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DESIGN CALCULATION AN9803/R 27/11/02

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Subject Staircase Pressurization

Number of Floors 25 25
Door Height 7 ft
Door Width 3 ft
Door cracks will be 1/8 of an inch
Stairwell shaft length 5.0 m
Stairwell shaft width 5.0 m

Number of Doors 25
Number of Doors to be considered 2.5 Note: Changed to 20% instead of 10% Ibrahim Bejjani
Number of doors in exit level 1
Number of doors in other levels 1.5 ABS sign added to have > 1 door oopen
50% of 1.5 as per requiremnets 0.75
Total number of doors to be considered 1.75

Door Areas 36.75 ft2

Aproximation Areas Aa 269 ft2
Exfiltration Area/door 0.208 ft2
Total exfiltration Area 5.208333 ft2

for 0.05 Ad/Aa 0.08 Cs 0.0099

for 0.02 Aex/Aa 0.02 Cs 0.01

for 0.05 Q= 20837.33 CFM

for 0.2 Q= 5876.666 CFM 0.2 instead of 0.02

Total flow Q= 26714 CFM

10% SF 29385 CFM

in lps 13868 l/s 13.87 m3/s 49926

Staircase total volume 1875 m3

Air Changes per Hour 27

Using a velocity of 3000 fpm in main ducts Max: 3000 fpm

Using a velocity of 700 fpm in supply grilles Max: 1000 fpm

Therefore OR Length Width

(mm) (mm)
Main Duct Area: 0.910 m2 1821 500
 Grille Branch Area: 0.156 m2 390 400
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Duct Size

Schedule of Equipment Area Length Width

Centrifugal Fan (mm) (mm) (mm)
lps per outlet: 550 lps 0.036 1 See Grille Branch Above
Fan selection: 13750 lps 0.073 2 291 250
Static Pressure: 25 mm WG 0.109 3 273 400
Stairwell Pressurization 0.146 4 291 500
0.182 5 364 500
0.218 6 437 500
0.255 7 510 500
0.583 8 1165 500
0.655 9 1311 500
0.728 10 1457 500
0.801 11 1602 500
0.874 12 1748 500
0.947 13 1893 500
1.020 14 2039 500
1.092 15 2185 500
1.165 16 2330 500
1.238 17 2476 500
1.311 18 2622 500
1.384 19 2767 500
1.457 20 2913 500
1.529 21 3059 500
1.602 22 3204 500
1.675 23 3350 500
1.748 24 3496 500
1.821 25 3641 500
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m3/hr

Max: 3000 fpm

Max: 1000 fpm
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