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Stair Case Pressurization For Internal Stairs .

DATA INPUT
NO. OF FLOORS 30 NOS.
FLOOR HEIGHT 4 M

DOOR DIMENSIONS WIDTH 1 M

HEIGHT 2.2 M

STAIRWELL DIMENSIONS LENGTH 5 M

WIDTH 4 M
HEIGHT 100 M

STAIRWELL PRESSURIZATION IN THE CASE OF CLOSED DOORS

Sr. Stairwell Reference Units ST1 & ST2

A Design Criteria tight construction

1 Butcher Parenell Equation.
2 NFPA 92A-Recommended practice for smoke control system
3 NFPA 92B - Guide for Smoke Management Systems.
4 BSEN 121016 - Part 5 "Code of Practice for Fire Fighting Stair
5 Design Pressure Differential - 50 Pa across stair/accomodation Pa 50
6 d of Doors Open for-doors Exiting / Evacuation. No. No.s 0
B Airflow from closed doors & walls due to pressurization leakage
1 area
Doorofdimensions.
closed doors Width Height Crack
Width
a Door size m 1 2.2 0.01
b sq.m 2.2
c No. of Doors No. 30
d Total crack area of closed doors sq.m 0.66
2 Leakage area of walls. Internal wall size Length Width Height
a Leakage area factor (Stair well - tight for stair-1 & stair-2 ) m 5 4 100
b Total wall area 1.4E-05
c Total leakage area for internal walls sq.m 2000
d sq.m 0.028
3 Total leakage area of closed doors & tight const. Walls Area
sq.m 0.688
4 Airflow through leakage areas of closed doors & walls Q=0.839 M3/Sec. 4.08164661517873
X Total lkge area X 1000 X sqrt of press. Diff. cfm 8652
C Airflow through open doors for pressurization.
1 Door dimensions. Width Height Area
a Door size m 1 2.2 2.2
b Velocity (0.75 m/s open door as per BSEN 121016 - Part 5) m/s 0.75
c No. of open doors No. 0
2 Total Airflow through open doors l/s 0
cfm 0
D Total airflow required for closed doors, walls & open doors M3/Sec. 4.08164661517873
cfm 8652
E Safety factor % 10%
F Total airflow required for closed doors, walls & open doors cf M3/Sec. 4.48981127669661
cfm 9518
G Airflow each floor l/s 139
cfm 295
H FAN CAPACITY IN THE CASE OF CLOSED DOORS cfm 9518
 STAIRWELL PRESSURIZATION IN THE CASE OF OPEN DOORS

Sr. Stairwell Reference Units ST1 & ST2

A Design Criteria tight construction

1 Butcher Parenell Equation.
2 NFPA 92A-Recommended practice for smoke control system
3 NFPA 92B - Guide for Smoke Management Systems.
4 BSEN 121016 - Part 5 "Code of Practice for Fire Fighting Stair
5 Design Pressure Differential - 10 Pa across stair/accomodation Pa 10
6 No.of Doors Open for-doors Exiting / Evacuation. No.s 2
B Airflow from closed doors & walls due to pressurization leakage
1 area
Doorof closed doors
dimensions. Width Height Crack
Width
a Door size m 1 2.2 0.01
b Crack area of one door sq.m 2.2
c No. of Doors No. 30
d Total crack area of closed doors sq.m 0.66
2 Leakage area of walls. Internal wall size Length Width Height
a Leakage area factor (Stair well - tight for stair-1 & stair-2 ) m 5 4 100
b Total wall area 1.4E-05
c Total leakage area for internal walls sq.m 2000
d sq.m 0.028
3 Total leakage area of closed doors & tight const. Walls Area
sq.m
0.688
4 Airflow through leakage areas of closed doors & walls Q=0.839 M3/Sec. 1.82536785833431
X Total lkge area X 1000 X sqrt of press. Diff. cfm 3869
C Airflow through open doors for pressurization.
1 Door dimensions. Width Height Area
a Door size m 1 2.2 2.2
b Velocity (0.75 m/s open door as per BSEN 121016 - Part 5) m/s 0.75
c No. of open doors No. 2
2 Total Airflow through open doors M3/Sec. 3.3000
cfm 6995
D Total airflow required for closed doors, walls & open doors M3/Sec. 5.1254
cfm 10865
E Safety factor % 10%
F Total airflow required for closed doors, walls & open doors cf M3/Sec. 5.63790464416775
cfm 11951
G Airflow each floor M3/Sec. 0.1879
cfm 398
I FAN CAPACITY IN THE CASE OF OPEN DOOR cfm 11951
TOTAL FAN CAPACITY IN THE CASE OF CLOSED AND OPEN DOORS cfm 21469

Notes:
The calculation if performed on the basis of 10Pa of differential pressure will be maintained with 2
doors open and 50pa of differential pressure will be maintained with all doors remains close.
The maximum flow from the above two scenarios is selected as required fan flow.