Kitchen hood sizing software

aKitchenExhaust (And) - aKitchenExhasut (Android)

kitchen hood exhaust ventilation software with built-in hood configurations

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For Windows OS, see KitchenExhaust.

aKitchenExhaust software: design on the move  

a KitchenExhaust is a Kitchen Hood Exhaust calculation software designed for Android phone OS.  It is specially engineered by a professional engineer for design mobility & quick calculations.

Aim: creating a mobile design environment for the practising engineers & designers in today's mobile world.

Results: Instant solutions at your fingertips.


Highlights:

see aKitchenExhaust explained


Software design features: practical. . . 

The software is designed to be user friendly and flexible with built-in guides and explanations. The built-in hood configurations for ease of calculations are:


Methods: Calculating Exhaust AirFlow Rate. . . 

There are many methods available to calculate the required exhaust airflow rate, namely:

Every country has its own local code of practice to calculate the required exhaust airflow rate. The exhaust flowrate calculation presented in aKitchenExhaust software is based on SS 553 (formerly CP 13). SS 553 uses the Capture (Face) Velocity Method. CIBSE and Australian Standard AS 1668.2 adopt the similar approach, but not exactly the same.

The governing parameters used in determining the exhaust flowrate are:


The exhaust flowrate in SS 553 is as follows:

Q = 1.4*Vel*2(L+W)*H*F . . . for island hood

where Q = exhaust flowrate (m3/s)

            Vel = capture velocity (m/s)

                L = hood length (m)

              W = hood width (m)

               H = distance of hood to emitting surface (m)

                F = factor


Comparisons between SS 553 (formerly CP 13) and AS 1668.2 . . . 

The exhaust flowrate calculations of SS 553 (formerly CP13) vs AS 1668.2 are presented below:

SS 553 (formerly CP 13)  

Q (m3/s) = [1.4 x Vel x Factor] x Perimeter x Height

Q = [0.294 to 0.42] x P x H (based on Vel = 0.3 m/s)


AS 1668.2  

Q (m3/s) = [Vel factor/1000] x Perimeter x Height 

Q = [0.15 to 0.75] x P x H


Understanding the Capture (Face) Velocity Method in SS 553 (formerly CP 13)  . . . 

An important point to note is that in SS 553, the capture (face) velocity is based on the vertical face area of hood open sides as illustrated in Sketch A. It is not based on the hood base area as shown in Sketch B. Therefore, the distance from stove top to hood bottom, i.e., H and the number of hood open sides will greatly affect the exhaust airflow required.

To account for the different type of cooking, a multiplying Factor is employed in SS 553 for simplicity in calculation. For heavy duty cooking, a Factor of 1 is used. For light and medium duty cooking, a Factor of 0.7 is applied. Indirectly, this can be translated to design face velocity varying from 0.21 m/s (for low/medium duty cooking) to 0.3 m/s for heavy duty cooking.


a KitchenExhaust

Factor (cooking type) selection

Hood configuration selection

built-in guide

Filter Sizer module

Louvre Sizer module

Did you know ? . . . 

SS 553 has a built-in safety factor of about 15% in the kitchen exhaust formula presented.


Duct Sizing. . . 

As a guide, the design velocity for kitchen exhaust duct is about 10 m/s (2000 FPM). For good air distribution throughout the entire kitchen hood area, it is good to have 2 discharge ducts from the top of the hood join the main exhaust duct if the hood length is greater than 3 m (10 ft.). 

 

Grease Filter Sizing. . .  

The design and selection of grease filter plays an important role in the kitchen hood exhaust system. Baffle type grease filter is commonly used. The use of mesh type grease filter is no longer allowed as per NFPA code. The optimum operating velocity range for baffle grease filter is 0.8 - 1.5 m/s (150 - 300 FPM). The filter area required is determined by:

Filter area required = Exhaust flowrate / Filter face velocity

 

Too few grease filters will increase the filter cleaning frequency as well as increase the resistance to the airflow.

aKitchenExhaust program provides a built-in tool for sizing of grease filter.


Calculation Example 1 (Exhaust Flowrate) . . . 

A Chinese restaurant requires a kitchen hood of size 2m (L) x 1m (W) to be installed over its cooking appliances (wok). The 0.9m-high gas cooking stove is located against a wall. The hood installation height is 2.1m from floor. Determine the exhaust fan capacity and duct size.

The following is the result printout from aKitchenExhaust program:

Kitchen Hood Exhaust calculation 

1-side wall-mounted hood

Hood length (m) = 2

Hood width (m) = 1

Velocity (m/s) = 0.3

Distance (m) = 1.2

Factor = 1

No. of hood = 1

Exhaust each (CMH) = 7257.60

Exhaust total (CMH) = 7257.6


The following duct sizing result is calculated using aDuctulator program  (to be purchased separately):

 aDuctulator calculations

Retangular Duct sizing

Equal Friction Method

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Friction loss rate (Pa/m) =0.8

Roughness (mm) =0.09

Air volume (CMH) =7257.6

Duct height (mm) =300

Duct width (mm) =1,110

Duct velocity (m/s) =6.1


detail results...........

Area, A (sq.m) = 0.33

Relative roughness, e/Dh = 0.000191

Hydraulic diameter, Dh (mm) = 472.2

Reynolds nos, Re = 189968

Friction factor, f = 0.017158

Velocity pressure, Pv (Pa) = 22.09                      

 

Calculation Example 2 (Grease Filter Sizing) . . . 

Determine the grease filter area required for the kitchen hood exhaust flowrate in Example 1 above.

Filter Sizer  

Air quantity (CMH) = 7257.6

Filter face velocity (m/s) = 1.2

Filter area required (m2) = 1.68


Filter Size Selection:

508mm x 635mm (20x25 in)

Each filter area (m2) = 0.2671

Nos. of filter required = 6.3 = 7

Filter selection

aKitchenExhaust (Android)

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