Air treatment and air conditioning — Components and their functions

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AUTHORS

André BAILLY : Laboratory Manager, Compagnie Industrielle d'Applications Thermiques
Michel CLERC-RENAUD : Engineer from the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon CIAT technical advisor
Emmanuel RUTMAN : Engineer from the École catholique d'arts et métiers in Lyon Head of the CIAT laboratory's Comfort team
Claude TERNANT : Engineer from the École des hautes études industrielles de Lille (HEI) - Former head of CIAT's Technical Assistance Department

INTRODUCTION

An air-conditioning system generally consists of three components:

the air-handling unit treats the air from a thermal and quality standpoint and sets it in motion;
the control system acts on various parameters to maintain measured values close to the desired comfort level;
the air handling network provides connections between the air handling unit and the premises it serves. It is also used, in connection with the outside, to introduce and extract air.

In this article, each component of these three elements is described, with a reminder of its role and function.

This document is part of a set of four articles on air handling:

Air treatment and air conditioning. General

Air treatment and air conditioning. Components and their functions

Air treatment and air conditioning. Thermal and mechanical aspects

Air treatment and air conditioning. Acoustic and physico-chemical aspects

supplemented by a documentation booklet

Air treatment and air conditioning. For further information

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Archived version Apr 2001 1 by André BAILLY, Michel CLERC-RENAUD, Emmanuel RUTMAN, Claude TERNANT

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