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AS 2665-1983 Smoke/heat venting systems - Design, installation and commissioning

Standards Australia

Version:  First Edition 1983.  (Superseded)
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Publication date
04-11-1983
Pages
14
Current status
Superseded
Description
In the preparation of this standard consideration was given to research conducted by theExperimental Building Station and published in Report No UP 344, Venting Fires Through Roofs, Experimental Fires in an Aircraft Hangar, and to Fire Research Technical Paper No 10 published by U.K. Department of the Environment and Fire Officers’ Committee Joint FireResearch Organization. Acknowledgement is made of the assistance received therefrom.Whereas this standard was prepared to provide minimum requirements for a venting system, provision is also made, for the use of a nomogram from Fire Research Technical Paper No 10 to be applied to areas in buildings of high fire load and risk.
Scope

This standard sets out requirements for the design, installation and commissioning of a system of automatic smoke/heat release vents in conjunction with associated draught curtains in buildings.

NOTE: Principles of fire venting are discussed in Appendix B.

Contents:

Foreword
Section 1: Scope And General
Section 2: Design And Installation
Section 3: Commissioning
Appendix A: Abnormal Fire Hazard
Appendix B: Principles Of Fire Venting
Appendix C: Venting Of Large But Not Fully Developed Fire

Committee

Ventilation and Airconditioning.

ISBN
0 7262 3203 3
Attribution
Standards Australia 1983.
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