How Mechanical Smoke Ventilation Systems Work

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Ever wondered how mechanical smoke control systems work? This video demonstrates how an MSVS system would react in the case of an apartment fire.
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[@warwickjbrown]

Very good. As a commissioning engineer for these systems it’s very well explained.

[@dandan-yh3my]

Great visual explanation, would love to see more.

[@SertusLtd]

Thank you! More to come... 😊

[@omniyambot9876]

This is incredible! Nice animation. I never thought such technology exists for safety. Also, do the air flow help fire have more oxygen?

[@SertusLtd]

Thanks Omni! Glad you like it 😊 It's a great question. If you watch the animation closely, you may be able to see that the apartment door closes (with a door closer) and we are ventilating just the corridor and stair, not the fire zone. That having been said, it's not necessarily a bad thing to make sure a fire has sufficient oxygen as insufficient oxygen will lead to incomplete combustion, resulting in a greater amount of toxic product of combustion. It also increases the risk of backdraught (a fire starved of oxygen but still with sufficient heat and fuel = a large explosion due to the rapid combustion of unburnt gasses when oxygen is reintroduced). I hope that helps explain?

[@omniyambot9876]

@@SertusLtd yes that helped. That was a dense explanation I learnt a lot. Thanks!

[@shahdmohammed6947]

What is the name of the program wich used to present this??!

[@TheReflectedOne]

There are tons of different software out there that you can create this kind of animation. For example, you can create the Base modeling + animating in 3DS Max and render it using Vray. And for the smoke simulation, you can use chaos Phoenix which is a 3d simulation plugin for 3ds max, especially for fluids, fire and smoke simulations. if you want to learn more about this kinda stuff There are some tutorials on my channel as well.

[@SertusLtd]

Hey Shahd, sorry for the wait on our reply. We use Blender... it's a very cool open source programme 😊www.blender.org/

[@alikassab7171]

Can i use this animation in my video presentation??

[@alikassab7171]

Please reply while my seminar will be within days

[@SertusLtd]

Hi Ali, go for it!@@alikassab7171

[@MinecraftPro97k]

I wish we had those in America

[@SertusLtd]

Hey @shepherd wolf! Thanks for the comment 🙌🏽 You have something similar in America... they work slightly differently though. Usually in America, you use pressurisation systems. These work by pumping air into the protected spaces (e.g. staircases, firefighting lifts and firefighting lobbies) to stop the smoke flowing back into those zones. 😊 We're starting to see more of them over here. Hope that helps?

[@sansamman4619]

Self Note: go to the website

[@nicholaslittle2312]

But the smoke extractor also burns the building down quicker. 😂😂