Calculation sheet

Project
Project Consultant
Client
Contractor
Subject
Location
Fan Type
Design By

xxx
xxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
Staircase pressurization Air flow requirement
xx
xxx

Building Data
Floor area
7250 m2
Bilding perimeter
348.5 m
Floor to floor height
5.95 m
Note: Maximum diamentions are considered (i.e. perimeter is taken by )
Door Details
Door diamentions

A1
2.1
A2
2.1
Lift
2.1
Note: Put zero if the lift leakage is not considered
Building Leakage data
According to the Annex D of BS 5588 -4

Exterior building walls Average

Lift well
Average
Stairs/internal walls Average
Lobbies
Average
Floors
Average

Internal
Internal

1.13
1.43
1.2

m2
2.373
3.003
0

A21
Leakage
area ratio
(A/Aw)
0.00021
0.00084
0.00011
0.000052

A11

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A. Calculation of air supply required for pressure differential with all doors closed, and stair, lobbies and lift well at 50 Pa
Stairway leakage
From doors
Door

Door to roof
Door to evacuate
Door to lobby

Door type

Opening
direction

Leakage
area (m2)

Resultant
leakage
area (m2)

Qty

Single leaf in ward

0.01

0.01

Single leaf out ward

0.02

0.02

Single leaf in ward

0.01

0.09

From Walls
a (m)

b (m)

h (m)

Leakage
area ratio

Leakage
area (m2)

Interior wall wall diamentions

6.7

2.7

49.35

0.00011

0.1021

Exterior wall wall diamentions

6.7

2.7

4.9

0.00021

0.0193

Total leakage area

Air supply required to raise stair to 50Pa

0.2414 m2
1.4168 m3/s

B. Calculation of airflow requirements with stair/lobby and lobby/accommodation doors open on fire floor, airflow of 2 m/s
through lobby/fire room door, stair/lobby door open and lift door closed on floor below fire, accommodation vented on fire
floor (mechanically), LL3 stair door to outside open
Note: Though the code assume the lift door below the fire room is open, here that door is closed and leakage through that door is ignored
Air flow rate through lobby/accommodation door
Pressure differntial across lobby/accomadation door with above flow
Air flow through lift door

6.006 m3/s
5.8064 Pa
0 m3/s

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Total air through stair door (air through lift & lobby/accommodation door)
Effective area across stair and accommodation
Pressure differntial across stair and accomadation with above flow
Air flow through LL3 stair/lobby door + lobby/accommodation door
Calculation of leakage from stair well
leakage area through wall
Leakage area through closed doors (including lift door)
Leakage area through side walls and floor of lobby below the fire floor
Note: The maximum of floor to floor heights (i.e. 5.95m) is used.
Air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire
Pressure differential across stair and lobby of fire floor
Air leakage through ceiling of the lobby below the fire
Note: Pressure in side the lobby below the fire floor is taken to be equal to the stair pressure

6.006
1.86186
15.1
6.005

m3/s
m2
Pa
m3/s

0.1214 m2
0.17 m2
0.0052 m2

lift door + lobby /accmdation+

0.95662 m3/s
9.2936 Pa
0.001566 m3/s

Total flow rate required to the stair

12.96919 m3/s
Note: According to the code, if the air for the airflow criteria > 1.5xthe air required for pressurizing the shaft,
the 1.5 factor need not be applied. The ductwork leakage factor 1.15 is used
Total air requirement

14.91456 m3/s

floor)
Air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire
0.988873 m3/s
Note: Added leakage through the LL3 closed door to air leakage through walls, closed doors, side walls and floors of lobby below fire of A
Air leakage through ceiling of the lobby below the fire
0.001566 m3/s
Total air requirement
6.996439 m3/s
Air supply for pressure differential of 50Pa
Therefore air flow through releaf vent
Releaf vent area

1.4168 m3/s
5.5797 m3/s
0.950702 m2

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D. Calculation of airflow requirements for conditions as in B except that the lobby/accommodation door on floor below fire
floor is open (i.e. class E, phased evacuation, firefighting shaft)
Note: The air supply requirements are the same as for B except that the lobby/accommodation door on the
floor below the fire is also open.
Floor area
7250 m2
Note: maximum of floor above the ground floor and floor below the ground floor is considered
Leakage area from floor and ceiling
0.754 m2
Leakage area from walls
0.435451 m2
Note: The maximum of floor to floor heights (i.e. 5.95m) is used.
Total leakage area from building fabric
1.189451 m2
Note: This area is in series with A1 and A2 (Lift leakage is ignored)
Combined effective area
1.002363 m2
With
15.10 Pa
in the lobby the air flow through this open door
Therefore total air requirement
However, with only
1.4168 m3/s
supplied for 50 Pa, an extra
satisfy the airflow requirements, and a pressure operated relief vent of area
With 1.15 factor, the total air requirement to the staircase

3.232895 m3/s
16.20208 m3/s
14.79 m3/s
has to be added to the stairway to
2.519226 m2
has to be provided in the stair to open air
18.632 m3/s