Calculation sheet

Project xxx
Project Consultant xxx
Client xxxxx
Contractor xxxxx
Subject Staircase pressurization Air flow requirement
Location xx
Fan Type
Design By xxx

Building Data
Floor area 7250 m2
Bilding perimeter 348.5 m
Floor to floor height 5.95 m
Note: Maximum diamentions are considered (i.e. perimeter is taken by )

Door Details
Door diamentions m m m2
A1 2.1 1.13 2.373
A2 2.1 1.43 3.003
Lift 2.1 1.2 0
Note: Put zero if the lift leakage is not considered

Building Leakage data

According to the Annex D of BS 5588 -4 A21 A1
Leakage
area ratio
(A/Aw)
Exterior building walls Average 0.00021
Lift well Average 0.00084
Stairs/internal walls Average Internal 0.00011
Lobbies Average Internal
Floors Average 0.000052
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A. Calculation of air supply required for pressure differential with all doors closed, and stair, lobbies and lift well at 50 Pa
Stairway leakage
From doors

Resultant
Opening Leakage
Door Door type Qty leakage
direction area (m2)
area (m2)

Door to roof
Single leaf in ward 0.01 1 0.01
Door to evacuate
Single leaf out ward 0.02 1 0.02

Door to lobby Single leaf in ward 0.01 9 0.09

From Walls

Leakage Leakage
a (m) b (m) h (m)
area ratio area (m2)

Interior wall wall diamentions 6.7 2.7 49.35 0.00011 0.1021

Exterior wall wall diamentions 6.7 2.7 4.9 0.00021 0.0193

Total leakage area 0.2414 m2

Air supply required to raise stair to 50Pa 1.4168 m3/s

B. Calculation of airflow requirements with stair/lobby and lobby/accommodation doors open on fire floor, airflow of 2 m/s
through lobby/fire room door, stair/lobby door open and lift door closed on floor below fire, accommodation vented on fire
floor (mechanically), LL3 stair door to outside open
Note: Though the code assume the lift door below the fire room is open, here that door is closed and leakage through that door is ignored

Air flow rate through lobby/accommodation door 6.006 m3/s

Pressure differntial across lobby/accomadation door with above flow 5.8064 Pa
Air flow through lift door 0 m3/s
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Total air through stair door (air through lift & lobby/accommodation door) 6.006 m3/s
Effective area across stair and accommodation 1.86186 m2
Pressure differntial across stair and accomadation with above flow 15.1 Pa
Air flow through LL3 stair/lobby door + lobby/accommodation door 6.005 m3/s

Calculation of leakage from stair well

leakage area through wall 0.1214 m2
Leakage area through closed doors (including lift door) 0.17 m2 lift door + lobby /accmdation+
Leakage area through side walls and floor of lobby below the fire floor 0.0052 m2
Note: The maximum of floor to floor heights (i.e. 5.95m) is used.
Air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire 0.95662 m3/s
Pressure differential across stair and lobby of fire floor 9.2936 Pa
Air leakage through ceiling of the lobby below the fire 0.001566 m3/s
Note: Pressure in side the lobby below the fire floor is taken to be equal to the stair pressure

Total flow rate required to the stair 12.96919 m3/s

Note: According to the code, if the air for the airflow criteria > 1.5xthe air required for pressurizing the shaft,
the 1.5 factor need not be applied. The ductwork leakage factor 1.15 is used

Total air requirement 14.91456 m3/s

floor)
Air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire 0.988873 m3/s
Note: Added leakage through the LL3 closed door to air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire of A
Air leakage through ceiling of the lobby below the fire 0.001566 m3/s
Total air requirement 6.996439 m3/s

Air supply for pressure differential of 50Pa 1.4168 m3/s

Therefore air flow through releaf vent 5.5797 m3/s
Releaf vent area 0.950702 m2
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D. Calculation of airflow requirements for conditions as in B except that the lobby/accommodation door on floor below fire
floor is open (i.e. class E, phased evacuation, firefighting shaft)
Note: The air supply requirements are the same as for B except that the lobby/accommodation door on the
floor below the fire is also open.
Floor area 7250 m2
Note: maximum of floor above the ground floor and floor below the ground floor is considered
Leakage area from floor and ceiling 0.754 m2
Leakage area from walls 0.435451 m2
Note: The maximum of floor to floor heights (i.e. 5.95m) is used.
Total leakage area from building fabric 1.189451 m2
Note: This area is in series with A1 and A2 (Lift leakage is ignored)
Combined effective area 1.002363 m2

With 15.10 Pa in the lobby the air flow through this open door 3.232895 m3/s
Therefore total air requirement 16.20208 m3/s

However, with only 1.4168 m3/s supplied for 50 Pa, an extra 14.79 m3/s has to be added to the stairway to
satisfy the airflow requirements, and a pressure operated relief vent of area 2.519226 m2 has to be provided in the stair to open air

With 1.15 factor, the total air requirement to the staircase 18.632 m3/s