Project Description:
Kosher Kompliacne is a team of students within the Fire Protection Engineering Department at University of Maryland, College Park established to conduct a performance-based design on the new construction Hillel: New Center for Jewish Life on campus. The design approach simulated and analyzed worst case fire scenarios at the two-story opening and the hall closest to the Biet Medrash prayer room for conservative estimation. The computational model were developed in Fire Dyanmic Simulator, a fire dynamic and growth model, and Pathfinder, human behavior and evacuation model. Based on the scenario analysis, Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) was calculated to determine available time before room conditions were untenable due to a fire environment and Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) was calculated to determine required time for occupants on all floors to safely evacuate the building. Upon simulation, RSET was identified to be greater than ASET, leading to insufficient time for safe evacuation. To address this problem, Kosher Kompliance designed and implemented an HVAC system activated by detector systems to control smoke layer interface.
