state design fire
Annex C:  Deflection of smoke curtains
Annex D:  A comparison of different spill-plume calculation methods
Annex E:  User's guide to BRE spill-plume calculations
Annex F:  1977 fire at IMF building, Washington DC (based on reference [18])
Annex G: Design procedure for hybrid systems
Annex H: Effect of a buoyant layer on the minimum pressure
                recommended for a pressure differential system
Annex I  :  Aspects of hot--smoke tests to confirm the performance of SHEVS
Annex J:    Case history smoke-control design in '03 Espace Leopold
                Building', European Parliament, Brussels


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