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Chapter 1 - Modern Hydronic Heating
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1Hydronic heating systems use water (or water-based solutions) to move thermal energy from where it is produced to where it is needed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Ideally, the water in a hydronic heating system is replaced in the system every year.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Providing comfort is the secondary objective of any heating system designer or installer.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Properly designed hydronic systems control both the air temperature and surface temperatures of rooms to maintain optimal comfort.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5Maintaining comfort is simply a matter of supplying heat to the body.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6A properly designed and installed hydronic system can operate with virtually no detectable sound levels in the occupied areas of a home.
- ATrue
- BFalse
7Not every heating system consists of devices that convert one form of energy into another.
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Thermal radiation is probably the least understood mode of heat transfer.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9The simplest hydronic system can be described as a loop or piping circuit.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10In 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.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11Water 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.
- Aheat
- Bvapor
- Cmolecular
- Dspace efficient
12Early hydronic systems did not have circulators. Instead, they relied on the __________ of hot water to move water between the boiler and the heat emitters.
- Amolecular attraction
- Bthermonics
- Chydraulics
- Dbuoyancy
13Buildings with hydronic heating systems have shown __________ heating energy use compared to equivalent structures with forced-air heating systems.
- Ahigher
- Blower
- Cequal
- Dunquantifiable
14A given volume of water can absorb over __________ times more heat as the same volume of air for the same temperature change.
- A30
- B300
- C340
- D3400
15Heat is our perception of atomic vibrations within a material. Our means of expressing the intensity of these vibrations is called _________.
- Aharmonics
- Btemperature
- Ccellular reaction
- Dtuning
16Heat emitters that use fans or blowers to force air through a heat exchanger are usually called fan coils or air _________.
- Ahandlers
- Btunnels
- Cwavers
- Dblowers
17All hydronic heating systems will inherently attempt to find a point of _______ and remain in operation at that point.
- Alevel capacity
- Beven hydraulic flow
- Cthermal equilibrium
- Dcustomer comfort
18In an ideal application, the rate of heat production by the heat source would _________ the rate of heat by the heat emitters.
- Aexactly match
- Bexceed
- Cremain lower than
- Ddepend on
19In single-loop systems, the __________ prevents hot water in the boiler from slowly circulating through the distribution system when the circulator is off.
- Adiaphragm
- Bthermosiphon
- Coff switch
- Dflow-check valve
20An air separator is designed to separate air from water and eject it from the system. The process is ________ the water is heated.
- Amore difficult if
- Benhanced as
- Cnot affected if
- Dunnecessary if
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