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== Volume Change Rate ==
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{|-
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|''Compartment''
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|''VCR per houre (# of times)''
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|''Time to change (minutes)''
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|-
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|Galley
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|10-20
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|3-6
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|-
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|Bathrooms and toilets
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|8-10
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|5-7
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|-
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|Sleeping cabins
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|6-8
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|7-10
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|-
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|Saloons
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|5-10
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|7-12
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|-
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|Forepeaks and lazarettes
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|5
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|12
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|-
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|Bilges
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|5
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|12
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|-
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|Storage areas
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|8-12
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|5-7
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|-
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|Machinery spaces
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|150-250*
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|0.24-0.40*
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|-
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|Battery compartments
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|*
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|*
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|}
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== Air per person ==
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== Rod Stephen's Rule ==
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Rule of thumb for a single deck vessel:
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Total vent area (cm2) = 70 x WL (m) x LOA (m)
  
  
 
[[Category: Marine Engineering]]
 
[[Category: Marine Engineering]]

Revision as of 11:04, 3 August 2009

See Professional Boatbuilder #109/110 'Venting the boat'. For Enginerooms see the Perkins manual too.


Volume Change Rate

Compartment VCR per houre (# of times) Time to change (minutes)
Galley 10-20 3-6
Bathrooms and toilets 8-10 5-7
Sleeping cabins 6-8 7-10
Saloons 5-10 7-12
Forepeaks and lazarettes 5 12
Bilges 5 12
Storage areas 8-12 5-7
Machinery spaces 150-250* 0.24-0.40*
Battery compartments * *


Air per person

Rod Stephen's Rule

Rule of thumb for a single deck vessel:

Total vent area (cm2) = 70 x WL (m) x LOA (m)