Energy Efficient Ventilation Effectiveness and Thermal Comfort
Displacement ventilation provides low velocity air at around 65°F that relies on buoyancy forces to drive the air motion. Supply air spreads across the floor until encountering thermal plumes from heat sources that naturally drive the clean, conditioned air up through the breathing zone. Heat and contaminants are carried up to high-level return or exhaust grilles instead of getting recycled through the space. The result is high ventilation effectiveness and improved thermal comfort delivered in an energy efficient manner.
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Topics:
Displacement,
Thermal Comfort,
HVAC Fundamentals,
hvac,
engineering,
Design Engineering,
Tech Tip
Perimeter offerings that provide flexibility and efficiency
The future of commercial office design faces a number of challenges, including a shift away from densely occupied open office concepts and a heightened concern for occupant health. North America continues to adopt newer energy codes that task design firms to further reduce energy consumption. In addition, indoor air quality (IAQ) has arguably become a principal element of building design.
Although several air distribution systems can be designed to succeed at both of these elements, underfloor air distribution (UFAD) offers significant flexibility and IAQ improvements over traditional air distribution approaches. While the interior zone design has changed little over the years, the perimeter offering has evolved significantly.
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Topics:
Underfloor,
Thermal Comfort,
HVAC Fundamentals,
hvac,
Design Engineering,
Tech Tip
How CFD Optimized Cooling in a Battery Energy Storage System
One of the most frequent questions that customer and reps ask us is “Can you model this?” Even though the answer is always a resounding yes – we love a challenge – every rep and customer is still
surprised at the broad array of applications that benefit from a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. This means that a myriad of designs currently in use in different sectors of the building industry could have been improved.
Battery storage rack in a battery energy storage system
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Topics:
Mock-Up,
Heat Transfer,
hvac,
engineering,
Design Engineering,
Tech Tip,
CFD
It's Time to Go Inside for Some Well-Deserved Fresh Air
In today’s world, indoor air quality is an increasing concern and the ability to provide clean air to room occupants is more important than ever. Most commercial spaces focus primarily on cost and thermal comfort while air quality is based on minimum requirements, which can result in lower than optimal air quality.
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Topics:
Terminals,
hvac,
engineering,
Design Engineering,
Architecture,
Airborne pathogens
Easily Change From Normal Operation to Isolation Mode
The new pandemic-ready patient room solution from Price Critical Environments and Antec Controls provides operational flexibility, allowing the user to easily change from normal operation of a patient room to isolation mode.
The Price CARES as part of a Pandemic-Ready Patient Room Solution
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Topics:
hvac,
engineering,
Design Engineering,
Engineering Update,
Critical Environments,
ASHRAE 170,
Filtration,
Airborne pathogens
