NIST airflow model featured in industry smoke control guidance. (General Developments).CONTAM CONTAM Contamination CONTAM Contaminate CONTAM Committee On Nationwide Television Audience Measurement , the airflow and contaminant transport model developed by NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. for airborne movement in buildings, has now been noted as the tool of choice for designing and analyzing smoke management systems. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers ) smoke control design manual, originally published in 1983, has just been reissued. This third edition contains an extensive description of the CONTAM model and its application to the design and analysis of pressurization Pressurization generally refers to the application of pressure in a given situation or environment; and more specifically refers to the process by which atmospheric pressure is maintained in an isolated or semi-isolated atmospheric environment (for instance, in an aircraft, or smoke control systems. In this application, one can simulate the performance of elevator shaft, stairwell, and stairwell vestibule vestibule /ves·ti·bule/ (ves´ti-bul) a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal.vestib´ular vestibule of aorta a small space at root of the aorta. pressurization systems, as well as systems that exhaust from the fire zone. Having CONTAM featured in this document will facilitate greatly the design of smoke control systems that perform as intended and will allow the analysis of systems of greater complexity than can be analyzed with any other available tool. CONTACT: Andrew Persily, (301) 975-6418; andrew.persily@nist.gov |
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