Overview of Smoke Control Research.
Overview of Smoke Control Research.
(1261 K)
Klote, J. H.
CH-95-13-1;
ASHRAE Transactions: Symposia, Vol. 101, No. 1,
979-990, 1995.
Keywords:
smoke control; air flow; fire research; fire tests;
pressurization; stairwells
Abstract:
In commemoration of the ASHRAE Centennial, this paper is
a brief overview of research relating to smoke control.
This paper describes many significant smoke control
research and related efforts from 1972 to the present.
These projects are discussed in this paper with the
intent of providing information about smoke control
systems and the underlying principles behind them. A
secondary goal of the paper is to develop an
appreciation of the effort required to advance the
technology of these systems. The two main categories of
smoke management systems used in buildings are
pressurization systems and exhaust systems for atria
(and other large spaces). In general, this paper
addresses the pressurization systems and related
efforts.
