@RvAmeche Yes, they recently in the past two years, "decoupled" the experience and the exam in Texas.
@monkeydog Mainly because it's required by the field I am in, and I wanted to get the test out of the way as soon as possible.
However, going to @oldestguys comment, I do want to be a 'life...
Woohoo! I recently passed the PE exam (HVAC and Refrigeration), but what next?
I have at least 2.5 years of experience to gain before being able to apply for a license. My next thought was to improve my knowledge in this particular field, but that feels like a very vague goal. I want to...
From working on a similar type of project just like your scenario, only the shaft wall penetrations require fire/smoke dampers.
You should ask your local code official for their opinion.
Hi SGSA,
Great question as I recently have run into this problem as well. The way I see it, is you need to meet your capacity with an equally sized cassette, and you need to meet your air flow rate because of comfort issues. I base my design airflow off of cfm/sqft or air changes/hour, both...
Thanks for the help guys. I've fixed my mistakes, and learned a couple things. I found an E-Ductalator, which is an excel template from the book "HVAC Simplified". This book is actually recommended on the ASHRAE website. It breaks down the critical duct path, by section, fittings, diffusers...
I am trying to learn how to correctly size duct in a system. From what I understand I need to find the E.S.P. of the fan I use, and account for all pressure drops in the system, such as (coils, filters, dampers, grilles, etc.) and then use this calculation to find the design pressure loss...
