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Ashrae 110: An Introduction To Laboratory Fume Hood Performance Testing
Ashrae 110: An Introduction To Laboratory Fume Hood Performance Testing
Speed of the
Air is Face
Velocity
What is a Fume Hood?
Above all else, laboratory
fume hoods are
SAFETY DEVICES.
Why Test Fume Hoods?
A method of evaluating the fume hoods ability to
contain and exhaust fumes under a set a standard
conditions.
A means for a comparative analysis of fume hoods.
A tool for fume hood manufacturers to use in the
design and research & development of fume hoods.
A criteria for fume hood procurement.
A method to commission and certify fume hood
installations.
A forensic tool to help identify issues/problems with
an installed laboratory fume hood HVAC system.
Why Test Fume Hoods?
What Fume Hood Performance
Testing is NOT:
As of today, there is no performance test
that directly correlates the results of the
fume hood performance test with the
safety afforded to a fume hood operator.
The variables in hood environment
(including cross drafts, temperature and
pressure fluctuations, activity and traffic
in the lab space, hood location, system
design), use practices, materials in the
hood and hood loading, prevent a direct
correlation.
Brief History of ASHRAE 110
Evolved from a research paper by K. J. Caplan and G.
W. Knutson, Laboratory Fume Hoods, A Performance
Test, RP-70, ASHRAE Transactions, 1978.
A Test Method that does not define pass/fail criteria
First published as an ANSI Standard in 1985.
Revised in 1995.
2005 version has yet to be published.
SPC 110 Committee is actively involved in the laboratory
industry.
ASHRAE 110
ANSI/ASHRAE 110 Standard
Face Velocity Measurement
Smoke Visualization
Tracer Gas Containment
ASHRAE 110: Face Velocity
Face Velocity
Measurement
Multiple Point
Readings to Measure Velocity
Average Face Probe Clamp
Velocity
Measurement of
Cross Drafts
Verification of VAV
System Operation
and Response
Calibration of Airflow Microphone
Monitors Stand
ASHRAE 110: Face Velocity