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Author
Morgan, H. P. | Ghosh, B. K. | Garrad, G. | Pamlitschka, R. | DeSmedt, J. C. | Schoonbaert, L. R.
Title
Design Methodologies for Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation.
Coporate
Building Research Establishment, Garston, England Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, England Professional Fire Service, Vienna, Austria International Fire Safety Engineering Technology, Belgium
Report
BR 368, 1999, 146 p.
Keywords
smoke | heat | exhaust systems | ventilation | smoke production | smoke movement | smoke control | fire spread | escape means | time | atria | depressurization | smoke layers | fire departments | acceptance tests | maintenance | regulations
Identifiers
Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation Systems (SHEVS); design fire size; smoke control on the storey of fire origin; smoke ventilation within multistorey spaces; alvernative forms of smoke control for atria (including multistorey malls but excluding throughflow ventilation); depressurization/smoke ventilation hybrid design; atrium smoke layer temperature; additional design factors; interactions with other systems in the building; maintenance, management and re-testing; some common mistakes in the design of msoke ventilation system; smoke ventilation design and enforcement of regulators