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| | | Design of ventilation systems Calculation of required air flow volume | | |
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| | | The required extract or intake air volume of a room depends on the use and the contamination or odours that are created within it. A critical factor may also be the amount of heat that needs to be extracted. | | The calculation of the air flow volume may be done using various criteria with the following equations and tables. In some cases, several ways of calculating should be used and the higher figure taken (e.g. restaurant: no of people - air changes per hour). | | Table 1 Air changes per hour and (recommended) noise levels | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Room type | Ac/h | Max. sound power | Suggested method | | | | | | level dB(A) | of ventilation | | | | Assembly plants | 4 - 8 | 60 - 70 | | | | | Auditoriums | 6 - 8 | 35 - 40 | Intake and extract | | | | | 5 - 7 | 45 | | | | | Battery rooms | 5 -10 | 70 | Explosion proof | | | | Car parks | 5 | 70 | Extract | | | | Changing rooms | 6 - 8 | 60 | Extract | | | | Cinemas and theatres | 5 - 8 | 35 / 25 | Intake and extract | | | | Classrooms | 5 - 7 | 40 | | | | | Cloakrooms | 4 - 6 | 50 | | | | | Conference rooms | 6 - 8 | 45 | | | | | Dye rooms | 5 -15 | 70 | Explosion proof, acid proof | | | | Foundries | 8 -15 | 80 | Extract, energy balance | | | | Gymnasiums | 4 - 6 | 50 | | | | | | 15 -25 | 45 - 50 | Extract | | | | - Commercial | 15 -30 | 50 - 60 | Extract | | | | Laboratories | 8 -15 | 60 | Extract, Expolsion+, acid proof | | | | Laundrettes | 10 -20 | 60 - 70 | Energy balance | | | | Libraries | 4 - 5 | 35 - 40 | | | | | Living rooms | 3 - 6 | day 40/night 30 | | | | | Meeting rooms | 5 -10 | 45 | | | | | Metal hardening plants | up to 80 | 80 | Extract, energy balance | | | | Offices | 4 - 8 | 45 | | | | | Paint rooms | 10 -20 | 70 | Explosion proof | | | | Photographic printing | 10 -15 | 60 | Extract | | | | Plant rooms | 10 -40 | 60 - 80 | Energy balance | | | | Restaurants, casinos | 8 -12 | 45 - 55 | Intake and extract | | | | Retail shops | 4 - 8 | 50 - 60 | | | | | Safes | 3 - 6 | 60 | | | | | Sheet metal shops | 8 -12 | 60 | Extract, energy balance | | | | Shower rooms | 15 -25 | 65 - 70 | Pre heated intake air | | | | Spray booths | 25 - 50 | 70 | Explosion proof | | | | | 3 - 4 | 50 | Pre heated intake air | | | | Tanneries | 5 -15 | 70 | Acid protection | | | | | 4 - 5 | 40 | Extract | | | | - Commercial/public | 8 -15 | 50 | Extract | | | | Waiting rooms | 4 - 6 | 45 | | | | | Welding shops | 20 - 30 | 70 - 80 | Spot extract systems | | | | Workshops | | | | | | | - with low pollution | 3 - 6 | 60 - 70 | | | | | - with high pollution | 10 -20 | 60 - 70 | | | | | Table 2 Air exchange rate per person and room type | | | | Type of room | m3 | Type of room | m3 | | | | | h x persons | | h x persons | | | | Auditoriums | 30 | Museums | 20 | | | | Canteens | 30 | Offices (open plan) 50 | | | | Cinemas | 20 | Offices (small) | 30 | | | | Classrooms | 30 | Party rooms | 20 | | | | Common rooms | 30 | Reading rooms | 20 | | | | Conference rooms | 30 | Restaurants | 40 | | | | Exhibition halls | 20 | Rest rooms | 30 | | | | Gymnasiums | 20 | Shops | 20 | | | | Hotel rooms | 30 | Theatres, concert halls 20 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | I Calculation of air flow volume using air change rate Air change rates (see table 1) are based on past experience and do not take into account special pollutants. | | |
| | | V= VR • Ac/h [m3/h] VR: Room volume m3 Ac: Air changes per hour (from table 1) | | |
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| | | I Calculation of air flow volume using the number of people in a room (DIN 1946, Pt. 2) In rooms with additional pollutants (e. g. tabacco smoke) the air flow per person has to be increased by 20 m3/h. Calculation of air flow volume using maximum pollutant concentration levels. To limit the level of pollutant to a specific value. | | |
| | | |_V= P • ACP [m3/h]_ P: Number of people ACP: Air change rate per person (from table 2) | | |
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| | | M: Hourly absorbtlon of toxic agent mg/h k|MAC: Max. permitted toxic agent concentration mg/m3 (see MAC-table 3) ka: Concentration of toxins in replacement air mg/m3 (MAC-table v. C. Hermanns Verlag, Cologne) | | |
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| | | Calculation of air flow volume using the amount of humidity To limit the moisture level in the air to a specific value. | | |
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| | | G: x1: | | Amount of water gram/hour Water content of extracted air g water / kg air Water content of replacement air g water / kg air Air density kg/m3 (at 20 °C, 1013 mbar = 1.2 kg/m3 | | |
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| | | Calculation of air flow volume using the heat to be extracted To limit the room temperature by removing the heat generated. | | |
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| | | Q Required heat extraction kW Cp: Specific heat capacity of air kJ/(kg • K) (Air at 20 °C: cp - 1) AT: Temperature difference between intake and extract air °C p: Air density kg/m3 (at 20 °C, 1013 mbar = 1,2 kg/m3 (1 kWh = 3600 kJ) | | |
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| | | Calculation of required heat to temper intake air To establish the heater rise for the air flow selected. | | Table 3 Extract from MAC-table (max. permitted toxic agent) | | |
| | | V • p • Cp • AT 3600 | | |
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| | | Q | | | [kW] | | | | | | | | | | | | | Toxic | cm3 | mg | Toxic | cm3 | mg | | | | | m3 | m3 | | m3 | m3 | | | | Acetone | 1000 | 2400 | Hydrazine | 0.1 | 0.13 | | | | Aniline | 2 | 8 | ||lodine | 0.1 | 1 | | | | Ammonia | 50 | 35 | Methanole | 200 | 260 | | | | Asbestos dust | - | 2 | ||Nicotine | 0.07 | 0.5 | | | | Lead | - | 0.1 | ||NO | 5 9 | | | | Butane | 1000 | 2350 | Ozone | 0.1 | 0.2 | | | | Chloride | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||Propane | 1000 | 1800 | | | | Chromate | - | 0.1 | PVC | 3 | 8 | | | | Carbon monox. | 30 | 33 | Quicksilver | 0.01 | 0.1 | | | | CO2 | 5000 | 9000 | 1 (Saltpeter | 10 | 25 | | | | Formaldehyde | 0.1 | 1.2 | SO2 (H2SO4) | 2 (-) | 5 (1) | | | | Hydro chloride | 5 | 7 | Zinc oxide | - | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | QL Heater output kW V: Air flow volume m3/h p: Air density 1.2 kg/m3 (20 °C) cp: Spec. heat capacity kJ/(kg • K) AT: Temperature difference (K) between ö i Room temperature and ö a Outdoor temperature AT= ö i - ö a [K] | | |
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