Improvement of Positive Pressure Ventilation by optimizing stairwell door opening area

Prabodh Panindre; N. S.Susan Mousavi; Sunil Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.06.007

Improvement of Positive Pressure Ventilation by optimizing stairwell door opening area

Prabodh Panindre, N. S.Susan Mousavi, Sunil Kumar

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Abstract

This technical note presents a strategy to increase the effectiveness of Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) tactics in firefighting. It is shown that deployment of a Door Open Area Reducer (DOAR) in an appropriate position, which increases the resistance to the air escaping the stairwell, can significantly improve effectiveness of PPV performance. The simulation results demonstrate that an optimal placement of the fan combined with an optimized DOAR height can increase the pressure significantly yielding higher PPV effectiveness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	195-198
Number of pages	4
Journal	Fire Safety Journal
Volume	92
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.06.007
State	Published - Sep 2017

Keywords

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS)
Fire simulations
Firefighter safety
Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
General Physics and Astronomy

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Improvement of Positive Pressure Ventilation by optimizing stairwell door opening area

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