APPENDIX B - PRACTICAL PIPE DESIGNS for ASPIRATING SYSTEMS
The following tables show some typical EN54
compliant pipe designs for FAAST LT-200
devices with dierent overall pipe lengths.
Each design has a one size sample hole for
ease of installing and testing the system.
No exhaust pipe has been included in these
designs.
In all the suggested layouts, the sample hole
spacing is set to 10m between holes, which
is the recommended arrangement for point
smoke detectors in the UK (BS 5839). Air
ow through the detector has been kept at, or
above, 39 l/min for best performance.
In the designs with non-sensing end holes,
the distance to the rst hole is 9m and the
end hole is 1m from the last sample hole.
CLASSCPIPEDESIGNSWITHSINGLESAMPLEHOLE/ENDHOLESIZEAND10mSPACING
1PIPE
Pipe
Length
Number
ofholes
Hole
size
End
hole*
Air
flow
Flow
balance
Average
sensitivity
Alarm
level
Fan Totalhole
area
(m)(mm) (mm) (I/min) (%/m) (mm
2
)
100 10 3 3 40 0.5 0.74 1 10 77.76
90 9 3 3 39 0.53 0.66 1 10 70.70
80 8 3.5 3.5 43 0.52 0.91 2 10 86.60
70 7 3.5 3.5 42 0.62 0.79 2 10 76.98
60 6 4 4 45 0.6 1.14 3 10 87.98
50 5 4.5 4.5 45 0.62 0.98 3 9 95.44
40 4 4.5 4.5 45 0.76 0.80 3 10 79.53
30 3 5 5 46 0.83 1.29 4 10 78.55
20 2 5.5 5.5 45 0.92 0.97 4 10 71.28
10 1 6.5 6.5 45 1 1.31 5 10 66.37
CLASSCPIPEDESIGNSWITHSINGLESAMPLEHOLE/ENDHOLESIZEAND10mSPACING
2PIPE(TFORM)
Perpipe
length
Number
ofholes
Hole
size
End
hole*
Air
flow
Flow
balance
Average
sensitivity
Alarm
level
Fan Totalhole
area
(m)(mm) (mm) (I/min) (%/m) (mm
2
)
80 8 2.5 2.5 47 0.71 1.16 1 8 83.46
70 7 2.5 2.5 45 0.77 1.03 1 8 73.64
60 6 3 3 46 0.72 0.91 1 5 91.90
50 5 3 3 45 0.81 1.16 2 6 77.76
40 4 3.5 3.5 45 0.81 0.97 2 4 86.60
30 3 3.5 3.5 44 0.91 1.30 3 6 67.36
20 2 4 4 44 0.95 0.98 3 6 62.84
10 1 5 5 45 1 1.31 4 5 58.91
CLASSCPIPEDESIGNSWITHSINGLESAMPLEHOLESIZE(Inc.SAMPLINGENDHOLE)
AND10mSPACING‐1PIPE
Pipe
Length
Number
ofholes
Hole
size
Air
flow
Flow
balance
Average
sensitivity
Alarm
level
Fan Total
holearea
(m) (mm) (I/min) (%/m) (mm
2
)
100 X ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
90 X ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
80 8 3.5 42 0.6 0.79 2 10 76.98
70 7 4 44 0.58 0.70 2 10 87.98
60 6 4.5 44 0.59 1.00 3 9 95.44
50 5 5.5 45 0.54 0.86 3 8 118.81
40 4 6 44 0.65 0.67 3 8 113.11
30 3 6.5 45 0.78 0.99 4 8 99.56
20 2 6.5 44 0.92 1.31 5 10 66.37
10 X ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐