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  2. 8 Things You Should Never Keep By Your AC - AOL

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    Whether you have an air conditioning unit or a regular vent in your laundry room, avoid positioning the dryer directly next to it. A dryer emits heat which can make the space feel hotter and cause ...

  3. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Central, "all-air" air-conditioning systems (or package systems) with a combined outdoor condenser/evaporator unit are often installed in North American residences, offices, and public buildings, but are difficult to retrofit (install in a building that was not designed to receive it) because of the bulky air ducts required. [32] (Minisplit ...

  4. Infiltration (HVAC) - Wikipedia

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    The infiltration rate is the volumetric flow rate of outside air into a building, typically in cubic feet per minute (CFM) or liters per second (LPS). The air exchange rate, (I), is the number of interior volume air changes that occur per hour, and has units of 1/h. The air exchange rate is also known as air changes per hour (ACH).

  5. Students are sweating through class without air conditioning ...

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    The air conditioning doesn't work and she said the portable cooling machine the district gave her as a backup is "useless" because it blows hot air. "My students have headaches, they're miserable ...

  6. Displacement ventilation - Wikipedia

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    Displacement ventilation is best suited for taller spaces (higher than 3 meters [10 feet]). [2] Standard mixing ventilation may be better suited for smaller spaces where air quality is not as great a concern, such as single-occupant offices, and where the room height is not tall (e.g., lower than 2.3 meters [7.5 feet]).

  7. Register (air and heating) - Wikipedia

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    During winter months, for example, an air conditioning register can be closed to prevent cold air from being pulled from the room. This allows the hot air to mix more completely with the cold air in the room, improving the efficiency of the HVAC system. [7] (The return should be efficient enough to draw off the cooler air.) [10] [11]

  8. What is 'corn sweat?' How the natural process is worsening a ...

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    That can add 5 to 10 degrees to the dew point, a measure of the humidity in the air, on a hot summer day. Soybeans, a major crop in the Midwest that is planted across millions of acres, is also a ...

  9. Diffuser (thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    To deliver both conditioning and ventilating air; Evenly distribute the flow of air, in the desired directions; To enhance mixing of room air into the primary air being discharged; Often to cause the air jet(s) to attach to a ceiling or other surface, taking advantage of the Coandă effect