ECG Engineering Consultants Group

PROJECT NAME: Nozha City Center

DATE: MAY-2007

PROJECT NO.: 1127

COMPUTED BY: A .Salah

SMOKE MANAGEMENT DESIGN CALCULATION SHEET

Area Served:

Shopping Mall

Ventilation Type:

Mechanical Ventilation Fans

Brief description:

Exhaust through high temperature rated fans.

Fresh Air make-up through Ramps and slab openings.

Design Parameters
Area of the Fire
Perimeter of the Fire
Heat Rate (Qr )

A= 3x3
P=9m
Qr = 556 kw/m2

Heat energy of Fire

Q = 5004 kw

Density of warm gases at height Z

Width Of Shop

P= 1.2 kg/m3
g = 9.81 m/s2
W=3m

Air Specific Heat

cp = 1.01 kj/kg.k

Gravity Acceleration

Outside Air Temp.

T = 303 k

Height above void edge

h = 16 m

Effective layer depth

d = 13 m

Smoke layer height (above void edge)

Z= h-d=3m

Height of shop compartment

Empirical height (of vertical source below void edge)

= 3m
L = 0.3 x h = 0.9

Mass flow of smoky gases (passing height Z)

Mf =
=

0.58 x p x {(g x Qf x w2 ) / ( p x cp x Ta )}1/3 X (Z + L ) X

{1 + 0.22 ( Z + 2L ) / W } 2/3
0.58 x 1.2 x {( 9.81 x 5004 x 9 ) / ( 1.2 x 1.01 x 303 )}1/3 X ( 3 +0.9 ) X
{1 + 0.22 ( 3 + 1.8 ) / 3 } 2/3

Mf = 35.2 kg \ sec
Tempreture Rise

= Qf / _Mf x cp )
( 5004 / 35.2 x 1.01 )

= 140.7 k
Outside Air Temp.
Air Volume Flow rate

Tc = 443.7 k
V = ( Mf x Tc / 1.2 x Ta )
( 35.2 x 443.9 / 1.2 x 303 )

V = 90,000 cfm
Note:
4 Nos. Smoke exhaust fans of (50,000 cfm) , (40,000 cfm) shall be provided on the Roof
The Exhaust fans shall be Rated for 300 Deg.c for 1 hr.