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Smoke control and fire evacuation by elevators

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000440
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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Conference1986 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, January 19-22, 1986, San Francisco, California, USA
Editionreprint
SubjectSmoke management; elevators; emergency exits; fire protection; handicapped persons; high rise buildings; smoke controls; computer analysis; evaluation criteria; elevator smoke controls
Abstract
In recent years, the possibility of using elevators as a means of fire escape has received considerable attention. This interest has been sparked by an increased awareness of life safety problems of the handicapped and also general fire evacuation problems of high-rise buildings. The use of elevators as a means of fire evacuation is a potential solution to this problem. The major technical obstacle to this is smoke contamination of elevator lobbies and shafts. This paper discusses elevator smoke control systems including criteria for evaluation and presents an analysis of airflow due to elevator car motion. Computer analysis of several elevator smoke control systems are included for several combinations of open and closed doors and for summer and winter conditions.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-P-1453.
NoteReprinted from ASHRAE Transactions 1986, vol. 92, part 1A, p. 231-245.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 27638
NRC-IRC-3960
NPARC number20375672
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