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SPV BUILDING SMOKE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Stair Pressurization Calculations: Ref: ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering by Klote and Milke
(A) BUILDING DATA & ASSUMPTIONS NOTES
SPV Building Length 36.6 m (120 ft) SPV Building Width 36.0 m (118 feet) The lowest expected exterior temperature SPV Building Floor Height 4.5 m (15 ft) (5 deg C) is used for a conservative design. SPV Building Number of Floors 9 SPV Building Stairwell Length 9.9 m (32 ft) This table assumes all air surrounding the SPV Building Stairwell Width 4.5 m (15 ft) stair is at exterior ambient temperature, as Stair/Building Construction UBC "Loose" an additional conservative measure. Stair/Exterior Construction UBC "Very Loose" Outside Temperature (Lowest) 5⁰C REFERENCE Stairwell Temperature 70⁰C
(B) CALCULATION FOR FAN CAPACITY
Flow area of Stair Length of Stair/Building Interface LSB 32 ft. Length of Stair/Exterior Interface LSO 15 ft. Average Height between Floors h 15 ft. Number of Floors N 9 Area of Stair/Exterior Wall per Floor ASO=LSB x h = 225 ft2 Area of Stair/Building Wall per Floor ASB=LSB x h = 480 ft2 Exterior Wall Leakage A/Aw A/AEW 0.001 "very loose" From UBC 905 Wall Tightness A/Aw A/AW 0.00035 "loose" Door Leakage ALEAK 0.169 7' x 3' dimensions .08" top and side gaps & .25" bottom gap Flow Area from Stair to Building (A/AW x ASB)+ALEAK 0.337 floor by floor Flow Area from Stair to Exterior A/AEW x ASO 0.225 floor by floor
Outside Temperature Tout 5 C, converted to R= 464.67
Stairwell Temperature Tbuild 70 C, converted to R= 529.67
Temperature Factor b Ks [ 1 T out − 1 T build ] 0.0020177005 in. H2O/ft Ks=7.64
D PSBt 0.05 + (b x N x h) 0.3223895697 in. H2O Used to calculate pressure change
D PSBb UBC Minimum Requirement 0.05 in. H2O between top and bottom of stair shaft Density of Stairwell Air r 0.075 lb/ft3
[ ] 3 3 2 2 Flow from Stairwell N × A total ΔPSBt − ΔPSBb 5,535 CFM Kq=475 Q=Kq √ρ ΔPSBt − ΔPSBb
Adding the required 2,500 CFM
for the Safety Relief Vent yeilds = 8,035 CFM supply fan requirement
