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    This document discusses clean room ventilation design. It states that the primary purpose of clean room ventilation is to provide airflow that can dilute and remove particles while keeping the airflow straight and unidirectional. While 90 feet per minute is a common guideline for airflow velocity, the optimal velocity depends on the type of filtration and air handling equipment used. When designing a clean room, the designer and end user should agree on the appropriate velocities for their specific needs and space. Lower velocities than 90 FPM can still effectively remove contamination in an empty room, but obstructions and occupant movement can cause laminar airflow to become turbulent.

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    This document discusses clean room ventilation design. It states that the primary purpose of clean room ventilation is to provide airflow that can dilute and remove particles while keeping the airflow straight and unidirectional. While 90 feet per minute is a common guideline for airflow velocity, the optimal velocity depends on the type of filtration and air handling equipment used. When designing a clean room, the designer and end user should agree on the appropriate velocities for their specific needs and space. Lower velocities than 90 FPM can still effectively remove contamination in an empty room, but obstructions and occupant movement can cause laminar airflow to become turbulent.

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    Hat Differentiates Unidirectional To The Non-Unidirectional Flow Design?

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    This document discusses clean room ventilation design. It states that the primary purpose of clean room ventilation is to provide airflow that can dilute and remove particles while keeping the airflow straight and unidirectional. While 90 feet per minute is a common guideline for airflow velocity, the optimal velocity depends on the type of filtration and air handling equipment used. When designing a clean room, the designer and end user should agree on the appropriate velocities for their specific needs and space. Lower velocities than 90 FPM can still effectively remove contamination in an empty room, but obstructions and occupant movement can cause laminar airflow to become turbulent.

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    primary purpose is to provide adequate air at a velocity to keep airflow straight in unidirectional

    that can efficiently dilute and carry away particles or contaminants generated within the room.

    The high velocities may not be efficient and may result in over design that may be very energy

    inefficient. There is nothing called set velocity; the 90 fpm velocity is just a widely accepted

    practice that shall differ with the type of filtration and type of air handling equipment. Therefore

    while designing a clean room it is imperative that the designer and the end user agree as to what

    constitutes the design velocities for the specific project.

    In an empty room with no obstructions to the airflow, even the air velocities lower than 90 FPM

    shall remove contamination much faster. Though in practical situations there are obstructions and

    people moving in the space. Obstructions will cause the laminar airflow to be turned into turbulent

    airflow around the obstructions.

    What differentiates unidirectional to the non-unidirectional flow design?


    Clean rooms have evolved into two major types, which are differentiated by their method of

    ventilation - turbulent airflow and unidirectional (laminar) airflow clean rooms. The general method

    of ventilation used in turbulent airflow clean rooms is similar to that found in buildings such as

    offices, schools, malls, manufacturing plants, auditoriums, shops, etc. The air is supplied by an air

    conditioning system through diffusers in the ceiling. The laminar flow on the other hand has

    stringent guidelines. Let’s check this out further.

    1. Unidirectional airflow pattern is in one direction, usually horizontal or vertical at a uniform

    speed of between 60 to 90 FPM throughout the entire space. The air velocity is sufficient

    to remove particles before they settle onto surfaces. The non-unidirectional turbulent

    airflow ventilation system relies on mixing and dilution to remove contamination.

    2. Unidirectional airflow tends to remain parallel (or within 18 degrees of parallel) until it

    encounters obstacles such as people, process equipment and workbenches where it

    tends to become turbulent. Use of workstations with perforated tabletops allows the air to

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