2. Air conditioning system components
2.1 Air handling units
As we have already seen, an air handling unit (AHU) is a technical air treatment device designed to modify the characteristics of an incoming air stream in response to a command.
It's a technical element dedicated to heating, cooling, humidifying or dehumidifying commercial or industrial premises; it's an all-air system with constant or variable flow.
An AHU is either a monoblock unit, or made up of modules added together depending on the configuration: ventilation module, cold and hot coil module, filter module, etc.
There are three types of air handling unit (Figures 3...
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Bibliography
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Standards and norms
- Building work – Mechanical ventilation systems – Part 1-1-1: General rules for design, dimensioning and installation – Standard technical specifications – Part 1-1-2: single-flow self-controlled mechanical ventilation – Design rules, sizing and installation – Standard technical specifications – Part 1-1-3: controlled mechanical ventilation for gas – Design rules, sizing and installation – Standard technical specifications...
Regulations
Decree of March 24, 1982 on the ventilation of dwellings.
Arrêté du 8 octobre 1987 relatif au contrôle périodique des installations d'aération et d'assainissement des locaux de travail.
Arrêté du 14 février 2000 portant approbation de dispositions complétant et modifiant le règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du...
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