Everyone is familiar with pinwheels, and few of us haven’t crafted one from a square of paper, a stick, and a pin. Pinwheels are pretty optimized from a design standpoint, and are so cheap and easy to ...

Measuring air flow in an HVAC duct can be a tricky business. Paddle wheel and turbine flow meters introduce not only resistance but maintenance issue due to accumulated dust and debris. Being able to ...

Knowing if a HVAC system or fan is working efficiently for your customer is important and can be determined by the airflow it produces. Here are several techniques to measure airflow in an HVAC system ...

Rotameter flow meters are devices that can measure the flowrate of liquids and gases. Generally, the rotameter is a tube made of plastic, glass or metal combined with a float, which responds linearly ...

Engineers who need to reduce the energy cost of air compressor systems will find the precision ST50 Air Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) helps them more accurately measure ...

Near Minneapolis, the Jones family was having serious comfort issues in their two-story colonial. Each winter, the upstairs master suite was so cold the owners had to use an electric blanket, while ...

Know your options when selecting the appropriate flowmeter technology to measure natural gas, water, and steam in power generation. In many chemical plants, the electricity the plant uses is derived ...

Increases in federal and state regulation on power plant emissions and heat rate have significantly impacted the power generation sector in recent years. In the midst of all commercial technologies ...