Chapter 1 - Modern Hydronic Heating

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Pregunta 1

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Hydronic heating systems use water (or water-based solutions) to move thermal energy from where it is produced to where it is needed.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 2

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Ideally, the water in a hydronic heating system is replaced in the system every year.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 3

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Providing comfort is the secondary objective of any heating system designer or installer.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

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Properly designed hydronic systems control both the air temperature and surface temperatures of rooms to maintain optimal comfort.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 5

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Maintaining comfort is simply a matter of supplying heat to the body.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

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A properly designed and installed hydronic system can operate with virtually no detectable sound levels in the occupied areas of a home.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 7

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Not every heating system consists of devices that convert one form of energy into another.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 8

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Thermal radiation is probably the least understood mode of heat transfer.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 9

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The simplest hydronic system can be described as a loop or piping circuit.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 10

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In single-loop systems, the flow-check valve prevents hot water in the boiler from slowly circulating through the distribution system when the circulator is off.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 11

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Water has many characteristics that make it ideal for a hydronic system. It is readily available, nontoxic, nonflammable, and has one of the highest __________ storage abilities of any material known to man.
Respuesta
  • heat
  • vapor
  • molecular
  • space efficient

Pregunta 12

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Early hydronic systems did not have circulators. Instead, they relied on the __________ of hot water to move water between the boiler and the heat emitters.
Respuesta
  • molecular attraction
  • thermonics
  • hydraulics
  • buoyancy

Pregunta 13

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Buildings with hydronic heating systems have shown __________ heating energy use compared to equivalent structures with forced-air heating systems.
Respuesta
  • higher
  • lower
  • equal
  • unquantifiable

Pregunta 14

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A given volume of water can absorb over __________ times more heat as the same volume of air for the same temperature change.
Respuesta
  • 30
  • 300
  • 340
  • 3400

Pregunta 15

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Heat is our perception of atomic vibrations within a material. Our means of expressing the intensity of these vibrations is called _________.
Respuesta
  • harmonics
  • temperature
  • cellular reaction
  • tuning

Pregunta 16

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Heat emitters that use fans or blowers to force air through a heat exchanger are usually called fan coils or air _________.
Respuesta
  • handlers
  • tunnels
  • wavers
  • blowers

Pregunta 17

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All hydronic heating systems will inherently attempt to find a point of _______ and remain in operation at that point.
Respuesta
  • level capacity
  • even hydraulic flow
  • thermal equilibrium
  • customer comfort

Pregunta 18

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In an ideal application, the rate of heat production by the heat source would _________ the rate of heat by the heat emitters.
Respuesta
  • exactly match
  • exceed
  • remain lower than
  • depend on

Pregunta 19

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In single-loop systems, the __________ prevents hot water in the boiler from slowly circulating through the distribution system when the circulator is off.
Respuesta
  • diaphragm
  • thermosiphon
  • off switch
  • flow-check valve

Pregunta 20

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An air separator is designed to separate air from water and eject it from the system. The process is ________ the water is heated.
Respuesta
  • more difficult if
  • enhanced as
  • not affected if
  • unnecessary if
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