Before starting what we need to understand

Sinking and floating: Power plants: Submarine compartments:

What we will ventilate:

VENTILATION ARRANGEMENT: The ventilation arrangement consists of four systems: 1) the engine induction 2) the ship's supply 3) the ship's exhaust, and 4) the battery exhaust.

Engine induction:
Air to the engine is supplied by ventilation stack and

outboard valve in a compartment in the after end of the conning tower fairwater.

Induction line

Ships supply:
During normal surface operation, ship's air is supplied

through the combination engine induction and ship's supply outboard valve located in the after end of the conning tower fairwater.

Ventilation blowers:
Ventilation blowers are employed to move air within

the hull supply, hull exhaust, and battery exhaust systems. Each of the blowers is driven by an individual direct-drive electric motor. The hull supply blower has a capacity of 4000 cubic feet per minute. It is powered by an electric motor rated at 2 to 5 horsepower. The hull exhaust blower has a capacity of 2560 cubic feet per minute at 1750 rpm. Its motor is rated at 2 to 4 horsepower.

 Each of the two battery exhaust systems has two

blowers. These blowers are rated at 500 cubic feet per minute at 2780 rpm. Power is supplied to each blower by a 1 1/4-horsepower electric motor. A damper, placed between the inlet ports of the two blowers of each battery exhaust system, permits the use of one or both blowers.

Ship's exhaust:

Battery exhaust:
Each of the two battery tanks normally receives its

supply from the compartment above via two battery intakes, one near each end of the room. In an emergency, these may be closed off by gas-tight covers stowed near the intakes. In each battery tank, air is sucked through each cell by a network of hard rubber piping, eventually consolidating into one pipe connecting