暖通空调技术人员 are trained to work on heating 和 refrigeration systems in residential, 商业, 工厂建筑. It is important that they underst和 some basic terms that are related to engineering 和 mechanics, as well as some of the more specific terms that are used within the in灰尘ry.(1)
If you're thinking about a career as an HVAC technician or are perhaps already pursing your Associates degree in HVAC technology, then the following guide may be able to help you become familiar with the common lingo of 暖通空调技术人员 和 give you a "leg up" in your pursuit of a career.(2)
ACCA - Air Conditioning Contractors of America
ACH - Air Changes per Hour
AFUE - Annualized Fuel Utilization Efficiency
ARI - Air-Conditioning 和 Refrigeration Institute
Air Cleaner - a filtering device for removing impurities from 空气
过敏原-任何物质, 通常是蛋白质, that induces an allergy: common allergens include pollen, 草, 灰尘, 还有一些药物.
BTU - British Thermal Unit
Carbon Monoxide - a colorless, 没有气味的, 有毒气体, CO, that burns with a pale-blue flame, produced when carbon burns with insufficient 空气: used chiefly in organic synthesis, 冶金, 和 in the preparation of metal carbonyls, 羰基镍.
摄氏度-也, 摄氏, 用于修饰或说明 or noting a temperature scale (Celsius scale) in which 0' represents the ice point 和 100' the steam point. 象征:C.
Chiller - a device for cooling or refrigerating.
Coil - an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator.
CAV -恒定风量
CAE - Combined Annual Efficiency
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute
Dehumidifier - an appliance for removing moisture from the 空气, as for lowering the humidity in a storage room.
Diffuser- (in various machines or mechanical systems, as centrifugal pumps or compressors) a device for utilizing part of the kinetic energy of a fluid passing through a machine by gradually increasing the cross-sectional area of the channel or chamber through which it flows so as to decrease its speed 和 increase its pressure.
DOE - Department of Energy
Economizer - a device for warming feed water with gases entering the chimney or stack.
Enthalpy - a quantity associated with a thermodynamic system, expressed as the internal energy of a system plus the product of the pressure 和 volume of the system, having the property that during an isobaric process, the change in the quantity is equal to the heat transferred during the process. 象征:H.
Evaporator- the part of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant absorbs heat 和 changes from a liquid to a gas.
Energy Star' - A designation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Attached to HVAC products that meet or exceed federal guidelines for energy-efficient performance.
华氏温度, 用于修饰或说明, or measured according to a temperature scale (Fahrenheit scale) in which 32' represents the ice point 和 212' the steam point. 象征:F.
Furnace - a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, 至于供暖房, 冶炼矿石, 或者产生蒸汽.
格栅——一个开口, usually covered by grillwork, for admitting 空气 to cool the engine of an automobile or the like; radiator grille.
HSPF - Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
Heat Pump - a device that uses a compressible refrigerant to transfer heat from one body, 像地面一样, 空气, 或水, 给另一个身体, 作为一个建筑, with the process being reversible.
HEPA Filter - High Efficiency Particulate Absorbing filter
HSPF - Heating Seasonal Performance Factor
Humid - containing a high amount of water 或水 vapor; noticeably moist
Humidifier - a device for increasing the amount of water vapor in the 空气 of a room or building, consisting of a container f或水 和 a vaporizer.
HVAC - Heating, Ventilation 和 Air Conditioning.
Latent heat - heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at constant temperature 和 pressure.
MAU -化妆航空单位
MERV - Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Modulate - to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
OAT - Outside Air Temperature
全会——一个空间, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for 空气 that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
PTAC - Package Terminal Air Conditioner
Radiation - the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves.
Refrigerant - a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.
SHR—显热比
Static Pressure - the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
恒温器——一种装置, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish 和 maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
UFAD - Underflow 空气 distribution
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(1) http://www.dictionary.com/
(2) Employment is not guaranteed for students or graduates.
