Thermal Engineering Laboratory 1

[DMaxwell]

Hello all,

First time poster here. I am in the process of contemplating proposing a thermal lab for my HVAC company. We do mostly custom HVAC units from air handlers to water cooled to air cooled assemblies. We are going to propose that this lab have a couple psychrometric chambers installed. What else, in your opinion, should be included in a thermal lab in order to put different units through a series of tests to conform to industry standards?

 

[IRstuff]

Have you made a business case for this lab? It seems to me that your company would need to be building and shipping lots of units to make this economically plausible, as opposed to getting your units tested at an outside lab.

TTFN (ta ta for now)
I can do absolutely anything. I'm an expert!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

faq731-376 forum1529 Entire Forum list

http://www.eng-tips.com/forumlist.cfm

 

[DMaxwell]

In the process now. That is really irrelevant to the question. I am mainly wondering what else you would want in this lab aside from a psych chamber. What other test benches would be ideal for a thermal analysis?

 

[itsmoked]

I'd think you'd want some way to load chiller type applications also. Cooling tower type loads for heating water chilling and water heaters of some sort for cooling chiller systems.

A good thermal imager for looking at running systems in search of anomalies.

Keith Cress
kcress -

http://www.flaminsystems.com