Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

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A Study on the Risk Assessment and Reduction of Initial Construction Cost in a Biosafety Laboratory According to Improvement of Supply and Exhaust Method

급배기 방식 개선에 따른 생물안전 밀폐시설의 Risk Assessment와 초기 건설비 저감에 대한 연구

  • Hwang, Ji Hyun (Department of Building Equipment and System Eng., Graduate School of Gachon University) ;
  • Hong, Jin Kwan (Department of Building Equipment and System Eng., Gachon University) ;
  • Ju, Young Duk (Department of Building Services, Naracontrols INC.)
  • Received : 2013.02.20
  • Published : 2013.10.10
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Abstract

In general, entire supply air of the BSL3 laboratory should be vented to the outside for its biosafety and the air conditioning system should always be operating to maintain a room pressure difference. In this regard, annual energy consumption is approximately five or ten times greater than the magnitude of the office building. In addition, to adjust room pressure difference to the set value efficiently, the supply and exhaust duct system are installed in each room of the BSL3 lab. Thus, initial construction cost is extremely high. In this study, multizone simulation is performed to estimate maintaining the appropriate room pressure difference in the case of changing model A (each room supply and exhaust system) to model B (each zone supply and exhaust system) for verification of the BSL3 lab biosafety. Also, in the case of these two models, the multizone simulation for three kinds of biohazard scenario is performed as part of risk assessment. The analysis of initial construction cost of two models is conducted for comparison. According to the studies, initial construction cost of model B is less than about 22% of existing model A. Moreover, biosafety of the BSL3 lab is still maintaining in the case of the two models.

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