ABSTRACT
An air system or an air handling system is a kind of fan-duct system. In addition, an outdoor ventilation air system to supply outdoor ventilation air, an exhaust system to exhaust contaminated air, and a smoke control system to provide fire protection are all air systems, that is, fan-duct systems. A system-operating point indicates the operating condition of an air system or fan-duct system. Since the operating point of a fan must lie on the fan performance curve, and the operating point of a duct system on the system curve, the system operating point of an air system must be the intersection point of the fan performance curve and system curve. A relief fan is used to relieve undesirable high positive space pressure by extracting space air and relieving it to the outside atmosphere. The volume flow and pressure characteristics of a supply fan and relief fan combination are the same as that in a single supply fan and barometric damper combination when they have the same design parameters.
