Citation

Banse JP. Eng. Syst. 2006; 23(8): 31-40.

Affiliation

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Business News Publishing)

DOI

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Abstract

The special concerns that hospitals and their associate standards are required to create for air handling and smoke control design, and the involved scenarios and sequences are discussed. The purpose of a smoke control system is to protect occupants, allowing them to safely evacuate or relocate by maintaining a tenable environment for a reasonable time period. Smoke control systems can be active or passive and may consist of simple components, such as open window to ventilate (OWTV) with air system shutdown and isolation to engineered smoke control systems employing integration of the fire alarm system and BAS that properly sequence the smoke control components. Minimum smoke control system features include fans for introduction of outside air for purging the fire compartment, fans for smoke exhaust/removal, smoke dampers for isolation of equipment and smoke compartments.