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Stairwell Pressurisation Design Calculations

This design calculation sheet summarizes the air volume requirements for pressurizing a stairwell with some doors opened across 3 floors of a 20m tall building. It determines: 1) An air volume of 0.5 m3/s is required when all doors are closed, accounting for a 50% increase to address unknown leaks. 2) An air volume of 7.02 m3/s is required when doors are opened, based on the open door area and an air velocity of 1.5 m/s. 3) The total air supplied by the fan should be 7.5 m3/s or 7500 lps to meet the closed and open door requirements across the 3 floors.

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Stairwell Pressurisation Design Calculations

This design calculation sheet summarizes the air volume requirements for pressurizing a stairwell with some doors opened across 3 floors of a 20m tall building. It determines: 1) An air volume of 0.5 m3/s is required when all doors are closed, accounting for a 50% increase to address unknown leaks. 2) An air volume of 7.02 m3/s is required when doors are opened, based on the open door area and an air velocity of 1.5 m/s. 3) The total air supplied by the fan should be 7.5 m3/s or 7500 lps to meet the closed and open door requirements across the 3 floors.

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Design calculation sheet

Project no: Date: Sheet no.: 1 of 1 Computed by: D. Denolan


Subject: CIA Checked by: J. Capule
Stairwell Pressurisation with some doors opened. Summer Approved by:

Conditions : Fire Escape on : 3 Floors


Stair Doors: 3
Escape Door : 1
Building Height : 20.0 m

Pressure Level : 20 Pa

1- Air volume required when all doors are closed : Q1= 0.827 x AE x P1/n

Q = Volume of Air Required (m3)

AE = Leakage Area from the space (m2)


= 0.030 (m2) for Double Leaf Doors with or without Central Rebate
= 0.090 (m2) for 3 Stair Doors

P = Pressure Differential = 20 Pa n = Leakage Factor = 2

1/2
Q1 = 0.827 x 0.09 x 25 : Q1 = 0.33 m3 / sec

Although the effective leakage area is known, there are other leaks we are not aware of.
To account for these leaks, Q is increased by 50%, hence:

Q1 = 0.33 +50% Q1 = 0.50 m3 / s

2- Air volume required when doors are opened :

Door Area = 2.1 x 1.51 = 3.17 m2


Air Velocity Across Door = 1.5 m/s ### fpm

Open door area = Area of escape doors + 50% of the area of the other doors
= 3.17 + 1.51
= 4.68 m2
Q2 = A x V => Q2 = 7.02 m3 / s
3- Total Air Supplied by the fan :

QT = Q1 + Q2 => QT = 7.5 m3 / s = 7521 lps


2507 lps per floor

Say = 7500 lps

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