{"id":2125,"date":"2022-06-29T13:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T08:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/blog\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:43:39","slug":"laboratory-capacity-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/blog\/laboratory-capacity-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory Capacity Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1594037823219{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<h1 class=\"boc_heading  al_left  \"  style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;margin-top: 0px;color: #333;\"><span>Laboratory Capacity Planning<\/span><\/h1>[vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HVAC is one of the significant operating expense in a laboratory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/digital-laboratory.php\">Laboratories<\/a> can benefit from designing their capacity properly, right at the planning stage, and making provisions for expansion with no costly alterations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversity is a design paradigm which will help to build optimal laboratories. According to SEFA, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDiversity is used by engineers in designing systems based on its practical or maximum expected use, not its total possible use. When diversity is applied to sizing of systems, the design capacity is less than the sum of peak demands\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversity can benefit both the existing and new facilities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduce capital equipment expenditures by downsizing the mechanical systems during the design phase,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allows existing facilities to add fume hood capacity using the current HVAC systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key factors influencing diversity are:<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table class=\"fortuna_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mechanical systems<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control Method<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constant Volume CV<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variable Air Volume VAV<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two State Controls<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usage Pattern<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of users per fume hood<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fume hood usage type<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User compliance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sash<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sash type<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sash management<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airflow Requirements<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Face velocity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooling airflow rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimum ventilation rate<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of Floors and Size of Building<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fume Hood Density<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of fume hoods per lab<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of fume hoods per manifold.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether your project is a brand-new multi-story research centre, or the remodel of an existing lab, Kewaunee provides the full range of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kewaunee.in\/services.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from design and engineering, through the final installation and start-up. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1594037823219{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]HVAC is one of the significant operating expense in a laboratory. Laboratories can benefit from designing their capacity properly, right at the planning stage, and making provisions for expansion with no costly alterations.\u00a0 Diversity is a design paradigm which will help to build optimal laboratories. 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