Hello everyone!
I am about to build my own recording studio. It’s not for commercial use, just for fun, so I can’t afford professional companies to design and build it for me... However, I have a friend who knows a bit about ventilation systems and will help me with the construction.
I am considering installing a cross-flow heat exchanger with silencers and a heating coil that will warm the air a few degrees after heat recovery.
A few questions:
- Rooms 1 and 2 should be acoustically as independent as possible, meaning minimal sound transmission. The ventilation openings in the wall are disadvantageous from a building acoustics point of view, but cannot be avoided. Therefore, I’m thinking about installing the ventilation unit in a separate room (e.g., 1m x 1m (3.3 ft x 3.3 ft)). This way, the spots in the wall where pipes go through are separately built-in. Does this make sense? Should I also encase the entire supply air duct (green, on the left) in this case?
- Where should the supply and exhaust air openings be placed in Room 1 for best performance?
- Air exchange rate: the room has 100 cubic meters (3,530 cubic feet) of volume. For office use, a 6 times air exchange rate is specified. Since I will mostly be alone in the room, would a lower rate suffice? Also, 20-30% of the volume will be occupied by absorbers, meaning porous material wrapped in fabric that allows little to no air circulation. Can I subtract that from the total volume? Would a central heat exchanger unit with 300 cubic meters per hour (177 cubic feet per minute) then be sufficient?
- Can you recommend a particular heat exchanger? It must be especially quiet!
- Such devices always specify a range of cubic meters per hour. Which value should I use? Again, quiet operation is the top priority here.
Thanks so much already, your help means a lot!
jeandado
I am about to build my own recording studio. It’s not for commercial use, just for fun, so I can’t afford professional companies to design and build it for me... However, I have a friend who knows a bit about ventilation systems and will help me with the construction.
I am considering installing a cross-flow heat exchanger with silencers and a heating coil that will warm the air a few degrees after heat recovery.
A few questions:
- Rooms 1 and 2 should be acoustically as independent as possible, meaning minimal sound transmission. The ventilation openings in the wall are disadvantageous from a building acoustics point of view, but cannot be avoided. Therefore, I’m thinking about installing the ventilation unit in a separate room (e.g., 1m x 1m (3.3 ft x 3.3 ft)). This way, the spots in the wall where pipes go through are separately built-in. Does this make sense? Should I also encase the entire supply air duct (green, on the left) in this case?
- Where should the supply and exhaust air openings be placed in Room 1 for best performance?
- Air exchange rate: the room has 100 cubic meters (3,530 cubic feet) of volume. For office use, a 6 times air exchange rate is specified. Since I will mostly be alone in the room, would a lower rate suffice? Also, 20-30% of the volume will be occupied by absorbers, meaning porous material wrapped in fabric that allows little to no air circulation. Can I subtract that from the total volume? Would a central heat exchanger unit with 300 cubic meters per hour (177 cubic feet per minute) then be sufficient?
- Can you recommend a particular heat exchanger? It must be especially quiet!
- Such devices always specify a range of cubic meters per hour. Which value should I use? Again, quiet operation is the top priority here.
Thanks so much already, your help means a lot!
jeandado
That makes it much easier... especially financially 🙂
Do you have any tips for a device that is placed outdoors? A decentralized system is possible, great idea!
I only find living room units up to 150 cubic meters (5300 cubic feet) and then industrial units starting at 300 cubic meters (10600 cubic feet) for several thousand dollars...
Do you have any tips for a device that is placed outdoors? A decentralized system is possible, great idea!
I only find living room units up to 150 cubic meters (5300 cubic feet) and then industrial units starting at 300 cubic meters (10600 cubic feet) for several thousand dollars...