Recently, inspections require positive pressure ventilation in the control room – how to address this?
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The company is located in Chengdu, and recent inspection requirements stipulate that the control room should have positive pressure ventilation. There is already air conditioning in the control room; how can positive pressure ventilation be achieved?
Install an air compressor to supply compressed air into the operation room
It would be best to adjust the location of the control room, so that this safety measure of positive pressure ventilation is not necessary
Why use positive pressure ventilation? Is it to prevent hazardous gases from entering the control room?
It’s some kind of control room in a factory complex; positive pressure is required. This is generally considered in the context of fire safety, to prevent toxic gases and smoke
Instrument air can be introduced into the control room
It depends on what gas is used as the instrument air; if it is nitrogen, it could be fatal for the personnel in the control room, as they might suffer from oxygen deprivation and suffocation.
Run a pipe upward to the clean air
Is your control room located in an explosion-proof area? Positive pressure ventilation is used in such areas for explosion prevention purposes