Air Moving Systems and Fire Protection.
Air Moving Systems and Fire Protection.
(1179 K)
Klote, J. H.
NISTIR 5227; 17 p. July 1993.
Order number: PB93-234722
Keywords:
air movement; air conditioning; fire protection; fire
safety; heating; smoke control; stairwells; ventilation
systems
Abstract:
The fire hazards associated with heating, ventilating
and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are significant.
Protection is needed from the spread of fire and smoke
due both to fires starting inside an HVAC system and
fires starting outside an HVAC system. Fire performance
of materials for HVAC components are reqired, and fire
dampers and smoke dampers are needed. To provide smoke
protection, an HVAC system can be shut down or it can be
put into a special smoke control mode of operation.
Smoke from building fires can be managed by the
mechanisms of compartmentation, dilution, air flow,
pressurization, and buoyancy.
