Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305578296
Author: John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein, Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 35, Problem 3RQ
Lower room temperatures can be offset in winter by
A. lowering the relative humidity.
B. being very still.
C. activity.
D. raising the relative humidity.
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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 35 - Name the four comfort factors.Ch. 35 - State three ways the body gives off heat.Ch. 35 - Lower room temperatures can be offset in winter by...Ch. 35 - Perspiration cools the body by________.Ch. 35 - Relative humidity is measured using a A....Ch. 35 - Name the two unknowns that are easiest to obtain...Ch. 35 - Air that contains all of the moisture that it can...Ch. 35 - In order for an air-conditioning coil to remove...Ch. 35 - For a room to be comfortable, the following...Ch. 35 - With a dry-bulb reading of 70F and a wet-bulb...
Ch. 35 - Relative humidity in question 10 is _______%.Ch. 35 - A gas furnace has an output of 60,000 Btu/h. The...Ch. 35 - A house has 3500ft2 of floor space and a 9-ft...Ch. 35 - If the fresh-air requirements for the house in...Ch. 35 - If the outside fresh-air conditions were to be 93F...Ch. 35 - If the air leaving the cooling coil were to be 55F...Ch. 35 - Using the answers from questions 14, 15, and 16,...Ch. 35 - Describe why fresh air is important in a house.
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