Product Highlight: 47X Series Handheld Test Instruments
What are Thermo-Anemometers or Hot Wire Air Velocity Sensors?
Dwyer Instruments, Inc. offers many air velocity measuring products that use thermal or hot-wire sensors as the sensing element. There are fixed duct mount styles for continuous monitoring, such as the Air Velocity Transmitters, Series 641, and portable insertion styles for testing, such as the Thermo-Anemometer Test Instrument, Model 471B and the Thermo-Anemometer Probe, Series AP2.
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Advances in HVAC Test Equipment: The Importance of Diffuser Calibration for Flow Hood Measurements
Introduction
Objective
The objective for this writing is to inform HVAC technicians and contractors about the limitations of testing equipment currently used for testing, adjusting, and balancing HVAC systems. The need for more accurate instruments is immediate as energy programs are moving toward net-zero energy building efficiencies.
In doing so, HVAC technicians and contractors will struggle with tighter specifications as they tune HVAC systems with instruments that fail to provide the required accuracy and versatility. Continue reading “Advances in HVAC Test Equipment: The Importance of Diffuser Calibration for Flow Hood Measurements”
Air Balancing HVAC Systems
Methods of Air Balancing
Air balancing a distribution system is needed to properly direct the air flow in order to optimize the system’s design. Flow rates are tested, adjusted, and 
balanced as cubic feet per minute (CFM) or cubic meters per hour (m3/h). There are two traditional methods for balancing airflow at the terminals. The first is sequential balancing, which involves setting the zone and branch dampers in sequence. However, the most common method of air balancing is called proportional balancing.