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What is NYC FGC § 611.7?

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This section outlines the requirements for relief openings in the installation of nonrecirculating direct-fired industrial air heaters. It mandates that designs account for the structure's infiltration rate and include properly designed relief openings or an interlocked power exhaust system. Applies to building owners utilizing industrial air heating systems.

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611.7 Relief opening.

FGC § 611.7

The design of the installation shall include provisions to permit nonrecirculating direct-fired industrial air heaters to operate at rated capacity without overpressurizing the space served by the heaters by taking into account the structure's designed infiltration rate, providing properly designed relief openings or an interlocked power exhaust system, or a combination of these methods. The structure's designed infiltration rate and the size of relief openings shall be determined by approved engineering methods. Relief openings shall be permitted to be louvers or counterbalanced gravity dampers. Motorized dampers or closable louvers shall be permitted to be used, provided they are verified to be in their full open position prior to main burner operation.

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