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11. Kitchen Hoods and Exhaust Systems (Property Unit 3085)
The kitchen hoods and exhaust systems consist of the cooking
area exhaust hoods and fans, the kitchen supply air intake fans,
the dishwasher exhaust fans, and related duct work. Dishwasher
condensate return units are also included.
The exhaust hoods and fans are placed directly over the
kitchen cooking equipment, where they collect and guide cooking
vapors, grease, smoke, humidity, and other fumes moving from the
kitchen cooking equipment into the exhaust duct work to be
expelled outside of the hospital buildings. The kitchen hoods
are installed on frames bolted to the overhead structure, and the
frames are attached to a reinforced concrete floor structure.
The sheet metal duct work is installed in a continuous run from
the kitchen hood through the floors overhead to a curbed roof
opening in a covered discharge unit. The kitchen exhaust hoods
contain their own chemical fire protection and lighting system.
The kitchen exhaust fans are attached with steel screws.
They do not serve to ventilate the hospital buildings generally,
and they are not part of the hospital buildings' heating,
ventilation, or air conditioning systems.
The kitchen supply air intake fans (or the "air make-up
units")17 replace the air removed from the kitchens by the
17 Respondent agrees that, with the exception of the condensate
return unit, although smaller, the kitchen supply air intake fans
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