Public Reviews, December 2018
BSR/ASHRAE Standard 23.1-2010R, Methods for Performance Testing Positive Displacement Refrigerant Compressors and Condensing Units that Operate at Subcritical Pressures of the Refrigerant
The following is under a 30-day public review from Nov. 30 to Dec. 30:
3rd ISC Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 23.1-2010R
The second 23.1-2010R ISC public review (PPR2) that ended on October 15, 2017, had no public review comments. However, several equations contain unit conversion errors, and a variable was inadvertently omitted from one equation. Correcting these equations is the subject of this 23.1-2010R ISC3 PPR draft.
BSR/ASHRAE Standard 139-2015R, Method of Testing for Rating Desiccant Dehumidifiers Utilizing Heat for the Regeneration Process
The following is under a 30-day public review from Nov. 23 to Dec. 23:
2nd ISC Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 139-2015R
The purpose of this standard is to provide test methods for determining the moisture removal capacity of heat-regenerated desiccant dehumidifiers, as well as the coincident thermal energy performance, so that comparative evaluations of capacity and performance can be made irrespective of the type or make of the device.
BSR/ASHRAE Standard 158.1- 2012R, Methods of Testing Capacity of Refrigerant Solenoid Valves
The following is under a 45-day public review from Nov. 30 to Jan. 14:
1st Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 158.1- 2012R
This revision of Standard 158.1-2012 prescribes a method of testing the capacity of refrigerant solenoid valves for use in refrigerating systems.
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 161-2018, Air Quality within Commercial Aircraft
The following are under a 30-day public review from Dec. 7 to Jan. 6:
This proposed addendum updates the referenced filter types in Section 6.3.1 (Recirculated Air Quality) and adds/updates the respective references in Section 11 (References).
This proposed addendum removes the hyphen in “high efficiency” in reference to HEPA filters and tempers the statement regarding whether HEPA filters remove bacteria and viruses, all in Section A4.8 (Bacteria and Viruses).
BSR/ASHRAE Standard 221P, Test Method to Field-Measure and Score the Cooling and Heating Performance of an Installed Unitary HVAC System
The following is under a 45-day public review from Dec. 7 to Jan. 21:
2nd Public Review of BSR/ASHRAE Standard 221P
The purpose of ASHRAE Standard 221P is to prescribe a field evaluation and test method to measure and score the performance, in terms of delivered cooling or heating capacity, or cooling efficiency, of an installed unitary HVAC system.
ASHRAE Guideline 28-2016, Air Quality within Commercial Aircraft
The following is under a 30-day public review from Dec. 7 to Jan. 6:
2nd Public Review of ASHRAE Addendum a to
The purpose of this addendum is to clarify the test criteria for HEPA filters in Section 8.1.2.4 (Respirable Particulate Matter) and to add/update the relevant references in Section 9 (References).
Constructive comments are invited for the following public review drafts, which can be accessed on ASHRAE’s website.
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