So I am doing some retro-commissioning work on an older building that currently wets all 4 cooling tower cells at all times. Control valves do not exist. Single speed fans are sequenced by thermostats in each basin, each of which control their respective fan to operate at varying basin...
A very fundamental to HVAC, though not so simple problem I am trying to solve using a route I wouldn't normally take. Up until now my experience estimating building performance has largely been with using various energy modeling programs, with libraries for equipment etc. Well - I got a new...
Trying to come up with arguments for various methods of humidification in large scale (high-rise building) HVAC systems.
I don't know the answer myself and will be spending the next couple hours trying to find it and was wondering if anyone had any good information or opinions on preferred...
In the few years I've been doing MEP work, I've done plenty of sizing and modeling calcs, equipment selection, etc., but until recently I haven't been faced with the task of laying out mechanical rooms.
I understand this isn't that hard and it's not that I can't do it, but every time I do one...
I have little experience with geothermal heat pumps, but it is being pushed as an idea for the conceptual design of an upcoming project. I have been recruited to explore the feasibility of such a system and to start I would mostly like to find an example of such a system already in place.
The...
