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HVAC Hacks #6: Climate Control with Air Handling Units – Essential Tips and Rules of Thumb
In HVAC Hacks #6: Climate Control with Air Handling Units – Essential Tips and Rules of Thumb, you'll learn ...
- How AHUs function and their key components.
- HHow to choose the right AHU type for your application.
- Fan Fundamentals: Selecting the best fan/blower and control options for optimal airflow.
- Coil performance and how to choose the best type for efficient comfort control.
Overview
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Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 169 pages
Unlock the secrets of efficient climate control! This course is here to help.
Welcome to "HVAC Hacks," a comprehensive course series packed with essential tips, industry standards, and rules of thumb to simplify your HVAC design process. Explore the range of course modules tailored to meet your specific needs.
Module 6 focuses on Air Handling Units (AHUs), the backbone of centralized HVAC systems. AHUs control temperature, humidity, ventilation, and air quality in buildings. This comprehensive 6-hour course equips you to design and select the perfect AHU for optimal comfort and efficiency in any project. Practical tips and convenient rules of thumb are provided to guide you through the AHU selection process with confidence.
Suitable for both the entry-level engineers and experienced professionals looking forward to enhancing their design skills.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the components and functions of air-handling units (AHUs) in HVAC systems.
- Compare AHU configurations, including packaged units, fan-coil units (FCUs), and custom-built AHUs.
- Classify fans and blowers used in AHUs and describe their performance characteristics and control options.
- Determine airflow rates and static pressures for fan selection and system optimization.
- Explain the performance characteristics and factors that influence the selection of heating and cooling coils.
- Compare filter types, MERV ratings, and selection criteria based on system requirements.
- Explain thermal-zoning principles and the implementation of constant-air-volume (CAV) and variable-air-volume (VAV) systems.
- Compare centralized and decentralized AHU systems in terms of energy efficiency and system flexibility.
- Determine appropriate AHU-room size, layout, and location, considering noise isolation, ventilation, and safety standards.
- Describe humidification principles and methods in AHUs, including humidifier selection and placement.
- Explain the concept and benefits of dedicated outdoor-air systems (DOAS) for fresh-air ventilation and indoor-air-quality control.
- Apply noise-control measures and acoustical-design principles to mitigate noise generated by AHUs.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 37 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 169 pages
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