Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment

News and Updates

A man in brown camouflage clothing, including baseball cap, gloves and ear protection, uses a long pole to clean the inside of an HVAC unit outside a military tent.

NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

May 29, 2019

More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire

Gas vs. Electric? NIST Says Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Achieve Low-Energy and Low-Impact Homes

May 23, 2019

If you want to make your home as energy-efficient and green as possible, should you use gas or electric for your heating and cooling needs? Gas is the more eco

Publications

Screening for Next Generation Refrigerants

August 26, 2019

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski

The availability of refrigerants having low global warming potential (GWP) varies between different applications as it is demonstrated by four system types

From the Beginnings of Artificial Cold to Climate-Friendly Fluids; Evolution of Refrigerants Application

July 11, 2019

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski

The presentation will discuss the application of refrigerants starting from the beginnings of artificial cold in the era of industrial revolution to the

Optimization of Air-to-Refrigerant Evaporator with Low-GWP Refrigerants

June 23, 2019

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski

An analytical evaluation of the performance of low-GWP refrigerants in a finned-tube evaporator used for residential cooling applications will be presented. The

Net-zero Nation: HVAC and PV Systems for Residential Net-Zero Energy Buildings across the United States

December 1, 2018

Author(s)

Wei Wu, Harrison M. Skye

This study compared the energy performance and initial cost of photovoltaic (PV) and heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment for a

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment

News and Updates

NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants

Gas vs. Electric? NIST Says Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Achieve Low-Energy and Low-Impact Homes

Publications

Screening for Next Generation Refrigerants

From the Beginnings of Artificial Cold to Climate-Friendly Fluids; Evolution of Refrigerants Application

Optimization of Air-to-Refrigerant Evaporator with Low-GWP Refrigerants

Net-zero Nation: HVAC and PV Systems for Residential Net-Zero Energy Buildings across the United States

Software

HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems (HVACSIM+)

The NIST Data Alignment Tool

HVAC-Cx Building HVAC Systems Commissioning Tool

CYCLE_D-HX: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Model Accounting for Refrigerant Thermodynamic and Transport Properties