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American Society of Heating arid Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1932
the heating, requirements. Fig. 11 shows a type of system which has the
reheating units located in the.fan,room.. Tempered air. at about .70 E.is
supplied to the fan .and, may be.further heated:by the reheating units or
pass into the-tempered air chamber... A room - thermostat controls a
gradual-acting damper operator on'the double mixing damper in the.warm
and tempered air chambers. When the thermostat calls for heat, the
damper operator, moves the dampers so that more air.is taken from the
warm air chamber.. .It is essential' that the tiouble. mixing rdamper-:be
moved slowly to prevent alternate, blasts of hot and cold, air from being
supplied to the room. :
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Fig. 12. Electric Thermostat Applied to Oil Fired Heating System
neer's room or it may be operated by a relay in the fan motor circuit. When the ventilating fan is started, the relay causes the damper operator to open the outside air damper.
Recirculating dampers and vent dampers may also be opened and
closed by means of damper operators controlled from remote locations.
Generally these damper operators are positive acting and are either
completely opened or closed. However! in some cases where part out
side air and part recirculated air is used, it is advantageous.to use damper
Operators which have a certain number of definite positions. With this
type of operator it would be possible to use 75 per -cent outside air and
25 per cent recirculated air, or any other proportions which might be
predetermined. These damper operators are controlled'from switches
generally mechanically interlocked so that the total Opening of the two
dampers is 100 per cent.
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Chapter 23--Automatic Temperature Control
CONTROL OF SMALL HEATING PLANTS In small buildings the heating plant may be controlled by a single thermostat located in a key room in the building, instead of each room having its own control. The most common control for a hand fired furnace or boiler consists of a room thermostat and a furnace regulator of some type. The thermostat should be located in a representative room; never, of course, near the chimney or heat flue, too close to a radiator, nor in a drafty hallway, and preferably on an inside wall. The regulator is attached to the draft and check dampers of the furnace. When the temperature of the air sur rounding the thermostat drops, the thermostat causes the furnace regu lator to open the draft and close the check damper. As soon as the room comes up to temperature, the draft is closed and the check damper opened. With this arrangement on hot water heating systems it is
Fig. 13. Typical Arrangement of Steam or Vapor System with Two Thermostats Controlling Automatic Fuel Burner Used for House Heating and Water Heating
advisable to install an immersion thermostat in the boiler. This thermo stat should be connected with the room thermostat so that both must call for heat before the draft is opened, but either one may cause the draft to be closed. On warm air systems it is advisable to use a bonnet thermostat and on steam heating systems a pressure limiting device, in series, in each case, with the room thermostat. If the temperature of the heating medium becomes too high, the drafts will be closed even though the room thermostat continues to call for heat.
It is essential that automatic temperature control be used with oil burners, gas burners, and stokers to aid economical operation. There are many types of burners and many types of control, but there are some points common to all. First, a room thermostat is located in. a key position in the building to maintain a given temperature at that point. Safety devices are installed in connection with this thermostat so that a failure of the ignition, power, or fuel supply, will shut the system down. The same limit controls as recommended for coal burning should be used-j
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