This American National Standard, ANSI/SMACNA 016-2012, covers revised leakage criteria and builds on the proven methods for testing ductwork for air leaks from the first edition. Contains updates to ...

June 15, 2015 AIR REPAIR: Duct-leakage testing kits are typically made up of a duct-testing fan, pressure gauge, speed controller tubing, and flexible duct. HVAC professionals across the country are ...

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) released a new guidebook, Metal Building Systems - Best Practices to Comply with Whole-Building Air Leakage Testing Requirements. The free ...

Given the lack of whole building airtightness data on recent buildings that include air barrier systems, specifying a system leakage rate can lead to confusion or disagreement if the building fails to ...

Air heater leakage has a huge effect on a power plant’s heat rate, required fan capacity, coal drying and mill performance, precipitator/scrubber efficiency, and the like.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Fraunhofer USA with a patent for algorithms that detect and quantify air leakage from single-family homes using data from commercially ...

Essentially, a cylinder leakage tester simply compares the amount of air pressure a cylinder is able to maintain compared to the pressure of the air being supplied to it at a given flow rate.