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Lift-well pressurisation

Lift-shaft pressurisation: landing-door leakage (0.06 m² each), landing doors open, door operating limit, stack effect, injection points, relief, fan, riser, BOQ, DXF.

NBC 2016 Part 4 · BS EN 12101-6 · EN 81-72

How to use it

  1. Enter the inputs on the left — defaults are a typical case; every field has a note.
  2. Results, checks (PASS / CHECK) and worked steps appear on the right as you type; Drawing and 3D tabs where the calculation has a layout.
  3. Save the project, then export the Report, Excel with formulas and DXF.

Inputs

FieldType / defaultMeaning
Code & criteria
Code basischoice default india
India — NBC 2016 Part 4 targets + BS EN 12101-6 method, BS EN 12101-6 / EN 12101-13 classes (UK, Gulf, Europe), NFPA 92 / NFPA 101 (US, international)
Purpose (sets the open-door air speed)choice default escape
Means of escape — 0.75 m/s, Escape + fire-fighting — 2.0 m/s
BS EN 12101-6 system classchoice default A
Class A — means of escape, defend in place, Class B — means of escape and fire-fighting, Class C — escape by simultaneous evacuation, Class D — escape, sleeping risk, Class E — escape by phased evacuation, Class F — fire-fighting system and means of escape
Building sprinkleredyes / no default True
Ceiling height of the fire floor (non-sprinklered)choice default 2.7
2.7 m — 25 Pa, 4.6 m — 35 Pa, 6.4 m — 45 Pa
Lift-well pressure difference, doors closed (0 = code: NBC 30 Pa · EN class · NFPA min)number (Pa) default 0
Air speed through the open door (0 = by purpose / class)number (m/s) default 0
Maximum door-opening force (0 = code: India 110 N · EN 100 N · NFPA 133 N)number (N) default 0
Door-closer force at the handlenumber (N) default 40
Building
Floors served by the lift wellnumber default 15
Floor-to-floor heightnumber (m) default 3.3
Outside design temperature — summernumber (°C) default 45
Outside design temperature — winternumber (°C) default 10
Inside (shaft) temperaturenumber (°C) default 27
Supply injection at least every … floors (above 11 m)number default 3
Lift well
Lifts in the shaft (landing doors per floor)number default 2
Landing door widthnumber (m) default 1.1
Landing door heightnumber (m) default 2.1
Door leakage fromchoice default table
BS EN 12101-6 Table A.2 values, Gaps round the leaf (mm)
Gap — sides (each)number (mm) default 3
Gap — headnumber (mm) default 3
Gap — threshold (undercut)number (mm) default 6
Shaft vent at the top left open (0 if closed by a damper on fire)number (m²) default 0
Include shaft wall leakage (ASHRAE ratios — BS practice leaves it to the unidentified allowance)yes / no default False
Shaft wall constructionchoice default average
Tight, Average, Loose
Shaft plan lengthnumber (m) default 4.5
Shaft plan depthnumber (m) default 2.4
Highest ΔP the landing doors operate at (lift maker)number (Pa) default 50
Landing-doors-open case
Landing doors open at the same time (fire floor + access level)number default 2
ΔP across the other closed landing doorsnumber (Pa) default 10
Fan, ducts & air distribution
Allowance for unidentified leakagenumber (%) default 25
Duct leakage allowance on the fannumber (%) default 15
Over-pressure controlchoice default prd
Barometric pressure-relief damper(s), Pressure sensors + VFD on the fan
Standby fan (duty + standby)yes / no default True
Duct run fan → farthest outlet (0 = shaft height + 10 m)number (m) default 0
Duct frictionnumber (Pa/m) default 1.0
Fittings allowance on duct frictionnumber (%) default 50
Intake louvre + dampers + grille lossesnumber (Pa) default 125
Fan total efficiencynumber (%) default 60
Supply grille face velocitynumber (m/s) default 3.0
Riser duct velocitynumber (m/s) default 8.0

What you get

OutputContent
Results, checks, worked steps, schedules; report, Excel and DXF exports.

Standards applied

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