Project No.

Allied Consultants Ltd.

DESIGN CALCULATION
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Subject
Building

Checked by

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Date
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Computed by
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Approved by
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1. Input Data:
No. of levels (including ground floor) :
Average level height
:
Floor Area

32
3.2

Exterior building wall area per floor :

Wall Tightness
:
Stairwell wall area per floor
:
Wall Tightness
:
Elevator shaft walls
:
Wall Tightness
:
The area gap around each stairwell door:
Outside design temperature
:
Stairwell temperature
:
Stairwell door width
Stairwell door height
Force to overcome door closer
Distance from door knob to
edge of knob side of door

420
2
74
2

m2
(1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose, 4=Very Loose)
2

(1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose)

m2
(1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose)
2
0.024 m
45 deg C
24 deg C

:
:
:

0.9
2.1
53

m
m
N

75

mm

2. Assumptions:
The pressure difference between stairwell
and building at stairwell bottom
:
Critical Velocity

m
m2

12.4 Pa

1.524 m/s

4. Height Limit Check:

Maximum allowable pressure difference
between the stairwell and the building
=

77.6 Pa

Height limit below which satisfactory

pressuriation is possible

95.9

5. Calculations:
Abo Flow area between the building and outside per floor

2
0.088 m

Asb

2
0.032 m

Flow area between stairwell and the building per floor

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Pressure difference per height due to stack effect

=
Pressure difference between stairwell top and the building =

xxx

0.769 Pa/m
81.94 Pa

5.a Simple stairwell pressurization:

Q

Flow rate of the pressurization air

3
5.771 m /s

(= 12229 cfm)

5.b Canadian stairwell pressurization:

In this system, an exterior stairwell door opens automatically uopn system activation. In addition, the lower
two floors will be considered opened, while the others doors will be considered closed.
I. Opened doors section:
Pressure difference at the bottom of the section
Pressure difference at the top of the section
Flow factor
Open stairwell flow area
Effective flow area

=
=
=
=
=

12.4
16.75
3.198
0.975
0.088

Flow rate from this section

3
0.562 m /s

(= 1190 cfm)

II. Closed doors section:

Pressure difference at the bottom of the section
Pressure difference at the top of the section
Flow factor
Effective flow area
Flow rate from this section

=
=
=
=
=

18.97
92.83
6.144
0.032
5.924

Pa
Pa
m/s
m2
m3/s

(= 12552 cfm)

III. Exterior stairwell door:

Pressure difference at the exterior door
(~ at 1.5m height)
Open exterior stairwell door effective flow area

=
=

Flow rate from this section

15.2 Pa
2
0.975 m
3
3.189 m /s

(= 6757 cfm)

The total flow needed to pressurize the stairwell

at the above conditions is the sum of these three
separate flows
=
=

Pa
Pa
m/s
m2
m2

0.562
+
3
9.675 m /s

5.924

3.189
(= 20500 cfm)

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Construction element
Exterior building walls
Stairwell walls
Elevator shaft walls
Floors

Door Closer Force (N)

26
35
44
53
62

Wall Tightness - Area ratio

Tight
Av.
Loose V. Loose
1
2
3
4
0.00007 0.00021 0.00042 0.0013
1.4E-05 0.00011 0.00035
0.00018 0.00084 0.0018
5.2E-05

800
112.5
102.5
92.5
85
75

Door Width (mm)

900
1000
1100
100
92.5
85
92.5
85
77.5
85
75
70
75
67.5
62.5
67.5
60
55

1200
77.5
70
65
57.5
52.5