Commercial Kitchen HVAC Design and Ventilation

Kitchen exhaust systems are made of a number of interdependent units. Exhaust hoods, exhaust fans, makeup air units, and packaged rooftop kitchen hood. HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) units need to operate within defined parameters to complement one another to maintain peak performance

The most important factor is that How much occupancy ventilation air is available for use as transfer air?

Successfully applying the fundamentals of restaurant commercial kitchen ventilation and fulfilling its requirements during the design process requires a good understanding of the owner’s menu and appliance preferences. Information about the owner’s kitchen equipment and commercial kitchen ventilation requirements may evolve over the course of the design phase. Moreover, Data needed by other members of the design team may require early estimates of certain parameters (e.g., the amount of exhaust and makeup air, motor horsepower, water supply and wastewater flow rates). As we proceed, further refinements to the design that affect exhaust and makeup air requirements come into play.