Jiangcheng academy of China University of Geosciences, sits at the foot of Qinglong mountain, Jiangxia District, Wuhan city, is one of best universities in China.
The hall is in quarter-round layout, almost 1000 square meters, the seats are arranged in arc shape, decreasing in height all the way from the walls to the rostrum. Decorated by lamps on each layer of curved terrace ceiling, this is a typical conference hall.
However, When It came to the HVAC system design and installation, they faced problems, traditional metal ductwork just could not work with this decoration style. The reason? They are as follows.
1, if the ductworks are to be installed on the open space just against the ceiling, surely they would disturb the designed lighting effect;
2, if they go for suspended ceiling, the existing ceiling height would be lowered a lot, and the design is difficult, installation is hard, cost is high.
3, more importantly, the ceiling height is considerable at the rostrum area which simply requires a rather far air throw, and the ordinary medal diffusers just can not possibly make it happen.
DurkeeSox technology center brought out a comfortable long-throw air dispersion solution to help them out: that is, run DurkeeSox ductwork along the corner of ceiling, in the same color as the ceiling. This layout will save space from the open ceiling and harmonize with decoration style in color. Since the ductwork is 40m away from rostrum area, we designed a row of large nozzles pointing to rostrum and rows of orifices varying in size to evenly deliver airflow to different auditorium areas. In this way, a single ductwork could deliver the conditioned air to every desired zones in the hall. what is more, the ductwork is condensation free itself without insulation, mainly due to fabric permeation.
Upon the project acceptance, during the long-distance air dispersion test, the owners surprisingly sensed the cooling feeling originated from nozzles 40m away! The amazing and satisfactory expression on their face just sold them out and told the whole story.
What we boast are not only the nice visual appearance and perfect air dispersion effect, but unmatched advantages in installation and cost saving etc aspects over metal ductwork: our ductwork is very light, only dozens of kilos for the whole hall, scaffold and hanger rod are exempted here. Using double-row cable suspension system, without welding, painting or percussion drilling etc destructive works, we finished the whole system installation in just one day. And the design of the whole air dispersion system is rather simple, replacing many metal ductworks and diffusers via a single Durkeesox ductwork. The project cost was estimated to drop by 50%.
Therefore, in projects like large conference hall, due to its long air throw, overall uniform air distribution etc undeniable advantages, we have witnessed an dramatic growth of applications of Durkeesox fabric ductwork in this field.