VENTILATION

Heat Recovery Devices

Slide 3 and Slide 10 – Slide 15

Ventilation
• Multi Point Fan Systems
– Connects to baths and kitchen
– Timed to run at high speed during high use
times such as morning (showers) and
evening.
– Xvent
Heat Recovery Ventilation
How it works
• In the winter season the core transfers warm
temperature from the outgoing, stale household
air to preheat the incoming, fresh air.

• Cross-current sections, ensure the two air

streams are always kept separate preventing the
incoming fresh air from being contaminated by
the outgoing stale air.
Heat Recovery Ventilation
• During the air-conditioning season, the
HRV reverses this process, removing
some of the heat from the incoming air
and transferring it to the outgoing air.
Heat Recovery Ventilation
Ventilation
• Heat Recovery System - uses fans to
maintain a low-velocity flow of fresh outdoor air
into the building (incoming air stream) while
exhausting out an equal amount of stale indoor
air (exhaust air stream).

• Fresh air is supplied to all levels of the building

while stale air is removed from areas with high
levels of pollutants and moisture.
Ventilation
Heat Recovery System

Air Exchange - Expels stale, polluted indoor air

and gaseous pollutants and continually
exchanges them with a continuous flow of fresh,
revitalized outdoor air to improve Indoor Air
Quality.
Ventilation
Heat Recovery System

Excess Humidity Control - Helps prevent

uncontrolled excess humidity by expelling
excess humidity from the air, thereby reducing
the risk of window condensation, mildew and
mold, which prevents  structural damage and
deterioration to your home.  
Ventilation
Heat Recovery System

• Heat Recovery Core - As warm air is expelled

from your house, it warms the incoming cold,
fresh air before it’s circulated throughout your
home. The result is a constant supply of fresh
air, no unpleasant drafts and greater home
comfort.
Types of Waste Heat Recovery Devices

1) Cross-flow air-to-air Plate

2) Heat wheel
3) Heat pipe
Cross-flow air-to-air Plate

Figure 2
Cross-flow air-to-air Plate

Figure 3
 Heat Wheels

• Porous disk rotating

between two side-by-side
ducts
• Low to medium temperature
waste heat recovery systems
• Heat transfer efficiency up to
75 %

Figure 4. Heat Wheel

(SADC, 1999)
 Heat Pipe

• Transfer up to 100
times more thermal
energy than copper

• Three (3) elements:

- sealed container
- capillary wick
structure -
working fluid

• Works with evaporation

and condensation
Figure 5. Heat Pipe
(SADC, 1999)
Heat Pipe

Figure 6. Heat Pipe

(SADC, 1999)
HRV
• Sized to ventilate the entire house at a
minimum of .35 air changes per hour.

• Minimum CFM requirement can be

calculated as follows
• Determine square footage and multiply
times ceiling height.
• Divide by 60 minutes
• Multiply times .35 (minimum air changes)
HRV Calculation
Example
• Determine square
footage and
multiply times
ceiling height.
• Divide by 60
minutes
• Multiply times .35
(minimum air
changes)
HRV
• Calculate the minimum CFM for a home
with 2000SF main level, 1000SF second
level and 750 SF finished basement

Note: Main and second level have 9 foot

ceilings and basement has 8 foot
ceiling.
Solution
3000 SF x 9’ = 27000
750 x 8’ = 6000
Total 33000

33000/60 = 550

.35 x 550 = 192.5 CFM

HEPA Filter
Energy Recovery Ventilators
How are HRV’s Installed?
How are HRV’s Installed?
How are HRV’s Installed?