Specifications - State of Delaware

SECTION 230593 - TESTING, ADJUSTING, AND BALANCING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.01 SUMMARY:
A. Section Includes:
1. Balancing Air Systems:
a. Constant-volume air systems.
b. Variable-air-volume systems.
2. Balancing Hydronic Piping Systems:
a. Variable-flow hydronic systems.
3. Other Systems/Equipment:
a. Heat exchangers.
b. Motors.
c. Condensing units.
d. Heat transfer coils.
1.02 REFERENCES:
A. Applicable Standards (latest edition):
1. Air Movement and Control Association International Inc. (AMCA):
a. 201 - Fans and Systems.
2. American National Standards Institute (ANSI):
a. S1.4 - Specification for Sound Level Meters.
b. S1.11 - Specification for Octave Band and Fraction Octave Band Analog and
Digital Filters.
c. S1.13 - Methods for the Measurement of Sound Pressure Levels.
d. S1.40 - Specification for Acoustical Calibrators.
3. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE):
a. 62.1 - Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (ANSI).
b. 111 - Practices for Measurement, Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing of Building
Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Systems.
4. Associated Air Balance Council (AABC):
a. National Standards for Total System Balance.
5. National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB):
a. Procedural Standards for Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing of Environmental
Systems.
6. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA):
a. HVAC Systems - Duct Design.
b. HVAC Systems - Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing.
1.03 DEFINITIONS:
A. AABC: Associated Air Balance Council.
B. NEBB: National Environmental Balancing Bureau.
C. TAB: Testing, adjusting, and balancing.
D. TABB: Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Bureau.
E. TAB Specialist: An entity engaged to perform TAB Work.
F. Adjust: To regulate fluid flow rate and air patterns at the terminal equipment, such as to
reduce fan speed or adjust a damper.
G. Balance: To proportion flows within the distribution system, including submains, branches,
and terminals, according to indicated quantities.
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