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BPI Building Analyst

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Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. CAZ
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Combustion Appliance Zone
250 Pascals
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

2. Volume BAS
.35 * Volume/60
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY

3. Carbon Monoxide
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
5 minutes
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

4. Heat Loss
.35 * Volume/60
5 minutes
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

5. Distribution Type
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
3412

6. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
100 -000
Used in forced hot air system
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

7. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
base of the chimney liner or flue
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

8. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
5 minutes
Combustion Appliance Zone
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

9. Occupancy BAS
5 minutes
3412
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

10. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
base of the chimney liner or flue
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

11. Boiler
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Used in hydronic and steam systems
60 Seconds

12. NC

13. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
.35 * Volume/60
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
250 Pascals

14. 3 Elements required for combustion
CFMn*NC
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
base of the chimney liner or flue
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

15. Draft
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Used to measure appliance capacity

16. Combustion
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
.35 * Volume/60
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

17. Heat Load
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Used to measure appliance capacity
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

18. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
not done
100 -000
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

19. Continuous Spillage
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Backdrafting
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

20. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
250 Pascals
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

21. CFM50
Combustion Appliance Zone
CFMn*NC
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

22. Furnace
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Used in forced hot air system
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY

23. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
.35 * Volume/60
Used to measure appliance capacity
POSITIVE pressure

24. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Used in forced hot air system
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
not done

25. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
Used in hydronic and steam systems
base of the chimney liner or flue
3412
100 -000

26. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
100 -000
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

27. CO >35 ppm
250 Pascals
Combustion Appliance Zone
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

28. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
60 Seconds
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
250 Pascals
Combustion Appliance Zone

29. Category I includes...
Used in forced hot air system
Used to measure appliance capacity
Combustion Appliance Zone
natural draf and fan assisted draft

30. Combustion by-products
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
3412
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

31. AFUE
POSITIVE pressure
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

32. One inch of Water Column
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
250 Pascals

33. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
5 minutes
POSITIVE pressure
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

34. Category IV includes...

35. Seasonal Efficiency
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Used in forced hot air system
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants