Table of Contents

System Design Guidelines (cont.) Sound Power and Sound Power Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Sound Pressure and Sound Pressure Level . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Room Sones dBA Correlation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Noise Criteria Curves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Design Criteria for Room Loudness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-36 Vibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Vibration Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 General Ventilation Design Air Quality Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Air Change Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Suggested Air Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ventilation Rates for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality . . . . . . . 42 Heat Gain From Occupants of Conditioned Spaces . . . . . . 43 Heat Gain From Typical Electric Motors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Rate of Heat Gain Commercial Cooking Appliances in Air-Conditioned Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Rate of Heat Gain From Miscellaneous Appliances . . . . . . 46 Filter Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Relative Size Chart of Common Air Contaminants . . . . . . . 47 Optimum Relative Humidity Ranges for Health . . . . . . . . . . 48 Duct Design Backdraft or Relief Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Screen Pressure Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Duct Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Rectangular Equivalent of Round Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Typical Design Velocities for HVAC Components. . . . . . . . . 53 Velocity and Velocity Pressure Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . 54 U.S. Sheet Metal Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Recommended Metal Gauges for Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Wind Driven Rain Louvers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Heating & Refrigeration Moisture and Air Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Properties of Saturated Steam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Cooling Load Check Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-60 Heat Loss Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-62 Fuel Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Fuel Gas Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62