Active Safety with Motorized Fire and Smoke Dampers

Ensuring the safety of human life and property in buildings is one of the toughest demands that...

Modulating Control of Fire & Smoke Dampers in Smoke Control

Introduction In the US, Canada, and Latin America fire, smoke, and combination fire and smoke...

A Method of Damper Control for Corridor Ventilation and Smoke Extraction

Code Required for Testing of Fire, Smoke, and Combination Dampers

Periodic testing of life safety systems and dampers is required by the codes. While there is some...

Dampers and Airflow Control

Allow us to recommend this publication: Dampers and Airflow Control written by Laurence G Felker...

Dampers, Mixing, Geometry, and Pressure Loss

A damper restricts airflow by obstructing the duct. Some multi bladed dampers have flanged frames...

Pressure Losses Through Dampers

The pressure loss through any damper is a function of the entering flow profile, the free area...

Smoke Control Tactics

Where strategy looks at the overall picture, the individual tactics are used to achieve the goals....

A Comprehensive Look at Engineered Smoke Control Systems

Smoke control systems use any and all methods possible to protect from smoke spread. Doors, fans,...

Basic Smoke Control Strategy and Tactics

The International Building Code (IBC) is the model code for most building codes in the United...