We own a Titan II missile site. We have excavated the access portal (a shaft 20'x20'x50'deep) and have gained access to the cableway leading to the launch control center. This is a 3 story circular building 45' in diameter. The cableway (tunnel) connects to the control center at the middle floor (50' underground) and there are then stairs leading upstairs to the crew quarters or downstairs to the main chiller system for the site. The air in the control center (all three floors) is very stale even though it is a constant 72 degrees. I want to know how I might go about exchanging the stale air for fresh air so I might be able to start cleaning out the control center. I can get power to the site via an extension cord. I look forward to your assistance on this neat project. Thanks.
2006-07-23 08:55:49 · 2 answers · asked by The Answer Man 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
How many entrances are there underground? If you could place a large fan over the entrance blowing INTO the tunnel then the air would circulate from there to the second entrance (if there is one). sketch out the path this air would travel. If it would ventilate all of the areas of the areas which have stale air, this would be the easiest. If there is only one entrance, put a fan over the entrance and then run air ducts from the most remote portion of the tunnel back to the surface.
Don't set up the fan to suck air from the tunnel, it will be more efficient to keep the inside slightly pressurized with the fan blowing into the chamber.
Good luck with this interesting project. What are your plans for the site when you are through?
2006-07-23 09:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by stvrob_63 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure they had a ventilation system on it originally, can this be started back up?
2006-07-24 08:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋