I need help designing a flow model for a wing of a nursing home. I want to make the wing negative pressure using HEPA filtration remediation fans and alter the HVAC system to keep infection down. I want to model the air flow and decrease it to decrease transmission. Project would involve multiple…

Hi @csteiner , I’ve been curious how difficult it is to modify an HVAC system to create a zoned negative pressure scenario. While I’m no HVAC expert, when you talk differential pressures in a contained environment I wouldn’t jump to flow modeling but rather simple ideal gas laws like Boyle’s. Even th…

I was just thinking about HVAC systems again. If the HVAC system has a dedicated air return in each room, you could achieve a negative pressure by simply installing a choke (such as a HEPA furnace filter) over the air vent inlet. This would tend to create a negative pressure compared to the rest of …

I wrote you back an email. We had Servpro out today to talk volume of air and setup. I believe I have a group that will model the wing (ward). Stay posted I think it’s going to be cloud sourced here.

Looks like we are going to be working modeling this stay posted.

Okay I’ll be interested to learn more about their solution.

Tomorrow we in stall 2 motors in HVAC system that are on the returns.

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COVID Help!: Nursing Home Neg Pressure Floors

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jousefm March 30, 2020, 8:31am 3

Hi @csteiner!

Wrote you an email!

Cheers,

Jousef