Project No.

Date
Allied Consultants Ltd. DESIGN CALCULATION xx xx

SHEET Sheet No. Computed by

x xxx

Subject xxxx Checked by Approved by

Building xxxx xxx xxx

1. Input Data:

No. of levels (including ground floor) : 32

Average level height : 3.2 m
Floor Area : m2
Exterior building wall area per floor : 420 m2
Wall Tightness : 2 (1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose, 4=Very Loose)
2
Stairwell wall area per floor : 74 m
Wall Tightness : 2 (1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose)
Elevator shaft walls : m2
Wall Tightness : (1=Tight, 2=Average, 3=Loose)
2
The area gap around each stairwell door: 0.024 m
Outside design temperature : 45 deg C
Stairwell temperature : 24 deg C

Stairwell door width : 0.9 m

Stairwell door height : 2.1 m
Force to overcome door closer : 53 N
Distance from door knob to
edge of knob side of door : 75 mm

2. Assumptions:
The pressure difference between stairwell
and building at stairwell bottom : 12.4 Pa

Critical Velocity : 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 m

5. Calculations:
2
Abo Flow area between the building and outside per floor = 0.088 m
2
Asb Flow area between stairwell and the building per floor = 0.032 m
 Project No. Date
Allied Consultants Ltd. DESIGN CALCULATION xx xx

SHEET Sheet No. Computed by

x xxx

Subject xxxx Checked by Approved by

Building xxxx xxx xxx

B Pressure difference per height due to stack effect = 0.769 Pa/m

Psb Pressure difference between stairwell top and the building = 81.94 Pa

5.a Simple stairwell pressurization:

3
Q Flow rate of the pressurization air = 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 = 12.4 Pa
Pressure difference at the top of the section = 16.75 Pa
Flow factor = 3.198 m/s
Open stairwell flow area = 0.975 m2
Effective flow area = 0.088 m2
3
Flow rate from this section = 0.562 m /s (= 1190 cfm)

II. Closed doors section:

Pressure difference at the bottom of the section = 18.97 Pa
Pressure difference at the top of the section = 92.83 Pa
Flow factor = 6.144 m/s
Effective flow area = 0.032 m2
Flow rate from this section = 5.924 m3/s (= 12552 cfm)

III. Exterior stairwell door:

Pressure difference at the exterior door
(~ at 1.5m height) = 15.2 Pa
2
Open exterior stairwell door effective flow area = 0.975 m
3
Flow rate from this section = 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 = 0.562 + 5.924 + 3.189
3
= 9.675 m /s
(= 20500 cfm)
or opens automatically uopn system activation. In addition, the lower
 Wall Tightness - Area ratio
Construction element Tight Av. Loose V. Loose
1 2 3 4
Exterior building walls 0.00007 0.00021 0.00042 0.0013
Stairwell walls 1.4E-05 0.00011 0.00035
Elevator shaft walls 0.00018 0.00084 0.0018
Floors 5.2E-05

Door Width (mm)

Door Closer Force (N)
800 900 1000 1100 1200
26 112.5 100 92.5 85 77.5
35 102.5 92.5 85 77.5 70
44 92.5 85 75 70 65
53 85 75 67.5 62.5 57.5
62 75 67.5 60 55 52.5