×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

(OP)
All,
I have a large "commercial size" wood burning stove. (Kitchen is sized for approximately 750 people per meal, 3 meals per day) The kitchen has a hood currently over it, with exhaust and supply fans for the airflow.

Since this is a solid fuel burning appliance, with the combustion operation exposed to the room, I would think that the room needs to be positively pressurized to avoid backdrafting the carbon monoxide back into the room. If the room was negative, it would be the equivalent of having a large fire in the fireplace while the attic fan was on.

However, common sense tells me one thing, but I can't find a code to back it up. Anyone provide some direction here?

IMC/IPC/IBC/NFGC 2006?
ASHRAE Handbooks?

Anything would be helpful.
Thanks.

RE: Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

Chapter 18, ASHRAE Fundamentals.

RE: Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

Possibly NFPA 211.

RE: Large Wood Burning Stove, Combustion Air

open fire?
I'd think negative pressure above the stove (the hood can do that). then slightly higher pressure in the kitchen, and then higher pressure in the remaining areas. If an open fire is even legal.  

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources