- Author
- Klote, J. H.
- Title
- Field Tests of the Smoke Control System at the Bay Pines VA Hospital.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASHRAE Transactions, No. 1B, 802-819, 1985
- Sponsor
- U.S. Veterans Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 84-2868; CH-85-17 No. 2, May 1984, 43 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900; Rush Service (Telephone Orders Only) 800-553-6847; Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
- air movement | field tests | hospitals | interstitial space | pressurization | smoke control | smoke detectors
- Abstract
- The Veterans Administration (VA) has sponsored a project at the Center for Fire Research of the National Bureau of Standards to study smoke control in VA hospitals and to develop new design approaches and methods of acceptance testing. This paper is the first report of this project, and it presents the results of a field test on the VA Bay Pines Hospital. In general the smoke control systems at this hospital performed well, however, there were some problems. These problems are discussed along with specific recommendations in future hospitals. It was observed that the double egress doors in the hospital acted in a manner similar to barometric dampers to limit pressure differences.