Overcoming the multi-faceted challenges of building safety with top-of-the-line ductwork and fire hydrant software
A properly designed, installed, operated, and maintained fire hydrant system is critical for minimising the loss of life and property due to sudden fires. The design and building services industry must consider client needs for fire suppression systems, as well as structural and architectural elements, as well as a building's sustainability needs. Effective fire suppression is a multifaceted challenge that demands expertise, knowledge of fluid dynamics, and understanding of the fire mechanism.
Building service engineers use ductwork system programs and fire hydrant software to ensure the smooth operation of a building's firefighting system, as well as its efficient planning and operation. The software includes comprehensive tools and reports to help building engineers perform advanced engineering calculations with greater accuracy. Simulation enables them to test multiple ductwork and fire hydrant layouts without actually installing them, and then select the best one that meets the needs of a project. Cloud-based ductwork system programs and fire hydrant software allow multiple users to access its features, make changes to installations, and work collaboratively because they are all on the same page when making decisions based on the same piece of information.
Key features of some of the
most popular ductwork system programs and fire hydrant software used by
building services engineers in Australia, New Zealand, and other Northern and
Southern Hemisphere regions are described here.
DOLPHIN
ductwork system program
DOLPHIN computer program by
the trusted and leading building services software provider company ACADS-BSG
calculates the pressure loss of a series of ducts and fittings, enabling the
user to determine the required fan pressure for a duct network. The user enters
the ducts starting from the fan and working down towards a selected terminal.
Supply ducts and fittings are entered on one screen, and returned ducts are
entered on a second screen.
Technical
details of DOLPHIN ductwork system program
- The duct and fitting pressure loss calculation software DOLPHIN performs an hourly cooling load analysis, taking account of thermal storage, on a design day in each month of the year.
- Specific monthly 3 pm design dry and wet bulb temperatures are available in the DOLPHIN computer program for over 600 locations in Australia, and many offshore locations.
- The ductwork system program carries out a psychrometrics analysis for each AHU with the coil performance expressed as a bypass factor, leaving coil temperature or nominated air quantity including fixed by pass and dump back systems.
- Additional data for lightweight roofs is incorporated in the DOLPHIN ductwork system program that allows the program to analyse building with lightweight metal deck or similar roofing.
- Precalculated U values and surface densities for a wide range of standard wall and roof constructions are available in DOLPHIN ductwork system program.
- Summary results of DOLPHIN ductwork system include the total pressure loss of the supply and return ducts and fittings. The maximum velocity in the supply and return ducts is also displayed.
SPRINK2000 fire hydrant
software by ACADS-BSG can be used to analyse automatic fire sprinkler systems
with a simple end, side or center-fed configuration, or more complicated looped
and gridded systems. The computer program can be used to analyse the fire
hydrant and hose reel installations, or combined sprinkler, hydrant or hose
reel systems, or any other system where the discharges can be represented by a
K factor and minimum flow.
Other
key features of SPRINK2000 fire hydrant software
- The piping system in SPRINK2000 fire hydrant software can have up to 10 input points that can be modelled as a fixed pressure, a town mains water supply, or a pump.
- The computer program uses the Hazen-Williams formula for hydraulic analysis, and works on a wide range of units including Metric, British, and the US.
- All nodes that are not nominated as discharges or input points are automatically assigned as reference nodes to save input.
- Piping materials complying with a wide range of codes are catered to by SPRINK2000 fire hydrant software including steel, iron, and copper, to North American piping codes.
- Booster pumps and backflow preventers can be included, and check valves can be made to restrict flow to one direction in a given pipe.
- Summary results of SPRINK200 0 fire hydrant software include flows and pressures for all discharges and for all input points, followed by a detailed table of the pipe information including the total equivalent length, and pressure drop.
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