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References: Roof, Wall and Specialty Exhaust Fans

  1. Kitchen hood - Wikipedia - Describes commercial kitchen exhaust hoods, grease filtration and exhaust fans. Context for why grease-laden kitchen exhaust needs listed fans with upblast or wall discharge.

  2. Fume hood - Wikipedia - Explains how laboratory fume hoods capture hazardous fumes and send them to an exhaust system. Background for the chapter's lab exhaust section and its contaminated air, bypass and entrained flows.

  3. Fibre-reinforced plastic - Wikipedia - Covers the composition, resins and corrosion resistance of FRP. Explains the material behind the chapter's fiberglass fans for corrosive and moisture-laden air.

  4. Fan Handbook: Selection, Application, and Design - Frank P. Bleier - McGraw-Hill - A practitioner's handbook praised for organizing fan knowledge around applications rather than theory alone. A broader reference for matching building ventilation jobs to fan types, as this chapter does.

  5. Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) - ACGIH - The standard manual for exhaust system design, widely used for its guidance on hoods, exhaust stacks and discharge. Extends the chapter's lab exhaust and plume discussion.

  6. FanPedia: The Fan & Blower Encyclopedia (PDF) - Twin City Fan & Blower - Source for the chapter's descriptions of housed, plenum, square inline and tubeaxial fans, power roof ventilator discharge paths, roof exhauster parts and entrained flow, cited by page.

  7. FanPedia online - Twin City Fan & Blower - Online galleries of fan types, components and accessories, with the PDF booklet. A visual companion to the roof, wall and specialty fans surveyed in this chapter.

  8. Kitchen and Restaurant Exhaust Fans - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalog page for UL 705 Supplement SC (formerly UL 762) listed kitchen exhaust fans for grease-contaminated air, listing the BCRUR, BCRWR, VCU, VCUB, BCVR, QCLBR and QSLR models.

  9. Smoke and Heat Exhaust Fans - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalog page giving the rating of a minimum 500°F for four hours or 1,000°F for 15 minutes, and listing the roof, mixed flow and axial smoke and heat models.

  10. Fiberglass Fans - Twin City Fan & Blower - Current catalog page for FRP fans for moisture-laden, corrosive or chemically contaminated air, listing the BAFF, BCSF, RBOF, ILCF, TAHF, TAMF, WA, WAB, HA, HAB and TCWPF models.