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Water Source Heat Pump Building Systems: Cooling Tower
In our previous articles we highlighted the benefits, design, energy efficiency, and configurations of water source heat pump technology. Though heat pumps include a refrigeration cycle and air conditioner in one small package, they are only able to do this in cooperation with a few building systems that are critical for removing or delivering heat from/to the heat pump. To remove heat from the units the building system includes a cooling tower, and to add heat a boiler. The tower and boiler are connected to the heat pumps by a common water loop. Just like the numerous configurations of heat pump, there are several different configurations of cooling tower that can be selected for your project.
Cooling Tower
Fundamentally, a cooling tower performs the same… Read more
Water Source Heat Pumps: Configurations
Water source heat pump (WSHP) systems have proven in many studies to be a more efficient, less complex, and higher ROI air conditioning selection for a variety of project types. These systems utilize a building loop of water to reject/draw heat into the individual dwelling unit. The benefits include no external equipment at each building unit, only one set of (possibly) un-insulated piping for the building loop, and distributed conditioning (one heat pump isn’t affected by the downtime of another). To meet the needs of different space designs the WSHPs come in four different configurations: vertical stack, horizontal, packaged, and split. Each one of these have features and benefits as well as limitations that must be considered when selecting for your design… Read more
Water Source Heat Pumps: Configurations
Water source heat pump (WSHP) systems have proven in many studies to be a more efficient, less complex, and higher ROI air conditioning selection for a variety of project types. These systems utilize a building loop of water to reject/draw heat into the individual dwelling unit. The benefits include no external equipment at each building unit, only one set of (possibly) un-insulated piping for the building loop, and distributed conditioning (one heat pump isn’t affected by the downtime of another). To meet the needs of different space designs the WSHPs come in four different configurations: vertical stack, horizontal, packaged, and split. Each one of these have features and benefits as well as limitations that must be considered when selecting for your design… Read more
Does Your Space Deserve the Most Advanced Room Air Cleaner?
The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is the leading organization focused on researching and guiding proper HVAC system design and construction for maintaining comfort, health, and wellbeing of building occupants. This includes controlling infectious disease contaminants in the air within a space. The ASHRAE Position Document on Infectious Aerosols (COVID-19) recommends that existing spaces have high-efficiency particle filtration paired with UV-C Lights (Ultraviolet light) to capture and destroy biological aerosols. Most of the document focuses on how to optimize the design of the HVAC during construction to control the flow of biological aerosols as well as the temperature, pressure, & humidity in the space for ideal conditions… Read more
Constant Volume Regulators: What are they and how they help
Many obstacles will arise when trying to keep a building 30-50°F warmer or cooler than the outside temperature. The aim of the HVAC system is to keep the buildings’ inhabitants comfortable and healthy while considering system costs. When designing and installing multi-floor supply and exhaust systems, balancing can become an issue. Fan pressures and thermal stack effects can cause differences in how much supply/exhaust air each floor experiences. When spaces experience the incorrect amount of supply/exhaust air it can affect the humidity, air quality, and cost to condition the space. Constant Volume Regulators (CVR) are a simple solution to combat these problems. These simple cylindrical devices automatically control the passage of air without the use any electric… Read more