HVAC & BEMS SYSTEM

Arman ulnasar

VARIABLE AIR VOLUME

Variable air volume (VAV) is a technique for controlling the capacity of a heating, ventilating, and/or airconditioning (HVAC) system. The simplest VAV system incorporates one supply duct that, when in cooling mode, distributes approximately 55 F (13 C) supply air. Because the supply air temperature, in this simplest of VAV systems, is constant, the air flow rate must vary to meet the rising and falling heat gains or losses within the thermal zone served.

A VAV terminal unit, often called a VAV box, is the zone-level flow control device. It is basically a quality, calibrated air damper with an automatic actuator. The VAV terminal unit is connected to either a local or a central control system.

CONSTANT AIR VOLUME

Constant

Air Volume (CAV) is a type of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. In a simple CAV system, the supply air flow rate is constant, but the supply air temperature is varied to meet the thermal loads of a space. Most CAV systems are small, and serve a single thermal zone. However, variations such as CAV with reheat, CAV multi zone, and CAV primarysecondary systems can serve multiple zones and larger buildings.

CONSTANT AIR VOLUME HVAC SYSTEM

Defining the System A Constant Air Volume (CAV) starts with air from a central source, which is then conditioned. Duct work with supply and return fans are used to circulate this air to all the occupied rooms in a building. There is a master thermostat that regulates temperature throughout the building by controlling the heating and cooling applied.

There are three different variations of the CAV system, the furnace, constant air volume reheat system and the multi zone system.

A furnace is normally used in a smaller building, where it eliminates the boiler and combines the heating unit with the fan blowing the air through the system. A constant air volume reheat system is similar to a normal CAV system except that as it is traveling through the ducts to be delivered to each of the rooms, it travels through a reheat coil controlled from a localized thermostat to provide more individualized temperature control. The multi zone system works off the same central fan but has a separately heated system of supply ducts linked to various thermostats the control each zone.

TRENDS BEMS