- Author
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Klote, J. H.
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Milke, J. A.
- Title
- Design of Smoke Management Systems.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 1791 Tullie Circle, N. E., Atlanta, GA 30329
- Book or Conf
- Design of Smoke Management Systems,
236 p.,
1992
- Keywords
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smoke control
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elevators (lifts)
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manuals
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air flow
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bibliographies
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computer programs
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fire protection
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fire safety
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smoke movement
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stairwells
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pressurization
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atrias
- Identifiers
- computer analysis; air moving equipment and systems; smoke management in large spaces; commissioning and routine testing
- Abstract
- In 1983 ASHRAE published Design of Smoke Control Systems for Buildings by myself and John Fothergill. This book was the first attempt to consolidate and present practical information for smoke control design. Judging by the many favorable comments and suggestions about this first publication, I feel that it was a success. The first publication was limited to systems that control smoke by means of airflow and pressurization, but this new publication also addresses systems using compartmentation, dilution, and buoyancy. The term smoke management is used to emphasize the broader range of mechanisms and approaches in this new book. In addition to addressing the mechanisms of smoke management, almost all the material that was in the first publication has been revised and expanded. My coauthor, Jim Milke, and I have attempted to keep up with the many advances in management research and with those due to the ingenuity and creativity of designers and other professionals. Since 1983, there have been many advances in this technology, especially in elevator pressurization, exhaust systems for atria, stairwell pressurization, and zoned smoke control. Elevator pressurization was the subject of a joint project between myself at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U. S. and George Tamura of the National Research Council of Canada. We developed elevator pressurization system concepts, conducted fire experiments at the 10-story Canadian fire tower, and presented design information. The recent efforts in atrium smoke control by Gunner Heskestad of Factory Mutual in the United States and Howard Morgan of the Fire Research Station in the United Kingdom were built on a solid engineering foundation of shopping mall technology pioneered in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Insight has been gained about stairwell pressurization from a series of experiments conducted by George Tamura at the 10-story Canadian fire tower. Much was learned about zoned smoke control by a series of full-scale fire experiments I conducted in the Plaza Hotel Building in Washington, D. C. As with the first publication, I hope this book is of value to the engineering community.