Measure Guideline: Optimizing the Configuration of Flexible Duct Junction Boxes

Beach, R.¹  Burdick, A.¹ 

[1] IBACOS, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

关键词: residential;    Residential Buildings;    IBACOS;    Building America;    flexible ducts;    junction boxes;    duct sizing;    pressure losses in HVAC systems;    balancing dampers in HVAC systems;    residential HVAC systems;    friction rate;    equivalent length (ducts);    static pressure;    available pressure;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1221060
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO--102014-4396
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1221060
Others  :  Other: 6769

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This measure guideline offers additional recommendations to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system designers for optimizing flexible duct, constant-volume HVAC systems using junction boxes within Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual D guidance. IBACOS used computational fluid dynamics software to explore and develop guidance to better control the airflow effects of factors that may impact pressure losses within junction boxes among various design configurations. These recommendations can help to ensure that a system aligns more closely with the design and the occupants' comfort expectations. Specifically, the recommendations described herein show how to configure a rectangular box with four outlets, a triangular box with three outlets, metal wyes with two outlets, and multiple configurations for more than four outlets. Designers of HVAC systems, contractors who are fabricating junction boxes on site, and anyone using the ACCA Manual D process for sizing duct runs will find this measure guideline invaluable for more accurately minimizing pressure losses when using junction boxes with flexible ducts.