Standard Test Method for Measuring Capture Efficiency of Domestic Range Hoods

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Cooking can be one of the most polluting activities commonly and regularly occurring in residential environments. Capturing airborne cooking contaminants before they can mix with the indoor air is a critical indoor air quality control method.  
5.2 Range hoods are used in homes to remove cooking-generated contaminants above cooking surfaces before they mix with air in the rest of the house. This test method is used to measure the capture efficiency under specific conditions that permit comparisons and ratings of range hoods.  
5.3 Range hoods may be manufactured and intended to operate at different flow rates or using different inserts such as filters. This test method may be used to determine capture efficiency over the range of rated air flows and operating configurations of a range hood. The rated air flows shall be listed and shall be tested in accordance with HVI Test Procedure 916, IEC 61591, ASHRAE 51/AMCA 210, or equivalent. The maximum air flow allowed for this test method is 200 L/s.
SCOPE
1.1 This test method measures the capture efficiency of wall-mounted domestic range hoods under controlled conditions in a test chamber.  
1.2 This test method applies to range hoods that exhaust air to outside and does not apply to recirculating range hoods.  
1.3 This test method only applies to range hood air flows up to 200 L/s and widths up to 0.91 m (36 in.).  
1.4 This test method is intended to quantify the capture efficiency of range hoods under controlled laboratory conditions suitable for rating.  
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. If a value for measurement is followed by a value in other units in parentheses, the second value may be approximate. The first stated value is the requirement.  
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.7 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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Designation: E3087 − 17
Standard Test Method for
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Measuring Capture Efficiency of Domestic Range Hoods
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3087; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope ASHRAE 51/AMCA 210 Laboratory Methods of Testing
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Fans for Certified Aerodynamic Performance Rating
1.1 This test method measures the capture efficiency of
IEC 61591 Household range hoods - Methods for measuring
wall-mounted domestic range hoods under controlled condi-
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performance
tions in a test chamber.
1.2 This test method applies to range hoods that exhaust air
3. Terminology
to outside and does not apply to recirculating range hoods.
3.1 Definitions: For definitions used in this test method not
1.3 This test method only applies to range hood air flows up
otherwise defined below, refer to Terminology E631.
to 200 L/s and widths up to 0.91 m (36 in.).
3.1.1 capture effıciency, n—the fraction of emitted tracer gas
that is directly exhausted by the range hood to be tested.
1.4 This test method is intended to quantify the capture
efficiency of range hoods under controlled laboratory condi- 3.1.2 range hood, n—a device for capturing cooking-
tions suitable for rating. generated contaminants over a stove, range or cooktop, and
exhausting the contaminants to outside the building.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
standard. If a value for measurement is followed by a value in
4. Summary of Test Method
other units in parentheses, the second value may be approxi-
4.1 This method measures the capture efficiency of a range
mate. The first stated value is the requirement.
hood using tracer gas techniques in a defined test chamber.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.2 A tracer gas is emitted at the test surface at a fixed rate
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
with the range hood to be tested operating at specified
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
conditions.
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4.3 Theconcentrationofthetracergasintheexhauststream
1.7 This international standard was developed in accor-
of the range hood, the test chamber and air entering the test
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
chamber are measured and used to determine the capture
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
efficiency under steady-state conditions.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
5. Significance and Use
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
5.1 Cooking can be one of the most polluting activities
commonlyandregularlyoccurringinresidentialenvironments.
2. Referenced Documents
Capturing airborne cooking contaminants before they can mix
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2.1 ASTM Standard:
with the indoor air is a critical indoor air quality control
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
method.
2.2 Other Standards:
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5.2 Range hoods are used in homes to remove cooking-
HVI Publication 916 HVI Airflow Test Procedure
generated contaminants above cooking surfaces before they
mix with air in the rest of the house. This test method is used
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on
to measure the capture efficiency under specific conditions that
Performance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.41
permit comparisons and ratings of range hoods.
on Air Leakage and Ventilation Performance.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2017. Published November 2017. DOI:
10.1520/E3087-17.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or Available from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 1791 Tullie Circle, NE, Atlanta, GA
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on 30329, http://www.ashrae.org.
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the ASTM website. Available from International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), 3, rue de
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Available from Home Ventilating Institute (HVI), 1740 Dell Range Blvd., Ste. Varembé, 1st Floor, P.O. Box 131, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://
H, PMB 450, Cheyenne, WY 82009, http://www.hvi.org. www.iec.ch.
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