AIRFLOW REDIRECTION AIR-HANDLING UNIT
According to various embodiments, an air-handling apparatus includes: a housing having a plurality of vertical walls; an air inlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to receive first air into the air-handling apparatus while the first air moves in a first direction; an air outlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to discharge second air from the air-handling apparatus while the second air moves in a second direction, wherein the first direction differs from the second direction by at least 90 degrees; a centrifugal fan that is disposed within the housing and receives the first air and discharges the second air; and an air temperature-conditioning component that is disposed within the housing and in the path of one of the first air or the second air.
1 . An air-handling apparatus, comprising:
a housing having a plurality of vertical walls;
an air inlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to receive first air into the air-handling apparatus while the first air moves in a first direction;
an air outlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to discharge second air from the air-handling apparatus while the second air moves in a second direction, wherein the first direction differs from the second direction by at least 90 degrees;
a centrifugal fan that is disposed within the housing and receives the first air and discharges the second air; and
an air temperature-conditioning component that is disposed within the housing and in the path of one of the first air or the second air.
2 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air temperature-conditioning component is disposed in a vertical plane.
3 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air temperature-conditioning component is disposed in the air inlet.
4 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a low-pressure chamber that receives the first air.
5 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the air inlet is disposed in a vertical wall of the low-pressure chamber.
6 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a high-pressure chamber that receives the second air from the fan.
7 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the air outlet is disposed in a vertical wall of the high-pressure chamber.
8 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall within the housing that fluidly separates a low-pressure chamber of the air-handling apparatus from a high-pressure chamber of the air-handling apparatus.
9 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the centrifugal fan is mounted on a surface of the partition wall.
10 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air inlet is disposed in a first vertical wall of the housing and the air outlet is disposed in the first vertical wall of the housing.
11 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the centrifugal fan comprises a fan inlet that receives the first air and a fan outlet that discharges the second air.
12 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the centrifugal fan rotates about an axis, and the first air enters the fan inlet in a third direction that is parallel to the axis.
13 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
14 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air temperature-conditioning component is configured to change a temperature of one of the first air or the second air.
15 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the air temperature-conditioning component is configured to change the temperature by at least one of increasing the temperature or decreasing the temperature.
16 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control cabinet within the housing that includes at least one of a hydronic control device or an electrical control device.
17 . The air-handling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a mixing box that is fluidly coupled to the air-handling apparatus and receives additional conditioned air.
18 . An air-change system, comprising:
an air-handling apparatus that includes:
a housing having a plurality of vertical walls;
an air inlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to receive first air into the air-handling apparatus while the first air moves in a first direction;
an air outlet that is disposed in one of the plurality of vertical walls and is configured to discharge second air from the air-handling apparatus while the second air moves in a second direction, wherein the first direction differs from the second direction by at least 90 degrees;
a centrifugal fan that is disposed within the housing and receives the first air and discharges the second air; and
an air temperature-conditioning component that is disposed within the housing and in the path of one of the first air or the second air; and
a return air duct fluidly coupled to the air inlet; and
a supply air duct fluidly coupled to the air outlet.
19 . The air-change system of claim 18 , wherein the supply air duct is fluidly coupled to one of a ceiling-mounted high-efficient particulate air (HEPA) filter and a ceiling-mounted supply-air duct system.
20 . The air-change system of claim 18 , wherein the air temperature-conditioning component is disposed in a vertical plane.