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Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration / Shan K

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� relative humidity, percent; solar<br />

azimuth angle, deg<br />

�f fin resistance number<br />

� surface azimuth angle, deg<br />

� pr<strong>of</strong>ile angle, deg<br />

A.2 ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ABMA American Boiler Manufacturers<br />

Association<br />

abs. absolute<br />

AC <strong>air</strong> <strong>conditioning</strong><br />

ACEC American Consulting Engineers<br />

Council<br />

ACI adjustable current inverter<br />

ACP alternate component package<br />

ADC Air Diffusion Council<br />

ADPI <strong>air</strong> diffusion performance index,<br />

percent<br />

AFUE annual fuel utilization efficiency<br />

AHU <strong>air</strong>-h<strong>and</strong>ling unit<br />

AI analog input<br />

AMCA Air Movement <strong>and</strong> Control Association<br />

ANSI American National St<strong>and</strong>ards Institute<br />

AO analog output<br />

ARI Air Conditioning <strong>and</strong> Refrigeration<br />

Institute<br />

ASHRAE American Society <strong>of</strong> Heating,<br />

Refrigerating, <strong>and</strong> Air Conditioning<br />

Engineers<br />

ASME American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical<br />

Engineers<br />

ASTM American Society <strong>of</strong> Testing <strong>and</strong><br />

Materials<br />

AVI adjustable voltage inverter<br />

BAS building automation system<br />

BHP, bhp brake horsepower<br />

BI binary or digital input, backward-inclined<br />

blade<br />

BLAST building loads analysis <strong>and</strong> systems<br />

thermodynamics<br />

BMS building management system<br />

NOMENCLATURE AND ABBREVIATIONS A.9<br />

BO binary or pulsed output<br />

BOCA Building Officials <strong>and</strong> Code Administrators<br />

CABDS computer-aided building design<br />

system<br />

CADD computer-aided design <strong>and</strong> drafting<br />

CFC chlor<strong>of</strong>luorocarbon<br />

CLF cooling load factor<br />

CLTD cooling load temperature difference<br />

COP coefficient <strong>of</strong> performance<br />

CTD condenser temperature difference<br />

DA direct-acting<br />

dc direct current<br />

DDC direct digital control<br />

DECOS design energy cost<br />

DOE Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />

DOP di-octyl phthalate<br />

DSA double-strength sheet glass<br />

DWDI double-width double-inlet<br />

DX direct expansion, dry expansion<br />

ECB energy cost budget<br />

EEPROM electrically erasable, programmable,<br />

read-only memory<br />

EIA Energy Information Administration<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />

EMS energy management system<br />

EPA Environmental Protection<br />

Agency<br />

EPROM erasable programmable readonly<br />

memory<br />

ETD equivalent temperature difference<br />

FC fan coil, forward-curved blade<br />

FDA Food <strong>and</strong> Drug Administration<br />

FOM figure <strong>of</strong> merit<br />

GWHP groundwater heat pump<br />

GWP global warming potential<br />

HEPA high-efficiency particulate <strong>air</strong><br />

HR heart rate<br />

HSPF heating seasonal performance<br />

factor

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