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TABLE 1

GUIDE TO VENTILATION RANGES (ACH) AND COMPONENT VELOCITIES


ACH
Location
Assembly Halls
Bakeries
Banks
Bathrooms
Bedrooms
Billiard Rooms *
Boiler Rooms
Cafes and Coffee Bars
Canteens
Cellars
Changing Rooms - Main area
Changing Rooms - Shower area
Churches
Cinemas and Theatres *
Club rooms
Compressor rooms
Conference rooms
Dance halls
Dental surgeries
Dye works
Electroplating shops
Engine rooms
Entrance Halls & Corridors
Factories and Workshops
Foundries
Garages (Showrooms)
Glasshouses
Gymnasiums
Hairdressing Salons
Hospitals - Sterilising
- Wards
Kitchens
- Domestic
# - Commercial
Laboratories
Launderettes
Laundries
Lavatories
Lecture theatres
Libraries
Living rooms
Mushroom Houses
Offices
Paint shops (not cellulose)
Photo & X-ray darkrooms
Public house bars
Recording studios
Recording Control rooms
Restaurants
Schoolrooms
Shops and Showrooms
Shower baths
Stores & warehouses
Swimming baths
Toilets
Utility rooms
Welding shops

4-8
20 - 30
4-8
6 - 10
2-4
6-8
15 - 30
10 - 12
8 - 12
3 - 10
6 - 10
15 - 20
1-3
10 - 15
10 - 12
10 - 20
8 - 12
8 - 12
12 - 15
20 - 30
10 - 12
15 - 30
3-5
8 - 10
15 - 30
6-8
25 - 60
6 min
10 - 15
15 - 25
6-8
15 - 20
20 -30
6 - 15
10 - 15
10 - 30
6 - 15
5-8
3-5
3-6
6 - 10
6 - 10
10 - 20
10 - 15
10 - 15
10 - 12
15 - 25
8 - 12
5-7
8 - 15
15 - 20
3-6
10 - 15
6 - 10
15 - 20
15 - 30

TYPICAL VELOCITIES OF DUCTED SYSTEMS (m/s)


Main
Branch
Supply
Exhaust
Duct
Duct
Grilles
Grilles
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
8 - 11
6-8
5-8
3-4
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
4-5
3-4
2-3
1.5 - 2
4-5
3-4
2-3
1.5 - 2
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
4-5
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
4-5
3-4
2-3
1.5 - 2
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
8 - 15
6 - 10
5 - 10
4 - 10
5-8
4-6
3-5
2-3
4-5
3-4
2-3
1.5 - 2

5-8
5-8
4-5
4-5
8 - 11
5-8
8 - 11
8 - 11
5-8
4-5
4-5
4-5
5-8
5-8
8 - 11
5-8
5-8
4-5
4-5
5-8
5-8
5-8
5-8
5-8
8 - 11
4-5
5-8
8 - 15

4-6
4-6
3-4
3-4
6-8
4-6
6-8
6-8
4-6
3-4
3-4
3-4
4-6
4-6
6-8
4-6
4-6
3-4
3-4
4-6
4-6
4-6
4-6
4-6
6-8
3-4
4-6
6 - 10

3-5
3-5
2-3
2-3
5-8
3-5
5-8
5-8
3-5
2-3
2-3
2-3
3-5
3-5
5-8
3-5
3-5
2-3
2-3
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
5-8
2-3
3-5
5 - 10

2-3
2-3
1.5 - 2
1.5 - 2
3-4
2-3
3-4
3-4
2-3
1.5 - 2
1.5 - 2
1.5 - 2
2-3
2-3
3-4
2-3
2-3
1.5 - 2
1.5 - 2
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
3-4
1.5 - 2
2-3
4 - 10

* Increase by 50% where heavy smoking occurs or if the room is underground.


# Some commercial kitchens may require higher ventilation rates, based on cooking equipment in use.

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