Kitchen Ventilation

What is Kitchen Ventilation??

Kitchen ventilation is the branch of ventilation specialising in the treatment of air from kitchens. It addresses the problems of grease, smoke and odours not found in most other ventilation systems.

Kitchen ventilation equipment includes an extractor hood or canopy, a filtering system., ducting system & Exhaust and Fresh Air Fans.

Aim of Kitchen Ventilation System

An adequate kitchen ventilation system should:

• Remove cooking fumes at the source, i.e. as close as possible to the cooking equipment.

• Remove excess hot air and introduce cool clean air, maintaining a comfortable environment. Inadequate ventilation can cause stress, contributing to unsafe working conditions and high staff turnover.

• Ensure that air movement in the kitchen does not cause discomfort.

• Provide sufficient air for complete combustion at fired appliances, and prevent the risk of carbon monoxide accumulation.

• Be easy to clean (intermittent e.g., manually, or continuously e.g. using ozone) so that fat residues do not accumulate in the hood and ducts and block air inlets, leading to loss of efficiency and increasing fire risk.

• Be quiet and vibration-free.

(Courtesy-Wikipedia)