Standard Test Method for Measuring Capture Efficiency of Domestic Range Hoods

Importancia y uso:

5.1 Cooking can be one of the most polluting activities commonly and regularly occurring in residential environments. Capturing airborne cooking contaminants before they can mix with the indoor air is a critical indoor air quality control method.

5.2 Range hoods are used in homes to remove cooking-generated contaminants above cooking surfaces before they mix with air in the rest of the house. This test method is used to measure the capture efficiency under specific conditions that permit comparisons and ratings of range hoods.

5.3 Range hoods may be manufactured and intended to operate at different flow rates or using different inserts such as filters. This test method may be used to determine capture efficiency over the range of rated air flows and operating configurations of a range hood. The rated air flows shall be listed and shall be tested in accordance with HVI Test Procedure 916, IEC 61591, ASHRAE 51/AMCA 210, or equivalent. The maximum air flow allowed for this test method is 200 L/s.

Subcomité:

E06.41

Volúmen:

04.12

Número ICS:

97.040.20 (Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances)

Palabras clave:

IAQ; kitchen ventilation; range hood; residential; tracer gas;