Ventilation of railway tunnels

The ventilation design of a metro or railway

tunnel system requires broad know-how in
various fields - from profound knowledge in
aero- and thermodynamics to the capability
to perform simulations of complex and dy-
namic tunnel systems.

Our Services
− Assessment of the climatic conditions
− Risk assessment
− Planning of escape and rescue routes
Typical metro station − Design of smoke exhaust concepts
− Planning and implementation of ventilation
and/or cooling installations
− Planning and implementation of installations
for smoke removal
− Design of ventilation and cooling during
construction
− Planning of underground emergency
stations
− Concepts for an energy optimised control of
ventilation equipment
− Calls for tender for ventilation and cooling
equipment (fans, silencers, etc.) inclusive
control
− Site supervision
− Acceptance tests of fans / fire tests and
commissioning tests

Ventilator (air supply/removal, smoke extraction)

Your Advantages
− Based on our long experience in tunnel
ventilation (more than 500 completed
ventilation installations) we can address all
the criteria which are relevant for the design
of ventilation installations such as climatic
conditions inside the tunnel, tunnel aerody-
namics, pressure waves as well as safety
aspects in the event of a tunnel fire.
− We provide the complete range of services
necessary for the design of ventilation sys-
tems from one partner. If you wish we will
accompany your project from the prelimi-
nary design stage to the commissioning
phase. With HBI HAERTER LTD you will
avoid unnecessary interfaces and you are
Scheme of the Gotthard base tunnel assured that realisable concepts are devel-
oped and implemented.
2_DIE_A_006_LUEFTBAHN_E_ 2006-03-15.doc

HBI Haerter AG Beratende Ingenieure • HBI Haerter Ltd Consulting Engineers • HBI Haerter SA Ingénieurs Conseils • www.hbi.ch
Stockerstrasse 12 Thunstrasse 9 Heinrich-Maierstrasse 13
CH-8002 Zürich CH-3000 Bern 6 D-89518 Heidenheim
Tel. +41 (0)44 289 39 00 Tel. +41 (0)31 357 24 24 Tel. +49 (0)7321 98 23 10
Fax +41 (0)44 289 39 99 Fax +41 (0)31 357 24 25 Fax +49 (0)7321 98 23 29
info.zh@hbi.ch info.be@hbi.ch info.hdh@hbi.ch