A facility or enclosure in which air content and other conditions (such as temperature, humidity, and pressure) are controlled and maintained at a specific level by special facilities and operating processes and by trained personnel.
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RESTRICTOR
A device for producing a deliberate pressure drop or resistance in a line by reducing the cross-sectional flow area.
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SAFETY CONTROL
Device to stop unit, equipment or system if unsafe pressure and/or temperatures and/or dangerous conditions are reached.
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AIR COOLER
A factory-encased assembly of elements whereby the temperature of air passing through the device is reduced.
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AIR COOLER
A factory-encased assembly of elements whereby the temperature of air passing through the device is reduced.
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CONTAMINANT CAPACITY
The weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life. Also known as Dirt capacity, Dust capacity
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BUBBLE POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first steady stream of gas bubbles is emitted from a wetted filter element under specified test conditions.
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AIR INFILTRATION
The leakage of air into a room through cracks in doors, windows, and other openings.
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ABSOLUTE ZERO TEMPERATURE
Temperature measured from absolute zero (-459.67°F, or -273.16°C).
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OUTDOOR AIR
Air taken from outdoors and, therefore, not previously circulated through the system.
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SPREAD
The divergence of the air stream in a horizontal or vertical plane after it leaves the outlet.
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