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BPI Building Analyst

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Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. NC

2. Heat Loss
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Used to measure appliance capacity

3. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
CFMn*NC
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Backdrafting

4. Occupancy BAS
POSITIVE pressure
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
base of the chimney liner or flue

5. Continuous Spillage
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Backdrafting
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

6. Heat Load
.35 * Volume/60
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Used to measure appliance capacity

7. Draft
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Used to measure appliance capacity
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

8. Category IV includes...

9. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

10. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
CFMn*NC
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
not done
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

11. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
Used in forced hot air system
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

12. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
base of the chimney liner or flue
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Used to measure appliance capacity

13. Category I includes...
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

14. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
60 Seconds
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

15. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
.35 * Volume/60
5 minutes
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Backdrafting

16. Volume BAS
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
.35 * Volume/60
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

17. CFM50
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
CFMn*NC
5 minutes
Backdrafting

18. Furnace
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Used in forced hot air system

19. Combustion
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
5 minutes

20. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
natural draf and fan assisted draft
100 -000
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

21. One inch of Water Column
100 -000
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
250 Pascals

22. Distribution Type
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
base of the chimney liner or flue

23. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
3412
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

24. CO >35 ppm
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
CFMn*NC
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Used to measure appliance capacity

25. CAZ
.35 * Volume/60
Used to measure appliance capacity
Combustion Appliance Zone
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

26. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
base of the chimney liner or flue
3412
5 minutes

27. 3 Elements required for combustion
60 Seconds
POSITIVE pressure
Backdrafting
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

28. Carbon Monoxide
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Backdrafting
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

29. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Combustion Appliance Zone
base of the chimney liner or flue
3412

30. Seasonal Efficiency
5 minutes
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Used to measure appliance capacity

31. Boiler
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Used to measure appliance capacity
Used in forced hot air system

32. Combustion by-products
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
CFMn*NC
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY

33. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
base of the chimney liner or flue
Backdrafting
NEGATIVE draft pressure
POSITIVE pressure

34. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
natural draf and fan assisted draft
not done
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

35. AFUE
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
3412