  ٢٦٢  ‫א‬

 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

 ‫א‬
Glossary
A
ASHRAE ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Aspect ratio ‫א‬‫א‬
Aluminum foil ‫א‬
ASTM ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Air vents ‫א‬‫א‬
Air jets  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air leakage  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air changes per hour (ACH) ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Air contamination ‫א‬‫א‬
Air cleaning ‫א‬‫א‬
Air filters ‫א‬‫א‬
Air sterilization ‫א‬‫א‬
Activated carbon ‫א‬‫א‬
Activated alumina  ‫א‬‫א‬
Angle valve ‫א‬
Anchors 
AEPA ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Air diffusion  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air diffusion patterns ‫א‬‫א‬
Air distribution systems  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air outlets ‫א‬‫א‬
Ambient air quality  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
B
Basement  
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Balancing damper ‫א‬

Bellow 
Bushing ‫א‬
Butterfly valve 
Buoyancy effects  ‫א‬‫א‬
Bonnet ‫א‬
Boiler  
Branch 
Balanced-capacity method  ‫א‬‫א‬
Balanced-pressure loss method  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Balancing ‫א‬
C
Ceiling diffuser 
Converging transition ‫א‬
Copper 
Coupling 
Check valve 
Composition disc 
Compression tank ‫א‬
Constant volume system  ‫א‬
Cleaning agents 
Charged media filters ‫א‬
Changeable filters 
Central air conditioning 
Chiller 
Closed loop system  
Critical path  
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Cooling tower 

D
Design velocity  ‫א‬
Duct design ‫א‬‫א‬
Diverging transition ‫א‬
Duct insulation ‫א‬‫א‬
Duct manufacturing ‫א‬‫א‬
Disc 
Dry filter 
Discoloration ‫א‬‫א‬
Displacement ventilation  ‫א‬‫א‬
Dust spot ‫א‬
DOP ‫א‬‫א‬
Drop ‫א‬
E
Equal friction method ‫א‬‫א‬
Equivalent length ‫א‬‫א‬
Expansion joints 
Expansion loops 
Expansion tank ‫א‬
Equipment ‫א‬
Electronic filters 
Environmental protection agency (EPA)  ‫א‬
Exfiltration  ‫א‬
F
Fittings 
Fiberglass 
Flexible hose 
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Flange 
Face area ‫א‬‫א‬
Fine filters 
Filter efficiency ‫א‬
Flexible wedge disc 
Filters performance criteria ‫א‬‫א‬
Face velocity ‫א‬‫א‬
Fire damper  
Flow meter ‫א‬
G
Globe valve 
Gate valve ‫א‬
Gaseous contaminants 
Grille 
Galvanized sheet metal ‫א‬
H
HVAC ‫א‬،،
Hangers 
Hand wheel 
HEPA filters ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
I  
IHVE  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Irritation & allergic response ‫א‬‫א‬
Indoor air quality (I.A.Q) ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Indoor air quality procedure  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Ionizing type filter ‫א‬‫א‬
Installation 
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Index 
L
Location 
Localized ventilation  
Loss coefficient ‫א‬
M
Mitered elbow 
Medium grade black steel ‫א‬
N
Nominal size ‫א‬‫א‬
Nipple 
Needle valve 
Non-rising stem 
Narrow seat 
NIOSH ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
NC ‫א‬
O
Offset 
Odor ‫א‬
Odor threshold ‫א‬‫א‬
Occupants 
Open loop system  
P
Plenum ceiling 
Pressure drop ‫א‬
Pressure loss ‫א‬
Pleated elbow 
Polyurethane ‫א‬
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Plug valve 

Packing nut 
Plug cock ‫א‬
Precipitators 
ppm 
Preface 
Perimeter  
Pump 
Q
Quiet system 
R
Radon  ‫א‬‫א‬
Residual velocity ‫א‬‫א‬
Register 
Round diffuser ‫א‬
Room air motion  
Return air ‫א‬‫א‬
Reverse return system  ‫א‬
Roll-type ‫א‬
Regulating valve ‫א‬
Rising stem 
Resistance 
Reduction 
S
Spread ‫א‬
Slot diffuser 
Supply devices ‫א‬‫א‬
Square diffuser 
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Schedule number ‫א‬

Steel 
Slip type ‫א‬‫א‬
Spring hanger 
Stem 
Screw 
Stuffing 
Split wedge disc 
Sick building syndrome ‫א‬
Self cleaning filter ‫א‬‫א‬
Scattered lights 
Staggered 
Snap lock 
Spiral 
System balance  ‫א‬‫א‬
Spitter damper  ‫א‬
Static regain method  ‫א‬
Space air diffusion  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Source elimination  ‫א‬‫א‬
T
Terminal unit 
Transmission loads 
Terminal velocity ‫א‬‫א‬
Take-off 
Task air conditioning system  ‫א‬
Tee 
Toxicity ‫א‬
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Throw  ‫א‬
U
Use of outdoor air
V
VAV system ‫א‬
Variable control damper (V.C.D)  ‫א‬‫א‬
Vibration ‫א‬‫א‬
Vibration isolators ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Vapor barrier ‫א‬
Valve 
Ventilation 
Ventilation rate procedure  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Viscous 
Viscous impingement filter ‫א‬
W
Wrought iron 
Wedge ‫א‬
Washable filter 
Water distribution system  ‫א‬
Water treatment  
Z
Zone 

 
 
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Nomenclature‫א‬
Water mass flow rate kg / s m& w  ‫א‬
mass kg m  ‫א‬
Air mass flow rateِ kg / s m& a  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air density kg / m 3 ρa  ‫א‬‫א‬
Static pressure Pa ps  ‫א‬‫א‬
Dynamic pressure Pa pd  ‫א‬‫א‬
Velocity pressure Pa pv  ‫א‬
Total pressure Pa pT  ‫א‬‫א‬
Total Pressure difference Pa ∆p T  ‫א‬‫א‬
Fan static pressure Pa FSP  ‫א‬‫א‬
Fan total pressure Pa FTP  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air pressure Pa pa  ‫א‬‫א‬
Specific heat of water kJ kgK c pw  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Coefficient of
performance - COP  ‫א‬‫א‬
Energy efficiency ratio - EER  ‫א‬
Air volume m3 Va  ‫א‬‫א‬
Dry bulb temperature °C Tdb ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Wet bulb temperature °C Twb  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Relative humidity % RH  ‫א‬‫א‬
Ton of Refrigeration TR TR  ‫א‬
Internal temperature °C Ti  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Outside temperature °C To  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Supply air temperature °C TS  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Temperature difference °C ∆T  ‫א‬‫א‬
Velocity m
s V  ‫א‬
   ٢٦٢  ‫א‬
 ‫א‬
 ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬  

Area m2 A  ‫א‬
Radius mm R  ‫א‬
Diameter mm D  ‫א‬
Width mm W  ‫א‬
Height mm H  ‫א‬‫א‬
Loss coefficient - C  ‫א‬
Equivalent length m E .L  ‫א‬‫א‬
Discharge (volume flow
rate) m 3 s −1 Q  ‫א‬‫א‬
efficiency - η  ‫א‬
Steady state efficiency - η ss  ‫א‬‫א‬
Thermal efficiency - η th  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Mechanical efficiency - ηm  ‫א‬‫א‬
Air change per hour hr −1 ACH  ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Cooling load W CL  ‫א‬
Power WATTS P  ‫א‬
Water horsepower hp WHP  ‫א‬‫א‬
Brake horsepower hp BHP  ‫א‬‫א‬
Manometric head mm.w -  ‫א‬‫א‬
Current A I  ‫א‬
Voltage V V  ‫א‬
Heating value kcal
m3
H.V ‫א‬‫א‬‫א‬
Rate of fuel consumption m3
h
Q
⋅
f ‫א‬‫א‬
concentration CO 2 ppm - ‫א‬
Sound pressure level dB SPL ‫א‬
Noise criteria dB NC  ‫א‬
Throw m T  ‫א‬