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Direct gas-fired unit

Direct gas-fired unit

Direct gas-fired unit

(OP)
Hello everyone,
I am looking for information, in which cases combustion air can be taken from inside of shop, building, generally (inside air), when I using direct gas-fired unit for heating.
Thanks for reading and your time as well as help.

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

In Canada, direct fired is allowed on 100% outside air with an interlocked exhaust. In the USA they may allow a bit of recirculation.

Take the "V" out of HVAC and you are left with a HAC(k) job.

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

ANSI standard states minimum 4 cfm of outside per 1,000 btu input.

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

(OP)
ANSI standard?
Could you give me number of ANSI standard, please.
I wana read it.
Thank you.

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

ANSI Z83.18-2004

Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired Industrial Air Heaters

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

Revisions from Engineered Systems website:

One of the biggest changes between the old and new standard is that under the old standard, engineers could specify a direct-fired recirculation unit as long as they provided a minimum of 4 cfm of outside air for every 1,000 Btuh of heat provided.

On January 1 of this year, it became necessary for the unit to operate in compliance with a sliding scale of outside air vs. "equivalent temperature rise." The greater the temperature rise, noted Mike Kaler, marketing manager for Applied Air, the greater the amount of outside air required by the standard.

Units must also be self-regulating or "adaptive." "They must be able to vary the amount of outside air, or the temperature rise, or both, in order to keep the unit in compliance at all times. The required amount of outside air could fluctuate from 100% down to as little as 10% or 15% depending upon the temperature rise through the burner section," said Kaler.

Allen Pirro, chief engineer for Intertek Inc., which tests equipment for the ETL mark, noted the revision addressed concerns about the testing methods to ensure that the heaters, when operated in the recirculating mode, would not produce amounts of CO and N[O.sub.2] in excess of national standards. "It meant some redesign and retesting to verify compliance."

RE: Direct gas-fired unit

Salestech,

Can you please post the link or address to that site?

Thanks

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