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  2. Kitchen ventilation - Wikipedia

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    It addresses the problems of grease, smoke and odours not found in most other ventilation systems. Restaurant kitchens often use large extractor hoods. Kitchen ventilation equipment includes an extractor hood or canopy, and a filtering system. The system's fan may be located in the kitchen or in its ducts.

  3. Whole-house fan - Wikipedia

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    A typical whole-house fan, with louvers closed when not operating. A whole house fan is a type of fan, commonly venting into a building's attic, designed to circulate air in an entire house or other building. The fan removes hot air from the building and draws in cooler outdoor air through windows and other openings.

  4. Affinity laws - Wikipedia

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    The affinity laws (also known as the "Fan Laws" or "Pump Laws") for pumps/fans are used in hydraulics, hydronics and/or HVAC to express the relationship between variables involved in pump or fan performance (such as head, volumetric flow rate, shaft speed) and power. They apply to pumps, fans, and hydraulic turbines. In these rotary implements ...

  5. Soot blower - Wikipedia

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    Steam blowing medium: Steam; Air; High Pressure Water; Dual-media air heater; Steam is normally used as a medium for blowing away the soot since capital cost of steam pressure reducing equipment and drain is less than the cost of compressors, motors and control of air systems.

  6. Mechanical ventilation - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical ventilators typically require power by a battery or a wall outlet (DC or AC) though some ventilators work on a pneumatic system not requiring power. There are a variety of technologies available for ventilation, falling into two main (and then lesser categories), the two being the older technology of negative-pressure mechanisms, and ...

  7. Civic Biology - Wikipedia

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    A Civic Biology: Presented in Problems (usually referred to as just Civic Biology) was a biology textbook written by George William Hunter, published in 1914.It is the book which the state of Tennessee required high school teachers to use in 1925 and is best known for its section about evolution that was ruled by a local court to be in violation of the state Butler Act.