- FOREWORD
- TASK FORCE
- NOTICE TO USERS
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION [Go to Page]
- 1.1 PLASTIC MATERIALS
- 1.2 THERMOPLASTICS
- 1.3 THERMOSETS
- 1.4 PLASTIC DUCT USE
- 1.5 PURPOSE
- 1.6 CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 2 MATERIAL SELECTION AND APPLICATIONS GUIDE [Go to Page]
- 2.1 GENERAL APPLICATIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS [Go to Page]
- 2.1.1 INTRODUCTION
- 2.1.2 APPLICATIONS
- 2.1.3 PROPERTIES
- 2.1.4 INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
- 2.1.5 CHOOSING MATERIALS
- 2.2 PVC -- POLYVINYL CHLORIDE [Go to Page]
- 2.2.1 CELL CLASSIFICATION
- 2.2.2 CELL NUMBERS
- 2.2.3 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING
- 2.2.4 EXTRUDED SHEET
- 2.2.5 PRESS LAMINATED SHEET
- 2.2.6 EXTRUDED ROUND DUCT
- 2.2.7 STRUCTURAL SHAPES
- 2.2.8 PVC WELDING ROD
- 2.2.9 PVC SOLVENT CEMENTS
- 2.3 CPVC -- CHLORINATED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
- 2.4 PP -- POLYPROPYLENE
- 2.5 LDPE -- LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE [Go to Page]
- 2.5.1 USAGE
- 2.6 HDPE -- HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LINEAR)
- 2.7 UHMW -- POLYETHYLENE (ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT)
- 2.8 ABS -- ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE
- 2.9 ACRYLICS
- 2.10 PVDF -- POLYVINYLDIENE
- 2.11 TEFLON
- 2.12 ELASTOMERS [Go to Page]
- 2.12.1 EPDM -- ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER
- 2.12.2 VITON
- 2.12.3 BUNA N
- 2.13 APPLICABLE STANDARDS FOR THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
- 2.14 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- 2.15 CORROSION RESISTANCE [Go to Page]
- 2.15.1 RATINGS
- 2.15.2 COMPATIBILITY
- 2.15.3 CORROSION -- METAL
- 2.15.4 CORROSION -- PLASTICS
- 2.15.5 CORROSION MEASUREMENT
- 2.15.6 ORGANIC ATTACK
- 2.15.7 STRESS CRACKING
- 2.15.8 TEMPERATURE
- 2.16 FLAMMABILITY
- CHAPTER 3 STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR PVC DUCT SYSTEMS [Go to Page]
- 3.1 PURPOSE
- 3.2 SCOPE
- 3.3 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
- 3.4 MATERIALS [Go to Page]
- 3.4.1 PLASTIC COMPOUNDS
- 3.4.2 RIGID SHEETS
- 3.4.3 EXTRUDED DUCT
- 3.5 METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION GENERAL
- 3.6 DUCT SIZES AND TOLERANCES [Go to Page]
- 3.6.1 WALL THICKNESS
- 3.6.2 ROUND DUCT
- 3.6.3 RECTANGULAR DUCT
- 3.6.4 FITTINGS
- 3.6.5 SQUARENESS OF ENDS
- 3.7 REINFORCEMENT -- EXTERNAL [Go to Page]
- 3.7.1 LOCATION
- 3.7.2 REINFORCEMENT OF FITTINGS
- 3.7.3 RIGIDITY
- 3.7.4 TYPE
- 3.7.5 REINFORCING MATERIALS
- 3.7.6 ATTACHMENT
- 3.8 REINFORCEMENT -- INTERNAL [Go to Page]
- 3.8.1 LOCATION
- 3.8.2 REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS
- 3.8.3 FLANGE SELECTION
- ROUND DUCT -- GENERAL NOTES
- RECTANGULAR DUCT -- GENERAL NOTES
- 3.9 WELDING [Go to Page]
- 3.9.1 HOT GAS FILLER ROD WELDING
- 3.9.2 THERNAL BUTT WELDING
- 3.9.3 SOLVENT WELDING
- 3.10 JOINTS AND SEAMS [Go to Page]
- 3.10.1 LONGITUDINAL SEAMS
- 3.10.2 TRANSVERSE JOINTS [Go to Page]
- 3.10.2.1 BELL AND SPIGOT
- 3.10.2.2 SLEEVE JOINTS
- 3.11 FITTING TRANSITIONS AND BRANCHES [Go to Page]
- 3.11.1 ELBOWS, ROUND DUCT
- 3.11.2 ELBOWS, RECTANGULAR DUCT
- 3.11.3 TURNING VANES
- 3.11.4 OFFSETS
- 3.11.5 TRANSITIONS AND REDUCERS
- 3.11.6 BRANCHES ENTERING MAIN
- 3.12 FLANGES [Go to Page]
- 3.12.1 FLANGE ATTACHMENTS
- 3.13 GASKETS
- 3.14 FLEXIBLE CONNECTIONS [Go to Page]
- 3.14.1 LOCATION
- 3.14.2 MATERIAL
- 3.14.3 CONSTRUCTION
- 3.14.4 SUPPORT
- 3.15 EXPANSION JOINTS
- 3.16 DUCT HANGERS AND SUPPORT
- 3.17 FUME HOODS
- 3.18 DAMPERS [Go to Page]
- 3.18.1 VOLUME DAMPERS
- 3.18.2 BACK-DRAFT DAMPERS
- 3.18.3 FIRE DAMPERS
- 3.19 ACCESS OPENING AND END CAPS
- 3.20 DRAINS
- 3.21 VENTILATOR HEADS AND LOUVERS
- 3.22 AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER 4 GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR PVC AIR-HANDLING SYSTEMS [Go to Page]
- GENERAL
- DRAWINGS
- SEISMIC RESTRAINT PROVISIONS
- 1.00 GENERAL PROVISIONS [Go to Page]
- 1.01 WORK INCLUDED
- 1.02 WORK EXCLUDED
- 1.03 COORDINATION OF WORK
- 1.04 SUBMITALS
- 1.05 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION
- 1.06 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
- 2.00 AIR DISTRIBUTION PVC DUCTWORK [Go to Page]
- 2.01 MATERIALS
- 2.02 SIZE
- 2.03 LOCATION OF ACCESS DOORS
- 2.04 LOCATION OF REGULATING DAMPERS
- 2.05 FIRE DAMPERS
- 2.06 LOCATION OF REGULATING DAMPERS
- 2.07 LOCATION OF EXPANSION JOINTS
- 2.08 LOCATIONS OF DRAINS
- 3.00 EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES [Go to Page]
- 3.01 FANS (SUPPLY, RETURN AND EXHAUST)
- 3.02 AIR OR FUME SCRUBBERS
- 3.03 DUST COLLECTORS
- 3.04 FILTERS
- 3.05 HOODS, FUME
- 3.06 LOUVERS AND VENTILATOR HEADS
- 3.07 MOTORS AND BASES
- 3.08 SOUND ATTENUATORS
- 3.09 BALANCING AND ADJUSTING
- 3.10 GUARANTEE
- CHAPTER 5 CHEMICAL RESISTANCE GUIDE
- CHAPTER 6 GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- APPENDICES [Go to Page]
- APPENDIX A -- CRITERIA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PVC DUCT REINFORCEMENT TABLES [Go to Page]
- A.1.0 TEST METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT TABLE
- A.1.1 ROUND DUCT UNDER NEGATIVE PRESSURE
- A.1.2 ROUND DUCT UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE
- A.1.3 RECTANGULAR DUCT UNDER NEGATIVE PRESSURE
- A.1.4 RECTANGULAR DUCT UNDER POSITIVE PRESSURE
- A.1.5 OTHER CRITERIA
- APPENDIX B -- LISTED [Go to Page]
- REFERENCES
- INDEX [Go to Page]