HVAC – Air Side: Variable Air Volume (VAV) Systems

How can you increase the efficiency of an HVAC system? The purpose of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems is to provide environments that are comfortable for people and that allow equipment to operate safely and reliably. This interactive online course focuses primarily on the terminal units, or VAVs that increase the efficiency and add flexibility to an HVAC system.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Describe why HVAC zoning is required
  • Describe the principle behind Variable Air Volume (VAV) systems
  • Describe series fan powered VAV box operation
  • Describe parallel fan powered VAV box operation

Specs

Course Level Fundamental
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady

Jay Scheldorf

Author

Jay Scheldorf is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from the University of Idaho. After graduating he worked for UOP, commissioning and troubleshooting oil refinery processes around the world. He was a founding partner at Pacific Simulation, which provided simulation software, services, and simulation-based training to the pulp and paper industry. Jay also spent time as a control engineer at Ahlstrom, working primarily on Kamyr digesters. At Convergence Training he developed and supervised the production of hundreds of pulp and paper-related online training modules, as well as a variety of general technical and safety-related modules.

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