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ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.6 - Health Care Facility Air-Conditioning Applications

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Welcome to the homepage of the ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.6. This Technical Committee is concerned with the application of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration systems to healthcare facilities.  These facilities include hospital (acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation), primary care outpatient facilities, ambulatory care facilities, small primary outpatient facilities,outpatient surgical facilities and assisted living facilities. TC 9.6 also addresses energy conservation, environmental comfort, infection control, and life safety issues in these facilities. 

Do you want to get involved in your TC's issues at the Society level? If so, read through the pages of this site, attend the annual meeting, or contact our Committee Chair or a subcommittee member.

Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas

January 26-30, 2013

MEETING SCHEDULE

TC 9.6 Health Care Facilities: Sunday 5:00-7:00p, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1)

Subcommittees:

TC 9.6 Handbook: Sunday 8:15-10:00a, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1)

TC9.6 Infectious Diseases: Sunday 10:00-12:00p, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1) 
TC 9.6 Research: Sunday 12:30-2:30p, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1)
TC 9.6 Energy: Sunday 2:30-4:00p, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1)
TC 9.6 Program: Sunday 4:00-5:00p, Dallas Ballroom D1 (CC1)

MEETING AGENDA


TC 9.6 PROGRAMS in Dallas  

Monday, January 28, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Technical Paper Session 3 (Intermediate)Development of Fundamentals for HVAC Design and Modeling

Track: HVAC&R Systems & Equipment

Room: Dallas A3

Chair: Daniel Fisher, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Oklahoma StateUniversity, Stillwater, OK

Fundamental research is paramount for the development of predictive models and design for HVAC systems. Novel methods for determining fundamental information required for such design and modeling are presented.

1. Comparison of CFD Simulations of Hospital Operating Room (OR)

Air Distribution with Experimental PIV Results (DA-13-007)

Sheldon M. Jeter, Ph.D., P.E., Member and Tyler C. Stevenson, GWWSchool of Mechanical Engineering/Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

2. An Infrared Sphere Method to Measure Mean RadiantTemperature(DA-13-008)

Christopher Leung, Affiliate and Hua Ge, Ph.D., P.E., Member, RyersonUniversity, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. Experimental Study of Surgical Wound Temperatures (DA-13-009)

Sheldon M. Jeter, Ph.D., P.E., Member, Milton S. Goldman and Nelson C.Goldman, M.D.2, (1)GWW School of Mechanical Engineering/Georgia Tech,Atlanta, GA, (2)University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

4. Pumping System Bypass Orifice Testing and Analysis (DA-13-010)

Greg Towsley1, Arturo Benavente2 and Ronald L. Dougherty, Ph.D., P.E.3, (1)Grundfos Pumps Corp., Olathe, KS, (2)ConocoPhillips, Tananger, Norway, (3)

ASHRAE LEARNING INSTITUTE CLASSES FOR HEALTH CARE IN DALLAS

2013 Dallas -- Healthcare Facilities: Best Practice Design & Applications

Saturday, Jan 26, 2013, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

LATEST UPDATES

Chicago meeting minutes and subcommittee reports posted

Committee Chair:

Michael Sheerin
tc96@ashrae.org

Upcoming Meetings:

 

 2013 Winter Meeting
  Dallas, T
X

Jan 26-30, 2013

 

2013 Annual Meeting
Denver, CO

Jun 22-26, 2013

 

2014 Winter Meeting
New York, NY

Jan 18-22, 2014

 

2014 Annual Meeting
Seattle, WA

Jun 21-26 2014

 

 

 

This web site describes the activities of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Technical Committee 9.6, Healthcare Facility Air-Conditioning Applications. It does not present official positions of the Society nor reflect Society policy. ASHRAE is not responsible for this site's content. To learn more about ASHRAE activities on an international level, contact the ASHRAE home page at http://www.ashrae.org. Comments? Contact us at westbror@upstate.edu ©2004, ASHRAE TC 9.6 Healthcare Facility Air-conditioning Applications

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