Dipl. Ing.

Andreas Trk LABCONTROL TROX GmbH Germany

Pressure regulation for different requirements

laboratories operating rooms clean rooms quarantine ward S3/S4 security laboratories

Normal room room exhaust

Volume flow: 1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

room supply
Volume flow: 1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

room pressure about 1 Pa

(by leakage volume flow 75 m/h)

no problem

room pressure

room leakage 0.02 m (2 cm gap below one door)

Airtight room room exhaust

Volume flow: 1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

room supply
Volume flow: 1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

room pressure about 20 Pa

(by leakage volume flow 75 m/h)

You must use pressure control

room pressure

room leakage 0.005 m (0,5 cm gap below one door)

Very airtight room room exhaust

1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

room supply

Volume flow: 1000 m/h 5% = 950 1050 m/h

Volume room pressure 500 Pa! flow: (by leakage volume flow 75 m/h)

Walls could be damaged

room pressure

room leakage 0.001 m (1 mm gap below one door)

Physical Background

According to Bernoulli:

p = * A* 2
If the area is nearly zero
room pressure 500 Pa!

The pressure will increase nearly unlimited!

= Volume flow difference A = Roomleakage = air density 1,2 kg/m3 = geometric coefficient approx. 0,72

Even a lowest volume flow difference will change the room pressure dramatically!

Regulation triangle

Pressure control

Leackage volume flow

V p = * A* 2
tightness

Room leakage / room pressure

approx. 1mm gap
55 50 45 Raumdruck / Roompressure [Pa] 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Leckagevolumenstrom / Leakagevolumelow [m/h] 180 200 220 240 0,02 m 0,001 m 0,002 m 0,005 m 0,01 m

approx. 1cm gap

V p = * A* 2

Reference Pressure
The reference must be stable / constant pressure - 15 Pa - 25 Pa
P

- 15 Pa

- 10 Pa

- 10 Pa

forbidden!!!

Attention
every pressure room must be regulated to a reference room No pressure variation in reference room No pressure variation in the ventilation system In air tight rooms regard the hysteresis of the VAV regulator the regulation quality dependents of all installed regulator in the room, even the non pressure regulator The pressure is every time a function of the leakage volume flow

Room pressure / working with damper - only

Cheap solution

Pressure controlled room

Damper will move to extreme positions (Open / Close) High pressure jumps after closing doors Door switches can not be used in laboratories (Not Controller allowed streamings are possible) No fast reaction times possible
Reference pressure

Room pressure / volume flow cascade

Pressure Controlled room

Defined control areas No extreme positions of the damper No door switches needed
Contr. Contr.

Master Slave Master / Slave situations/ possible

Fast control possible High transparency of data

Reference pressure

Thank you for your interrest!

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