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Building Services Engineering 5th Edition Handbook

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150 Ventilation and air conditioning<br />

Supply air<br />

Primary air injector<br />

Introduction unit<br />

Hot-water and chilled-water<br />

heat exchanger<br />

Recirculated room air<br />

Two, three or four pipes<br />

Holes through floor<br />

Primary air<br />

ductwork<br />

Ceiling<br />

Exhaust air system<br />

5.13 Induction unit installation in a multi-storey building.<br />

Heating pipes<br />

Chilled-water pipes<br />

and cable conduit<br />

Fresh air duct<br />

Exhaust air duct<br />

+ –<br />

Supply air<br />

Access panel<br />

Fan coil unit with<br />

heating and cooling<br />

coils, fan and filter<br />

Ventilated<br />

luminaire<br />

Ceiling space used as<br />

recirculation duct<br />

5.14 Fan coil unit installation in a false ceiling.<br />

ducts only carry the fresh air. All recirculation is confined to the room. A typical layout is shown<br />

in Fig. 5.14.<br />

Packaged unit<br />

A packaged unit is a self-contained air-conditioning unit comprising a hermetically sealed refrigeration<br />

compressor, a refrigerant evaporator coil to cool room air, a hot-water or electric resistance<br />

heater battery, a filter, a water- or air-cooled refrigerant condenser and automatic controls. Packaged<br />

units can either be completely self-contained, needing only a supply of electricity, or piped<br />

to central heating and condenser cooling-water plant. Small units are fitted into an external wall

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