HVAC Dictionary

Glossary of HVAC

"HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) is a major subdiscipline of mechanical engineering. The goal of HVAC design is to balance indoor environmental comfort with other factors such as installation cost, ease of maintenance, and energy efficiency. The discipline of HVAC includes a large number of specialized terms and acronyms, many of which are summarized in this glossary."

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Main article: HVAC
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1 Air Changes Per Hour - HVAC Dictionary 665
2 Air Conditioner - HVAC Dictionary 499
3 Air Handler Or Air Handling Unit - HVAC Dictionary 566
4 British Thermal Unit - HVAC Dictionary 506
5 Chiller - HVAC Dictionary 465
6 Coil - HVAC Dictionary 472
7 Condenser - HVAC Dictionary 533
8 Constant Air Volume - HVAC Dictionary 600
9 Controller - HVAC Dictionary 438
10 Damper - HVAC Dictionary 469
11 Deep Lake Water Cooling - HVAC Dictionary 519
12 delta T - HVAC Dictionary 735
13 Duct - HVAC Dictionary 480
14 Evaporator - HVAC Dictionary 533
15 Fan Coil Unit - HVAC Dictionary 571
16 Flow - HVAC Dictionary 450
17 Fresh Air Intake - HVAC Dictionary 669
18 Furnace - HVAC Dictionary 557
19 Grille - HVAC Dictionary 475
20 Heat Load, Heat Loss, Heat Gain - HVAC Dictionary 655
21 Intermediate Fluid - HVAC Dictionary 440
22 Louver - HVAC Dictionary 512
23 Makeup Air Unit - HVAC Dictionary 786
24 Minimum Outside Air - HVAC Dictionary 436
25 Outside Air Damper - HVAC Dictionary 465
26 Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner - HVAC Dictionary 465
27 Packaged Unit Or Rooftop Unit - HVAC Dictionary 641
28 Plenum Space - HVAC Dictionary 592
29 Psychrometric - HVAC Dictionary 450
30 Smoke Damper - HVAC Dictionary 414
31 System - HVAC Dictionary 516
32 Terminal Unit - HVAC Dictionary 610
33 Thermal Zone - HVAC Dictionary 684
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