AN OVERVIEW OF SMOKE CONTROL RESEARCH

In commemoration of the ASHRAE Centennial, this pa- per is a brief overview of research relating to smoke control. This paper describes many signl~cant smoke control re- search and related efforts from 1972 to the present. These projects are discussed in this paper with the intent ofprovid- ing information about smoke control systems and the under- lying principles behind them. A seconda~ goal of the paper is to develop an appreciation of the effort required to ad- vance the technology of these systems. The two main catego- ries of smoke management systems used in buildings are pressurization systems and exhaust systems for atria (and other large spaces). In general, this paper addresses the pressurization systems and related eflorts.

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