January 2016 Breeze. President s Message. Airflow Management for Healthcare Facilities Presented by Kishor Khankari, Ph.D.

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1 January 2016 Breeze President s Message Airflow Management for Healthcare Facilities Presented by Kishor Khankari, Ph.D. Monday, Jan 9th, :30 pm Check In 11:45 pm 1:00 pm Lunch Meeting Crowne Plaza KC Overland Park th St. Lenexa, KS RSVP at by Deadline Friday, Jan 6th by Noon $25 = On-line before deadline $30 = after RSVP deadline MENU Chicken Primavera Kansas City ASHRAE Members, We re nearly halfway through our ASHRAE year and have enjoyed some great presentations as the year has flown by. For our January meeting we re thrilled to have Dr. Kishor Khankari, an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, presenting on airflow distribution for healthcare facilities. He is an expert in this field and we re excited to have him here in KC to share his insights. For those able to attend the ASHRAE 2017 Winter Conference in Las Vegas there is still time to sign up and plenty of flights and hotels available. There are great opportunities for continuing education through the various seminars, plus you can get involved with any of the technical committees that pique your interest. Additionally, there are plenty of chances to network with leaders in our industry. The conference is Jan 28 th through February 1 st. Registration can be found here: conferences/conferences/2017-ashrae-winter-conference We ve got a couple great social events coming up early next year: Happy Hour on Thursday January 19 th at Pin Stripes at Prairie Fire, Nall Avenue Overland Park, KS 66223, 5 pm Bowling Tournament on Friday, March 24 th location TBA Both of these events are hosted by YEA, and ALL ASHRAE Members (as well as those interested in joining ASHRAE) are invited and encouraged to attend. Please note that the happy hour on the 19 th is just (2) days after our chapter s 100-year anniversary. We ll celebrate this milestone during the February 6 th luncheon meeting, which will also be our Past Presidents meeting. We re also going to celebrate this with during CRC which we re hosting in August. More details will follow next month on the CRC including events, sponsorships and registration. Happy Holidays to All! Jim Root Publication of the Kansas City Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. Newsletter Editor: Susan Nagel (susan.nagel@crbusa.com)

2 Airflow Management for Healthcare Facilities Kishor Khankari, Ph.D. Air is the primary carrier of heat, moisture, and contaminants in health care facilities such as patient rooms, isolation rooms, and operating rooms. The flow path of supply air plays an important role in determining the air velocities, air temperatures, concentration of contaminants, and path of airborne pathogens in these spaces. These factors in turn determine thermal comfort of occupants, indoor air quality, and potential for transmission of airborne pathogens. This presentation will focus on the importance of HVAC configuration on airflow distribution and flow path of airborne contaminants in patient rooms and operating rooms. In addition, this presentation will cover the applications of active chilled beams, radiant heating and cooling, and displacement ventilation in patient rooms. Dr. Kishor Khankari, Ph.D. provides engineering solutions and insights through Physics based simulations and analyses. Kishor has several years of experience in providing optimized HVAC solutions to a wide variety of applications involving external wind engineering, plume dispersion, displacement ventilation, natural ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and indoor air quality and thermal comfort optimization for office spaces, patient rooms, operating rooms, cleanrooms, justice facilities, data centers, and warehouses. Dr. Khankari has developed a patented technology of a wind band design of exhaust fan assembly systems. He has developed several easy- to-use analytical software tools which are regularly used by design engineers in a variety companies including those in HVAC industry, critical facilities, and automotive industries. A noted expert in his field, he has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and has been regularly published in several technical journals and trade magazines. Dr. Khankari is an eloquent speaker and has made several presentations worldwide on topics related to design and optimization of HVAC systems at various technical conferences and professional meetings. Dr. Kishor Khankari is a Fellow member of ASHRAE. He is a past President of Detroit ASHRAE Chapter. He is a past Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC9.11 Clean Spaces and a Vice Chair of Research Administration Committee (RAC) at national level. He is a recipient of ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award.

3 Almost 100! Chapter History 100 Year KC Sparkler Converted to Digital Kansas City was known throughout ASHRAE for its Kansas City Sparklers. These were started in 1965 through the efforts of Cass Cassing and expanded from our chapter to the entire society. When ASHRAE turned 100, a special KC Sparkler was created and shown on February 7, This KC Sparkler is now being converted to digital and will be shown again 23 years later at our February 2017 meeting. Make sure you attend that meeting! In addition to converting the 100 year KC Sparkler (which contains 156 slides) we will be converting an additional 350 slides as well as several cassette tapes that we have. The goal is to place all of this information on One of the first items we are putting on the website is the written documentation of the chapter history from This document was created in 1989 by Cass Cassing and Roland Spencer. Look for it on the website soon! Blake Ellis Kansas City Chapter Historian Help Needed The 100 year KC Sparkler and the KC Chapter History were almost lost. They had been separated from the rest of the chapter history. Fortunately they were found in the basement of a former historian and they were returned. If you have ANY item from the KC Chapter, please get it to the Chapter Historian. I can be reached at: blakeashrae@gmail.com Are you ready to turn 100??? On January 16, 2017 the Kansas City Chapter of ASHRAE will turn 100 and we are celebrating in many ways. The first will be at our chapter meeting in February followed by a big celebration at Jack Stack on Friday evening August 4 th as part of our Region IX CRC!

4 Student Activities Announcements K-8 STEM Outreach Have you visited a child s, grandchild s, niece s or nephew s school this year to talk about engineering? Have you participated in Take a Child to Work Day? If so, let me know! The Kansas City Chapter receives points for ASHRAE members that are involved with engineering programs offered to K-8 students. These points determine the awards we receive at CRC each year. Also if you are looking for engineering actives to bring to a class room, please don t hesitate to contact me, as I have a number of resources to help get students engaged. Annual ASHRAE High School Job Shadowing Program Shortly after the first of the year we will be coordinating our annual Job Shadowing program. Let me know if you or your company are interested in showing high school juniors and seniors what a profession in engineering or contracting entails. It is just a 2 hour commitment with 4-6 students. Government Grassroots Committee Announcements Interested in Government Affairs or Grassroots Activities? Want to get involved in ASHRAE? We Want You! Contact Andrea Phillips at andrea.phillips@crbusa.com Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee is looking for volunteers to help plan a day on the hill for YEA Announcements Happy Hour Thurs. January 19 th at 5 pm at Pin Stripes at Prairie Fire, Nall Avenue Overland Park, KS YEA Bowling Tournament March 24th Ready to turn up the heat and get your competitive juices flowing? YEA will be hosting a bowling tournament On Friday, March 24! Location is to be determined. Stay tuned for more info and contact Ryan at jrcummings@burnsmcd.com if you would like to help plan it!

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6 ASHRAE Research: Helping you survive Winter Research Projects Keeping You Warm This Winter 1196-RP - Develop Software to Calculate the Application Seasonal Efficiency of Commercial Space Heating Boiler Systems Based on ASHRAE Standard 155P 1267-RP - Development of an ASHRAE Design Manual for District Heating and Cooling Systems 1322-RP - Productivity and Perception Based Evaluation of Indoor Noise 1385-RP - Development of Design Tools for Surface Water Heat Pump Systems (SWHP) 1458-RP - Modeling Person-to-Person Contaminant Transport in a Mechanical Ventilation Space 1478-RP - Measuring Air-tightness of Mid- and High-rise Non-residential Buildings 1504-RP - Extension of the Clothing Insulation Database for Standard 55 and ISO 7730 to Provide data for Non-Western Clothing Ensembles 1544-RP - Establishing Benchmark Levels and Patterns of Commercial Building Hot Water Use 1550-RP - Thermal Performance of Insulating Coatings on Piping and Ductwork 1564-RP - Measurement of Oil Retention in the Microchannel Heat Exchanger 1613-RP - Update Climatic Design Data in Chapter 14 of the 2013 Handbook of Fundamentals 1624-RP - Effective Energy-Efficient School Classroom Ventilation for Temperate Zones 1646-RP - Measurements of Thermal Conductivity of Pipe Insulations at Below Ambient Temperatures and in Wet Condensing Conditions with Moisture Ingress 1674-RP - Research to Support the Revision to Ground Source Heat Pump: Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial and Institutional Buildings (ASHRAE 1997) 1699-RP - Update Climatic Design Data in Chapter 14 of the 2017 Handbook of Fundamentals GIA Air-Side Economizer Low-Limits Effect on Energy and Thermal Comfort GIA Assessing the Performance of Buildings Due to Extreme Weather and Climate Change GIA Development and evaluation of novel membrane liquid desiccant air conditioning systems for hot-humid and cold-dry climates GIA Integrating thermal energy storage into hybrid solar assisted heat pump systems for residential houses in cold climate GIA Numerical and experimental investigation of control schemes for small scale ammonia water absorption heat pumps For more information on these projects, visit: -technology/research#researchproject

7 Membership Promotion (MP) Welcome to the following New and Returning Members Ryan Hanson Ben Hollon Alex Pint Jeremy Spalding Membership Promotion Challenge Congratulations to our winners! Ann Peratt, Andrea Phillips, Susan Nagel and Andy Muir THANK YOU to everyone who has been sharing the value of ASHRAE resources with their colleagues. Thinking of Retiring??? ASHRAE has membership options that go along with that. If you have been a member for ten years and are at least 55 years old, you can receive the ASHRAE Journal and Insights for $31 per year. If you have been a member for 30 years and are at least 65 years old, you can be a life member for free! On the other end Just Starting your Career??? ASHRAE has membership discounts for those just starting their careers. If you have been a member for less than three years and are under 30 years old or a recent veteran, you can receive many ASHRAE benefits for a discount. If you are a student transfer, there are great discounts for your first three years of membership. Search for more information or contact me, Amy Stadler, your local Membership Promotion chair.

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