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MEDICAL GAS AVSU PIPE SIZING Calculated By AF Date 7/6/2021

Checked by FA Date 7/6/2021

MEDICAL GAS DESIGN FLOW CALCULATIONS

NUMBER OF TERMINAL OUTLETS CALCULATED DIVERSIFIED FLOW (LPM)

No. of
ID DEPARTMENT ROOM Beds

O2/N2O

AGSS
MA4

CO2
VAC
N2O

SA7
O2 N2O O2/N2O MA4 SA7 VAC AGSS HE/O2 CO2

O2

N
15.25 110 110
8 2 2 2
1 Accident and Emergency Post anaesthesia recovery
Q = 10 + [(n – 1)6/8] Q=40+(n-1)40/4 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]
Maunally change MA formula
12.25 70 70
4 2 2 2
2 Accident and Emergency Post anaesthesia recovery
Q = 10 + [(n – 1)6/8] Q=40+(n-1)40/4 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

16 120 120
9 2 2 2
3 Accident and Emergency Post anaesthesia recovery
Q = 10 + [(n – 1)6/8] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

16 120 120
9 2 2 2
4 Accident and Emergency Post anaesthesia recovery
Q = 10 + [(n – 1)6/8] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

12.25 70 70
4 2 2 2
5 Accident and Emergency Post anaesthesia recovery
Q = 10 + [(n – 1)6/8] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

34 80 120
Post-anaesthesia recovery, per bed 5 2 2 2
6 Operating department
space (Operating Department)
Q = 10 + (n – 1)6 Q=40+(n-1)40/4 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

52 110 180
Post-anaesthesia recovery, per bed 8 2 2 2
7 Operating department
space (Operating Department)
Q = 10 + (n – 1)6 Q=40+(n-1)40/4 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

46 100 160
Post-anaesthesia recovery, per bed 7 2 2 2
8 Operating department space (Operating Department)
Q = 10 + (n – 1)6 Q=40+(n-1)40/4 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

220 127.5 740

Post-anaesthesia recovery, per bed 36 2 2 2
9 Operating department space (Operating Department)
Q = 10 + (n – 1)6 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)10/4] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

64 62.5 220
Post-anaesthesia recovery, per bed 10 2 2 2
10 Operating department
space (Operating Department)
Q = 10 + (n – 1)6 Q = 40 + [(n – 1)10/4] Q = 40 + [(n – 1)40/4]

Total 100 20 20 20 487.75 970 1910

AREA VALVE SERVICE UNIT (AVSU) SIZING legend and notes GENERAL DESIGN NOTES

Reference ID AVSU-03-02
LEGEND 1. Calculation is based on HTM 02-01 requirements.
Typical AVSU Arrangement Scheme
Typical Pipe 2. Pipe size based on standard nominal copper pipe (Type L) size
Location 3rd Floor
Identification Colour User Input Value to BS EN 1057.
Coding Arrangement 3. All terminal units should conform to BS EN 737-1:1998.
Design Pressure Drop Calculated Pipe Size (HTM 02-01)
Total Flow, Equivalent Output Value 4. AVSUs should be mounted at a convenient height between 1 m
Medical Gases
Lit/min Flow, SCFM and 1.8 m such that they can be operated comfortably by staff
psi / 100 ft in hg / 100 ft mm in
Calculated Output Value without their needing to stoop or overreach.
LEGEND (TERMINAL UNIT) 5. Normally, departmental AVSUs would be installed at the hospital
Oxygen (O2) 0.50 487.75 17.22 22 3/4
street side of the entrance doors to a department and would
Terminal Unit is not required for this area/room per HTM 02-01. reflect the method of horizontal evacuation in the event of an
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 0.50 #VALUE!
emergency. In some large departments, for example an operating
Terminal Unit is required but minimum number required is not met per HTM 02-01. department, the clean-service corridor is likely to cross one or
Oxygen/Nitrous Oxide Mix (O2-N2O) 0.50
more fire compartment walls. Additional AVSUs may therefore be
Terminal Unit is required and minimum number required is met per HTM 02-01. required to reflect the evacuation route.
Medical Air (MA4) 0.50 970 34.26 28 1
6. If a department includes one or more floors, a set of AVSUs should
be provided for each floor, which will act as emergency overall
Surgical Air (SA7) 0.50
NOTES fire valves.
7. AVSUs for zones within critical care areas should be located where
Medical Vacuum (VAC) 0.50 1910 67.45 76 3
Note 1 : No addition made they can be seen by staff – not necessarily at the staff base.
Note 2 : Residual capacity will be adequate without an additional allowance 8. Local alarms within critical care areas should be provided for the
Anesthetic Gas Scavenging System (AGSS) 0.50 #VALUE! 42 1 1/2
Note 3 : Dental Vacuum Only individual space; that is, if a critical care area of, say, 18 beds is
* No of Theatres sub-divided into three separate six-bed wards, there should be
Nitrogen (N) 0.50
** No of Ward one alarm only for each space (not one for each of the dual
*** No of Suites circuits).
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 0.50

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