| Download | - View final version: Design of elevator smoke control systems for fire evacuation (PDF, 1004 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001437 |
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| Author | Search for: Klote, J. H.; Search for: Tamura, G. T.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | fire; Smoke management |
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| Abstract | This paper summarizes the findings that are relevant to the design of smoke control systems for elevators. A method of dealing with elevator piston effect is discussed. Elevator piston effect is the transient pressures produced by elevator car motion, and this effect depends on air temperature, building leakage areas, elevator car velocity, and hoistway size. All other things being equal, piston effect is considerably greater for single-car hoistways than for multiple-car hoistways. Different approaches for dealing with the pressure fluctuations due to the opening and closing of building doors are presented. An approach for design analysis is presented with example analyses of two different elevator smoke control systems. Results indicate that many types of elevator smoke control systems can be designed to provide acceptable levels of pressurization even under severe conditions of doors opening and closing. |
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| Publication date | ca 1991 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction |
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| Note | Reprinted from: ASHRAE Transactions, v. 97, pt. 2, p. 634-642. ISSN: 0001-2505
Presented at the 1991 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Indianpolis, IN, USA, June 22-26, 1991 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC 34064
NRC-IRC-3988 |
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| NPARC number | 20375223 |
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| Record identifier | 0a2017ce-ff67-4a54-a569-d6f34a36273a |
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| Record created | 2012-07-23 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-05 |
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