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    The document discusses equations for calculating the flow rate induced by the stack effect. For flue gas stacks and chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion gases are on the inside, the equations provide an approximation. The key variables in the equations are the flow area (A), height or distance (h), average inside temperature (Ti), outside air temperature (To), and discharge coefficient (C).

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    The document discusses equations for calculating the flow rate induced by the stack effect. For flue gas stacks and chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion gases are on the inside, the equations provide an approximation. The key variables in the equations are the flow area (A), height or distance (h), average inside temperature (Ti), outside air temperature (To), and discharge coefficient (C).

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    The document discusses equations for calculating the flow rate induced by the stack effect. For flue gas stacks and chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion gases are on the inside, the equations provide an approximation. The key variables in the equations are the flow area (A), height or distance (h), average inside temperature (Ti), outside air temperature (To), and discharge coefficient (C).

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    The document discusses equations for calculating the flow rate induced by the stack effect. For flue gas stacks and chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion gases are on the inside, the equations provide an approximation. The key variables in the equations are the flow area (A), height or distance (h), average inside temperature (Ti), outside air temperature (To), and discharge coefficient (C).

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    For flue gas stacks and chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion flue gases are

    on the inside, the equations will only provide an approximation and h is the height of the flue gas stack or chimney.

    SI units: where: P = available pressure difference, in Pa C = 0.0342 a = atmospheric pressure, in Pa h = height or distance, in m To = absolute outside temperature, in K Ti = absolute inside temperature, in K U.S. customary units: where: P = available pressure difference, in psi C = 0.0188 a = atmospheric pressure, in psi h = height or distance, in ft To = absolute outside temperature, in R Ti = absolute inside temperature, in R

    The flow induced by the stack effect


    The draft (draught in British English) flow rate induced by the stack effect can be calculated with the equation presented below.[2][3][4] The equation applies only to buildings where air is both inside and outside the buildings. For buildings with one or two floors, h is the height of the building and A is the flow area of the openings. For multi-floor, high-rise buildings, A is the flow area of the openings and h is the distance from the openings at the neutral pressure level (NPL) of the building to either the topmost openings or the lowest openings. Reference[2] explains how the NPL affects the stack effect in high-rise buildings. For flue gas stacks or chimneys, where air is on the outside and combustion flue gases are on the inside, the equation will only provide an approximation. Also, A is the cross-sectional flow area and h is the height of the flue gas stack or chimney.

    SI units: where: Q = stack effect draft (draught in British English) flow rate, m/s

    A C g h Ti To

    = flow area, m = discharge coefficient (usually taken to be from 0.65 to 0.70) = gravitational acceleration, 9.81 m/s = height or distance, m = average inside temperature, K = outside air temperature, K

    U.S. customary units: where: Q = stack effect draft flow rate, ft/s A = area, ft C = discharge coefficient (usually taken to be from 0.65 to 0.70) g = gravitational acceleration, 32.17 ft/s h = height or distance, ft Ti = average inside temperature, R To = outside air temperature, R This equation assumes that the resistance to the draft flow is similar to the resistance of flow through an orifice characterized by a discharge coefficient C.

    The stack effect in chimneys: the gauges represent absolute air pressure and the airflow is indicated with light grey arrows. The gauge dials move clockwise with increasing pressure

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