Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, commonly known as MERV, is a measurement scale designed in 1987 by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and...
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HEPA (redirect from High efficiency air particle filter)
Hypoallergenic vacuum cleaner – vacuum cleaner with high efficiency air filter Minimum efficiency reporting value – Measurement scale for the effectiveness of air...
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and insufficient fresh-air intake or air filtration (see "Minimum efficiency reporting value"). Sick building syndrome has also been attributed to heating...
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passes through the filter. MPR is different from MERV, the Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value. The MERV system measures a filter's ability to capture large...
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Oil heater (section Efficiency)
Several efficiency metrics can be measured about heaters, such as the efficiency of heating a room with a given amount of power, the efficiency of the...
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poorly, and some cabin air filter manufacturers do not print a minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) filter rating on their cabin air filters.[citation...
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well as a HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air), ULPA (ultra-low particulate air) or other MERV (minimum efficiency reporting value) filter. A motorized...
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Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) using a standard known as Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV). MERV is determined based on the size of particles...
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other heating systems. The efficiency of a heating system is typically measured by its AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) rating. Higher AFUE ratings...
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drops to the cooling temperature setpoint, the airflow reaches a lower minimum value than that used in the "single maximum" sequence (10% - 20% vs. 30% -...
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the UK, the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 provides for a minimum temperature in commercial premises, but not for a maximum temperature....
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IEST-RP-CC034: HEPA and ULPA Filter Leak Tests. Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV) High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) Microparticle performance...
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Condensing boiler (redirect from High-efficiency boiler)
circumstances, a heating system can achieve high efficiency (greater than 90% on the higher heating value) by condensing water vapour found in the exhaust...
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Boiler (redirect from Boiler efficiency)
fuel use in kg/h GCV, gross calorific value in kcal/kg (e.g., pet coke 8200 kcal/kg) To measure the boiler efficiency in indirect method, parameter like...
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value. Although often described as a "thermostatic" valve, an expansion valve is not able to regulate the evaporator's temperature to a precise value...
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Space heater (section Efficiency)
pace. Sometimes called "fan heaters," these are often cheap but lack in efficiency and versatility. Radiant space heaters transfer heat to directly to bodies...
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for people designing HVAC systems is the efficiency, i.e., the consumption of electricity and water. Efficiency is optimised by changing the design of the...
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system: Outside air is drawn from a filtered air intake (Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value MERV 8+ air filter is recommended) to cool or preheat the...
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technical standards to improve building services engineering, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and sustainable development. ASHRAE was founded in...
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Infrared heater (section Efficiency)
reduce its infrared conversion efficiency. With new untarnished reflectors, radiant tubes have a downward radiant efficiency of about 60%. (The other 40%...
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temperature. The current industry minimum SEER rating is 14 SEER. Engineers have pointed out some areas where efficiency of the existing hardware could be...
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centuries Merv (film), an upcoming American romantic comedy film Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV), a measurement scale for the effectiveness of air filters...
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zero, all processes cease and the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value. This law of thermodynamics is a statistical law of nature regarding...
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the air, offsetting some of the fuel, and thereby improve the energy efficiency of the system as a whole. In many types of processes, combustion is used...
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psychrometrics or psychrometry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Western Cooling Efficiency Center Psych: An Open Source Psychrometric Plug-in for Microsoft Excel...
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may supply hot water in a heat recovery configuration without affecting efficiency, and switch to heating mode (heat pump) during winter without additional...
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regulate internal body temperature, high humidity impairs heat exchange efficiency by reducing the rate of moisture evaporation from skin surfaces. This...
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Scroll compressor (section Efficiency)
overcome the machining hurdles of radial compliance inherent to achieving efficiency in scroll operation that would not be adequately addressed until the works...
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curve fans without scroll or "plug fans". These are driven using high efficiency EC (electronically commutated) motors with built in speed control. The...
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