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Title: Reference manual for rassmit version 2. 1: Sub-slab depressurization system design performance simulation program. Final report, February 1991-March 1992

Abstract

The report is a reference manual for RASSMIT Version 2.1, a computer program that was developed to simulate and aid in the design of sub-slab depressurization systems used for indoor radon mitigation. The program was designed to run on DOS-compatible personal computers to ensure broad applicability as a design tool for these mitigation systems. The program addresses both major techniques for using sub-slab depressurization in slab-on-grade construction: discrete suction pits and extended suction systems. Discrete pit suction systems are applicable to both retrofit mitigation systems in existing houses, and new house construction. Extended suction systems use some form of highly porous material, most typically drainage mat or large aggregate, to extend the suction over large distances below concrete slabs. These systems must be installed prior to pouring the slab and are therefore applicable only to new house construction. The program provides a menu-driven scheme to design and evaluate these indoor radon mitigation systems for houses utilizing slab-on-grade construction techniques over low permeability soil and fill material.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering Sciences
OSTI Identifier:
6634734
Report Number(s):
PB-93-155984/XAB
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; RADON; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CONCRETES; CONSTRUCTION; DEPRESSURIZATION; DRAINAGE; EVALUATION; HOUSES; MANUALS; MITIGATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SLABS; SOILS; AIR POLLUTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTERS; CONTROL; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MICROCOMPUTERS; NONMETALS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RARE GASES; SIMULATION; TESTING; 320107* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Building Systems- (1987-); 990200 - Mathematics & Computers

Citation Formats

Hintenlang, D E. Reference manual for rassmit version 2. 1: Sub-slab depressurization system design performance simulation program. Final report, February 1991-March 1992. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Hintenlang, D E. Reference manual for rassmit version 2. 1: Sub-slab depressurization system design performance simulation program. Final report, February 1991-March 1992. United States.
Hintenlang, D E. 1993. "Reference manual for rassmit version 2. 1: Sub-slab depressurization system design performance simulation program. Final report, February 1991-March 1992". United States.
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abstractNote = {The report is a reference manual for RASSMIT Version 2.1, a computer program that was developed to simulate and aid in the design of sub-slab depressurization systems used for indoor radon mitigation. The program was designed to run on DOS-compatible personal computers to ensure broad applicability as a design tool for these mitigation systems. The program addresses both major techniques for using sub-slab depressurization in slab-on-grade construction: discrete suction pits and extended suction systems. Discrete pit suction systems are applicable to both retrofit mitigation systems in existing houses, and new house construction. Extended suction systems use some form of highly porous material, most typically drainage mat or large aggregate, to extend the suction over large distances below concrete slabs. These systems must be installed prior to pouring the slab and are therefore applicable only to new house construction. The program provides a menu-driven scheme to design and evaluate these indoor radon mitigation systems for houses utilizing slab-on-grade construction techniques over low permeability soil and fill material.},
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