TR 96/73: USACERL FACILITIES ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS PROGRAM (FEAP): STANDARD HVAC CONTROL SYSTEMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (JUL-1996)

TR 96/73: USACERL FACILITIES ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS PROGRAM (FEAP): STANDARD HVAC CONTROL SYSTEMS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR MAINTENANCE MECHANICS (JUL-1996)., The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published documents that describe and define design requirements and specifications for Corps-standard heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) control systems and hardware. However, those documents are too large and complex to be field-usable for operations and maintenance (O&M) training and reference purposes. In-lab investigations by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) and extensive field experience with Corps-standard HVAC control systems (including control panels and equipment) have provided the authors the basis for identifying operation and maintenance procedures directly applicable to O&M personnel in the field. Information from previously published HVAC control systems technical documentation has been combined into this one- volume reference designed specifically for training and field use by Army HVAC O&M personnel. The objective of this report is to provide a field-usable training and reference manual for HVAC O&M personnel. In 1990 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a heating, ventilating, and air- conditioning (HVAC) control systems guide specification (CEGS-15950), and in 1991 a HVAC control systems technical manual (TM 5-815-3) was issued. These documents describe and provide definitive requirements for Corps HVAC control systems and hardware. The technical requirements spelled out in CEGS-15950 and TM 5-815-3 are based on needs identified by extensive field experience and follow-up research. Many of the fundamental requirements are based on the text of the Air Force Engineering Technical Letter (ETL) 83-1, which identifies serious operation and maintenance (O&M) deficiencies that have been experienced with HVAC control systems. This document is a continuation of the Corps efforts to improve HVAC control system O&M.