HVAC Final Correct Questions & Answers(RATED A+)

environment - ANSWER natural factors that impact a bldg including the sun, wind, temp, etc Technology - ANSWER constructed factors including the bldg itself, HVAC and mechanical systems impact on building - ANSWER thermal behaviors/physics, comfort conservation equation - ANSWER defines the balance of flows and the change in an amount stored of some quantity of interest within some fixed volume conservation of mass - ANSWER mass is neither created nor destroyed conservation of energy - ANSWER first law of thermo dynamics - energy is neither created nor destroyed latent heat - ANSWER transfer of heat related to moisture change sensible heat - ANSWER transfer of heat due to temperature change conduction - ANSWER transfer of heat through a solid element q=-k*A*(deltaT/deltaX) convection - ANSWER transfer of thermal energy to/from a moving liquid to/from a solid surface q=hA(deltaT) radiation - ANSWER transfer of thermal energy via electromagnetic waves thermal mass - ANSWER measure of amount of energy that can be stored in building elements green house effect - ANSWER impact of difference between solar absorptivity and thermal absorptivity psychrometrics - ANSWER study of the mixture of air and water vapor dry bulb (TDB) - ANSWER standard thermometer wet bulb (TWB) - ANSWER temperature measured by a cotton wetted thermometer relative humidity (RH) - ANSWER fraction or percent. measure of saturation fraction of how much water vapor is in the air vs how much could be there humidi