Abstract: A fin has a substantially flat base plane with a first side facing a first direction and a second side facing a second direction. The fin also has a first louver with a leading edge closer to the base plane and a trailing edge offset from the base plane in the first direction, a second louver located at least partially downstream of the first louver, with a leading edge offset from the base plane in the second direction and a trailing edge offset from the base plane in the first direction, and a third louver located at least partially downstream of the second louver, the third louver having a leading edge offset from the base plane in the second direction and a trailing edge closer to the base plane than the third louver leading edge.

Abstract: A fin having a leading edge, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge, and a plurality of leading holes substantially centered along a leading axis. The fin further having a plurality of secondary holes substantially centered along a secondary axis, the secondary axis being substantially parallel to the leading axis and located between the leading axis and the trailing edge, the plurality of secondary holes being located so that the plurality of leading holes and the plurality of secondary holes form a substantially rectangular matrix. The fin further having a plurality of trailing holes substantially centered along a trailing axis, the trailing axis being substantially parallel to at least one of the leading axis and the secondary axis and located between the secondary axis and the trailing edge, each of the plurality of trailing holes being substantially equidistant from the respective two nearest secondary holes.

Abstract: An air handling unit has an enclosure, a heat exchanger disposed within the enclosure, and a heating element substantially co-located with the heat exchanger within the enclosure. An air handling unit has a cabinet with a first air opening and a second air opening. A blower is disposed within the cabinet adjacent to the first air opening and a heat exchanger is disposed within the cabinet adjacent to an air outlet of the blower unit and also adjacent to the second air opening. At least one heating element is located adjacent the heat exchanger. A method of constructing an air handling unit includes forming an air handling enclosure, mounting a blower in the air handling enclosure, mounting a heat exchanger in the air handling enclosure downstream of the blower, and mounting at least one heating element in the air handing enclosure downstream of the blower.

Abstract: A heat exchanger has a first fin having a hole, a collar attached to the first fin and associated with the hole, and a bluff body carried by the first fin. The bluff body is partially directly upstream of the collar. A heat exchanger has a fin having a hole, a collar attached to the fin and associated with the hole, and a bluff body associated with the fin. A configuration of the bluff body is associated with a fin pitch separation distance of the heat exchanger. A method of increasing a heat exchange efficiency of a heat exchanger is provided that includes passing an air flow adjacent a surface of a fin, obstructing the air flow with a bluff body, reducing a thickness of a thermal boundary layer, and locating a reduced thickness portion of the thermal boundary layer adjacent to a collar associated with the fin.

Abstract: A combustion furnace includes a blower housing with a centrifugal blower impeller disposed therein and plural heat exchanger tubes disposed substantially around a major portion of the periphery of the impeller. The heat exchanger tubes receive combustion gasses from plural burner nozzles and discharge combustion gasses to a plenum in communication with a motor driven inducer gas pump. The integrated blower housing and heat exchanger may be disposed in a cabinet including support structure for a fuel delivery manifold, associated burner nozzles and forming air inlet and outlet openings for air being circulated by the blower.

Abstract: A combustion furnace includes a blower housing with a centrifugal blower impeller disposed therein and plural heat exchanger tubes disposed substantially around a major portion of the periphery of the impeller. The heat exchanger tubes receive combustion gasses from plural burner nozzles and discharge combustion gasses to a plenum in communication with a motor driven inducer gas pump. The integrated blower housing and heat exchanger may be disposed in a cabinet including support structure for a fuel delivery manifold, associated burner nozzles and forming air inlet and outlet openings for air being circulated by the blower.

Abstract: An air handling blower for HVAC equipment includes a blower housing adapted to accommodate centrifugal impellers of selected inside and outside diameters of the impeller blades wherein the inside diameter of the largest diameter impeller accommodated by the housing is not less than the outside diameter of the smallest diameter impeller accommodated by the housing without loss of performance. The blower housing preferably has a continuously increasing cross-sectional airflow area for air being discharged from the blower and extending from a cutoff edge to an outlet.

Abstract: A combustion furnace includes a blower housing with a centrifugal blower impeller disposed therein and plural heat exchanger tubes disposed substantially around a major portion of the periphery of the impeller. The heat exchanger tubes receive combustion gasses from plural burner nozzles and discharge combustion gasses to a plenum in communication with a motor driven inducer gas pump. The integrated blower housing and heat exchanger may be disposed in a cabinet including support structure for a fuel delivery manifold, associated burner nozzles and forming air inlet and outlet openings for air being circulated by the blower.

Abstract: A combustion furnace includes a blower housing with a centrifugal blower impeller disposed therein and plural heat exchanger tubes disposed substantially around a major portion of the periphery of the impeller. The heat exchanger tubes receive combustion gasses from plural burner nozzles and discharge combustion gasses to a plenum in communication with a motor driven inducer gas pump. The integrated blower housing and heat exchanger may be disposed in a cabinet including support structure for a fuel delivery manifold, associated burner nozzles and forming air inlet and outlet openings for air being circulated by the blower.

Abstract: An air handling blower housing for an HVAC system is formed by two opposed housing parts which are each fabricated of a compression molded reinforced thermoset polymer composition. The housing parts are joined along a parting line, preferably perpendicular to the axis of a motor driven impeller mounted within the housing by wedge shaped clips which engage cooperating bosses aligned with each other when the housing parts are joined. The construction of the housing parts provides for an improved method of assembly of an air handling blower of a type particularly adapted for HVAC systems.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower for a furnace, heat pump, or other type of air handling unit includes a heat-generating blower housing that heats the airflow as the air passes through the blower housing. In some cases, the housing is made of a thermosetting resin impregnated with graphite or co-molded with a graphite cloth. Heat is generated within the housing wall by applying voltage across the housing.

Abstract: A cutoff for a blower housing. The cutoff comprises a cutoff having an edge, the edge includes first and second ends and a midsection. The midsection includes an acoustical reduction section. Each end includes an efficiency enhancing portion curving from a first smaller radial dimension to a second greater radial dimension proximal the acoustical reduction section. The acoustical reduction section is located between the first and second ends and has a greater third radial dimension greater than the first or second radial dimensions.

Abstract: An airhandling unit for an HVAC system includes a cabinet having an electric motor driven centrifugal blower disposed therein. The blower includes a scroll or volute type blower housing which may be formed of opposed releasably connectable housing parts. The blower housing parts include opposed sidewalls with axially extending compound curved portions which cooperate with an end wall which is configured to have portions which are not of substantially constant increasing radial distance from the blower impeller axis of rotation. However, a constantly increasing airflow cross-sectional flow area is provided within the blower housing for blower discharge air. The disposition of the blower housing sidewalls with respect to the cabinet walls provides improved airflow distribution for air flowing into the blower air inlet openings.

Abstract: A blower housing. The blower housing comprises an axis about which the blower housing is oriented; an inlet allowing the entrance of fluid in an axial direction for the blower housing; a discharge for the blower housing discharging fluid in a radial direction; a cutoff for the blower housing extending in the axial direction and located in the vicinity of the outlet; and a fluid flow path extending from the cutoff to the outlet. The fluid flow path is open in a radial inward direction to the axis to receive fluid from the inlet. The fluid flow path has a progressively increasing cross-sectional area, and the fluid flow path alternately expands and contracts in the radial and axial directions.

Abstract: A temperature conditioning system includes a damper system that determines the pattern of airflow through two coil slabs of an indoor heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is preferably part of a split-system air conditioner or a heat pump. In a normal mode position, the damper system directs the airflow in a parallel flow relationship through the two coil slabs for optimum capacity and efficiency. In an enhanced mode position, the damper system directs the airflow in a series flow relationship through the two coil slabs. The enhanced mode position not only helps reduce humidity when the temperature conditioning system operates in a cooling mode but also helps raise the supply air temperature at a room register when the system is operating in a heating mode. In some embodiments, the damper system is also movable to a bypass position that allows the air to bypass the indoor heat exchanger.

Abstract: An air handling blower housing for an HVAC system is formed by two opposed housing parts which are each fabricated of a compression molded reinforced thermoset polymer composition. The housing parts are joined along a parting line, preferably perpendicular to the axis of a motor driven impeller mounted within the housing by wedge shaped clips which engage cooperating bosses aligned with each other when the housing parts are joined. The construction of the housing parts provides for an improved method of assembly of an air handling blower of a type particularly adapted for HVAC systems.

Abstract: An airhandling unit for an HVAC system includes a cabinet having an electric motor driven centrifugal blower disposed therein. The blower includes a scroll or volute type blower housing which may be formed of opposed releasably connectable housing parts. The blower housing parts include opposed sidewalls with axially extending compound curved portions which cooperate with an end wall which is configured to have portions which are not of substantially constant increasing radial distance from the blower impeller axis of rotation. However, a constantly increasing airflow cross-sectional flow area is provided within the blower housing for blower discharge air. The disposition of the blower housing sidewalls with respect to the cabinet walls provides improved airflow distribution for air flowing into the blower air inlet openings.

Abstract: A cutoff for a blower housing. The cutoff comprises a cutoff having an edge, the edge includes first and second ends and a midsection. The midsection includes an acoustical reduction section. Each end includes an efficiency enhancing portion curving from a first smaller radial dimension to a second greater radial dimension proximal the acoustical reduction section. The acoustical reduction section is located between the first and second ends and has a greater third radial dimension greater than the first or second radial dimensions.

Abstract: A blower housing. The blower housing comprises an axis about which the blower housing is oriented; an inlet allowing the entrance of fluid in an axial direction for the blower housing; a discharge for the blower housing discharging fluid in a radial direction; a cutoff for the blower housing extending in the axial direction and located in the vicinity of the outlet; and a fluid flow path extending from the cutoff to the outlet. The fluid flow path is open in a radial inward direction to the axis to receive fluid from the inlet. The fluid flow path has a progressively increasing cross-sectional area, and the fluid flow path alternately expands and contracts in the radial and axial directions.