Industrial Environments - Selecting Ventilation System
A quick selection guide for ventilation systems/principles in industrial environments.
A quick selection guide to ventilation system principles in industrial environments:
| Ventilation | Heating | Cooling | Mixed | Displacement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAV | VAV | CAV | VAV | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | x | |||
| 1 | 5 | 1 | x | |||
| 1 | 5 | 5 | x | (x) | ||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | x | (x) | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | x | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | x | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | x | x | ||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | x | |||
1 = not or little suitable, 5 = suitable
- VAV - Variable Air Volume - the temperature of the supply air remains constant, but the air volume varies
- CAV - Constant Air Volume - the volume of air supply remains constant, but the temperature varies
Constant Air Volume - CAV - systems are becoming less common in new buildings since VAV systems provides closer control of air temperature and requires lower fan speeds, resulting in less energy consumption and less noise.
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Ventilation Systems
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