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BPI Building Analyst

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Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
POSITIVE pressure
Backdrafting
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
CFMn*NC

2. One inch of Water Column
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Used to measure appliance capacity
250 Pascals
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

3. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
base of the chimney liner or flue
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
.35 * Volume/60

4. Continuous Spillage
100 -000
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Backdrafting
.35 * Volume/60

5. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
3412
CFMn*NC
Combustion Appliance Zone

6. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
5 minutes
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
CFMn*NC

7. Volume BAS
.35 * Volume/60
3412
natural draf and fan assisted draft
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

8. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
base of the chimney liner or flue
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY

9. 3 Elements required for combustion
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
100 -000
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY

10. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
base of the chimney liner or flue
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
CFMn*NC
NEGATIVE draft pressure

11. Seasonal Efficiency
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
base of the chimney liner or flue
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

12. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Combustion Appliance Zone
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
100 -000

13. AFUE
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Combustion Appliance Zone
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

14. CO >35 ppm
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

15. Category IV includes...

16. Draft
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Backdrafting
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

17. Combustion by-products
not done
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
POSITIVE pressure
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide

18. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Used in forced hot air system
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

19. CAZ
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Combustion Appliance Zone

20. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Used to measure appliance capacity
natural draf and fan assisted draft
250 Pascals

21. Combustion
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

22. Boiler
Backdrafting
Used in forced hot air system
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Used in hydronic and steam systems

23. NC

24. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
CFMn*NC
Used in hydronic and steam systems
NEGATIVE draft pressure
not done

25. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
60 Seconds
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards

26. CFM50
CFMn*NC
3412
Combustion Appliance Zone
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

27. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

28. Occupancy BAS
NEGATIVE draft pressure
5 minutes
250 Pascals
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

29. Carbon Monoxide
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
base of the chimney liner or flue

30. Category I includes...
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
60 Seconds

31. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
60 Seconds

32. Heat Loss
Used in forced hot air system
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
POSITIVE pressure
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

33. Furnace
Used in forced hot air system
.35 * Volume/60
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
100 -000

34. Heat Load
5 minutes
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Used to measure appliance capacity
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

35. Distribution Type
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Backdrafting
Convection - Conduction - Radiation