Residential Forced Air System Cabinet Leakage and Blower Performance
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05/2010
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Publication Type | Report
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LBNL-3383E
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Abstract |
This project evaluated the air leakage and electric power consumption of Residential HVAC components, with a particular focus on air leakage of furnace cabinets. Laboratory testing of HVAC components indicated that air leakage can be significant and highly variable from unit to unit – indicating the need for a standard test method and specifying maximum allowable air leakage in California State energy codes. To further this effort, this project provided technical assistance for the development of a national standard for Residential HVAC equipment air leakage. This standard is being developed by ASHRAE and is called "ASHRAE Standard 193P ‐ Method of test for Determining the Air Leakage Rate of HVAC Equipment". The final part of this project evaluated techniques for measurement of furnace blower power consumption. A draft test procedure for power consumption was developed in collaboration with the Canadian General Standards Board: CSA 823 "Performance Standard for air handlers in residential space conditioning systems". |
Year of Publication |
2010
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Institution |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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City |
Berkeley
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Other Numbers |
CEC-500-07-006
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