Sentences with phrase «heating loads»

During heating periods these same, leaky return ducts draw cold air into the conditioned space, increasing heating loads.

Hybrid designs vary in service brake power and heat load capacity.

A low heat load means the end product has less of a «cooked flavour».

These strategies reduce the peak heating load to just 100 watts (1 light bulb), a 95 % reduction.

Since the AC supply vents are all in the house and the roof receives nearly all the solar heat load, how is this the case.

This, in turn, translates to approximately three percent less natural gas demand for home heating loads.

Positioned at the bottom of the vacuum vessel, the divertor controls the exhaust of waste gas and impurities from the reactor and withstands the highest surface heat loads of the ITER machine.

After: 18 kWh / m2 / yr HEAT LOAD After: 12 W / m2 PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND (PHPP) After: 117 kWh / m2 / yr ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE (EPC) After: B89 & CO2 Rating B90 AIRTIGHTNESS (AT 50 PASCALS) After: 0.77 air changes per hour FLOORS Before: Standard concrete floor build up.

And even though the state's residential home electricity consumption ranks among the lowest (due in part to those high prices and generally lower air conditioning needs in summer and the use of gas and oil for heating loads in the winter rather than electricity), the average monthly electric bill in 2016 was just over $ 142 per month, third highest in the nation.

The reason: a novel design to deal with the tremendous heat load from staring at the sun, which creates an image disturbance called «seeing» — like the shimmering mirage sometimes seen on a hot highway.

* + The ability to daylight the inner core of a building, replacing electric lights * + No heat loss / gain thereby reducing heat load on the building * + Multiple compact light fittings can be ceiling, wall or floor mounted * + No need for structural alterations * + Easy installation * + Fixed interior output pattern allows easy integration of artificial lighting where required * + Cost effective

In buildings with very small heating loads, such as our Vermont farmhouse, this is often the best option for heating — especially when there's a solar array to supply the electricity needed on a net - zero - energy basis — and the cooling comes as a sort - of bonus.

His task: Design a water - cooled fixed mirror that can withstand high heat loads for up to 300 seconds while directing microwaves beamed from launchers to heat the plasma that fuels fusion reactions.

It has a total heating load of 8 watts per square meter, which comes to 752 watts for the whole house.

«We've recaptured the spent heat of the compressors in our motor room and use that to heat loading docks in the winter,» Cicatelli points out.

The direct heating technology achieves instant heating and cooling, which minimizes heat load and preserves the fresh taste.

New findings led by C.S. Chang of PPPL show that ITER, the international fusion experiment under construction in France, should be able to withstand the enormous heat load that will strike the divertor plates that exhaust waste heat from the facility.

That's not easy when dealing with three times the horsepower and thus the enormously increased heat load imposed by two turbochargers.

Solar coatings provide integrated UV protection and heat load reduction.

Exterior shades block high - angle sunlight to mitigate heat loading, and interior light shelves bounce indirect daylight deeper into the offices and classrooms.

As the sensible heat load is reduced for a building, primarily through better windows, more insulation, and air distribution ducts inside conditioned space, the latent load increases in proportion to the total load to the point that conventional cooling systems have difficulty keeping humidity levels within comfortable and healthy limits3.

New England's gas infrastructure is built around serving heating load.

What we couldn't see was a renewable alternative for gas, and for many years we held the view that we had to simply wean ourselves off of this rather versatile energy source, and shift heat loads from gas to electricity.

The standard recommends, but does not require, a maximum design heating load of 10 W per square meter and windows with a maximum U-factor of 0.14.

Performing infrared surveys to check for missing insulation and possible leaks in exterior walls and performed heat load calculations to verify the sizing of baseboard heaters.

Able to proficiently perform soldering and brazing work along with calculating basic heat loading and heat loss calculations.

Passive house certification: Uncertified Space heating demand (PHPP): 8 kWh / m2 / yr Heat load (PHPP): 10 W / m2 Primary energy demand (PHPP): 109 kWh / m2 / yr Airtightness: 0.33 ACH at 50 Pa or 0.4 m3 / m2 / hr at 50 Pa Energy performance coefficient (EPC): 0.37 Carbon performance coefficient (CPC): 0.385 BER: A3 Thermal bridging: Kingspan Aerobord foundation system, Amvic insulated concrete formwork.

Passivhaus designs are incredibly efficient; this has a total heating load of 8 watts per square meter, totalling 752 watts.

First, in a home with a tight envelope and a very small heating load, even a small amount of heat can cause overheating, and the thermal mass in a radiant floor system (especially with concrete - slab systems) increases the risk of overheating.

The entire system is sized to supply a peak heat load of 10 kBtu — about 3,000 Watts, or the equivalent of running 2 hair dryers at the same time.

Black asphalt roofs and paving redouble the solar heat load in areas where impermeable ground limits evaporative heat dissipation, and run off often gathers in water features with albedos as low as the asphalt surrounding them.

Leaky return ducts located in vented crawlspaces draw significant amounts of soil gas, moisture, possibly pesticides, radon, and other pollutants into the conditioned spaces, often creating moisture problems and increasing cooling loads during cooling periods and heating loads during heating periods as well as risking occupant health and safety.

Planting trees, building houses with arcades and provision for sufficient ventilation could help in reducing heat load (Shimoda, 2003).

Here a catalytic converter combined with exhaust manifold is used, and this manifold is integrated into the cylinder head, which means the engine is experiencing increased heat load.

The modeling concludes that small CHP systems with electrical efficiencies as low as 25 %, operating in buildings with low heat loads could produce higher greenhouse gas emissions than the bulk power grid.

Engineers realized the need for the scraper element when they noticed that as the plasma exited the vessel, it sometimes struck parts of the divertor that weren't intended to handle high heat loads.

«Of course, the heat load and the volume and amount of radiotoxicity are then much less» following ADS treatment, says Knebel.

Passive solar energy can provide between 20 and 40 percent of our heating loads, and beyond that, we should shade America.