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Using a CFD simulation in designing a smoke management system in a building

Published: 03 December 2006 Publication History

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This paper presents a study on the effectiveness of a smoke exhaust system in a complex building using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models. The CFD model FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) was used for this study. To simulate fires in the building a design fire was selected to represent the fire loads expected in the lobby area. Smoke movement from the origin of fire in the lobby and smoke contamination in the interconnected corridors are simulated in order to design the exhaust system to be capable of maintaining tenable conditions in the corridor used for evacuation. The results of these simulations are presented and discussed.

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Klote J H. 2002. Principles of smoke management, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.
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Lougheed G D, Hadjisophocleous G V. 2001. Smoke hazards from fires in high places ASHRAE Journal.
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McGrattan K B, Forney G P. 2004. Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 4) - User Guide. NIST Special Publication 1019, National Institute of Technology and Standards.
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McGrattan K B. 2004. Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 4) - Technical Reference Guide. NIST Special Publication 1018, National Institute of Technology and Standards.
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    WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
    December 2006
    2429 pages
    ISBN:1424405017

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    • IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
    • ASA: American Statistical Association
    • IEICE ESS: Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Engineering Sciences Society
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    • SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
    • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • (SCS): The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
    • INFORMS-CS: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences-College on Simulation

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    WSC06: Winter Simulation Conference 2006
    December 3 - 6, 2006
    California, Monterey

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    WSC '06 Paper Acceptance Rate 177 of 252 submissions, 70%;
    Overall Acceptance Rate 3,413 of 5,075 submissions, 67%

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