SmartLab

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The Fastest,
Easiest-To-Use,
Laboratory Airflow
Control Solution

A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR AIRFLOW MANAGEMENT

The Ultimate Solution in Comprehensive
Laboratory Airflow Management.

The SmartLab Solution is a comprehensive laboratory management program that begins by understanding
the current posture of installations and discussing various new design applications via a consultative
assessment audit. The results of the assessment audit will allow Tek-Air to define the correct engineered
product system to maximize safety and minimize energy consumption at the most economical cost.
Information is power to the owners of today's laboratories. The Tek-Air SmartLab Solution will provide users
with a local user interface for programming, archiving and reporting of critical laboratory ventilation control
parameters. The most effective means of seamless integration of critical data to the facility's building
automation system will be employed. Once a SmartLab engineered system is installed and commissioned,
Tek-Air will propose an on-going "state of control" testing services program to maintain the integrity of the
installed system.

The Tek-Air SmartLab Solution

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Step 1
Assessment Audits
• Safety
• Energy Savings

Step 2
Engineered Systems
• Application Determination
• System Design

Step 3
Information Management
• SmartLab User
Interface/Monitor/Report
• Integration to BAS

Step 4
State of Control Services
• Web Based Training
• Fume Hood Testing
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1. FVC Fume Hood System
1 Ventilation Control
Tek-Air offers the widest variety of
fume hood ventilation control for
today's demanding laboratory
Vertical Sash Sensor
requirements. Applications using
face velocity control, measuring
airflow through fume hood open-
ing or sash position contro.l are
available. Sash position control is
standard for vertical, horizontal or
Horizontal
combination sash fume hoods.
Tek-Air's FVC Fume Hood
Sash Sensor
Ventilation Control Systems all use
our patented VorTekTM airflow
sensor to guarantee the best in
operator safety.
2 LIM and Network Converter
2. Ventilation Control Air Valves
PRD Valve Tek-Air provides it’s customers
with a "Good, Better, Best" array of
ventilation control air valve
offerings. From the simplest
installation requirements of a blade
damper terminal box, to a venturi
valve for constant volume or vari-
Venturi Valve
able air volume control, to the
premier ventilation control air valve,
the Tek-Air Pressure Regulating
Device (PRD). Numerous sizes,
material finishes, and means of
actuation (electric, pneumatic) are
Blade Damper available.
3 3. Airflow Measurement Devices
Tek-Air continues the theme of
VorTek "Good, Better, Best" in our airflow
measure options. Static pressure
measuring probes, differential
traverse probes, and our patented
line of digital VortekTM shedding
Traverse Probe probes are available in various
materials of construction; as fan
inlet probes, duct insertion probes
or factory installed duct measure-
ment flow stations. Measuring
actual airflow is the best means of
Pito assuring personnel safety.
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4. The SmartLabTM System Controller
4 The SmartLab Controller is a versatile, high-speed
direct digital controller designed specifically for
airflow and temperature control in laboratories
and other critical environments. The controller
reads supply air, total exhaust volume, and
temperature, while it performs calculations, and
updates all valve outputs, and communicates with
SmartLab System Controller
the FVC Fume Hood Controller via high speed
communications. The SmartLab Controller is a
proven, time tested solution to laboratory control.
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5. The Lab Interface Module and
Network Converters
The lab Interface Module (LIM) contains a
network isolator, signal repeater for ARCnet
communications and thermistor-type room
temperature sensor. Through a port in the LIM, it's
easy to access the SmartLab system network
information. All control parameters can be viewed,
archived and reported. Setpoints can be
6 adjusted, and configurations altered throughout
the system. Tek-Air can also offer direct network
converters.
6. Energy Saving Fume Hoods
Tek-Air provides the latest in technology for
operator safety and energy savings in its line of
"low flow" fume hoods. Fume hoods are available
in various sizes and applications. Using Tek-Air's
Fume Hood
VorTekTM flow sensor, fume hood monitor and air
valve options will provide the user with the utmost
in flexibility; constant volume with flow sensing/
alarm, constant volume with setback/flow
sensing/alarm, or full variable volume with flow
7 sensing/alarm. All ventilation control components
can be factory installed onto the fume hood prior
to shipment from the factory.
Air Handler
7. Custom Air Handling Equipment
Successful laboratory design is based on fume hood operation and room
HVAC requirements. Each lab area can be vastly different with its own
intricate airflow requirements. Tek-Air can customize the air handling
units to fit the applications of the site specific laboratory requirements.
These customized air handlers can now be integrated with the SmartLab
controllers, giving the lab areas even tighter control and greater flexibility.
This customized approach can mean smaller air handlers, which will help
deal with space limitations during design, while keeping energy costs down.
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Laboratory Airflow Management
Custom
Air Handling
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SmartLab User Interface

The SmartLab system is configured using a Windows-based software developed by
Tek-Air. The program runs on a standard personal computer. It features a basic
menu screen for local viewing, archiving and report generation of critical room
parameters. A dedicated SmartLab User Interface network computer allows
access to all room information on the Smartlab network, as well as providing the
gateway for integration to any Building Automation System network.

The SmartLab User Interface program offers maximum flexibility in individual room
information viewing, archiving and reporting via installation onto any individual per-
sonal computer. The access port for individual room information is the SmartLab LIM.
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A Unique, Patented Approach to Airflow Management
The SmartLab System reflects the three key
principles of Tek-Air's approach to airflow
management:
• If a parameter is important, measure it directly.
Whether it's face velocity, airflow volume or
pressure, if a parameter is important enough to
control, it should be measured directly. Tek-Air
doesn't believe in inferential measurements.
• Keep the design simple.
With a Tek-Air design, control objectives are
accomplished with a minimum number of
components.
• Use only the best equipment.
A simple design concept makes the use of high
quality industrial grade devices economically
feasible.
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Vortex Shedding
The principle of physics known as vortex shed-
ding is the basis for Tek-Air's patented digital
approach to airflow measurement. When an
obstacle, such as the trapezoidal shedder in a
VorTekTM probe, is placed in the path of the air-
flow, spiraling eddy currents are created.
These vortices, in accordance with the laws of
physics, are shed in alternating fashion from
one side of the shedder to the other. Tek-Air
measures the rates at which these vortices are
produced, converting alternating pulses into
digital signals for the precise measurement of
airflow volume.
Typical examples of vortex shedding from
everyday life are eddy currents around rocks in
a stream or the waving motion of a flag caused
by air currents around the flagpole.
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