An Innovative Change to Terminal Equipment with Major Impact to Operating Cost and Efficiency

Tags: Price, Terminals, Vantage

The single duct terminal box design hasn’t changed significantly since its inception in the early 1970s. Energy efficiency and electrification are driving the use of lower discharge water temperatures (110°F – 120°F) from the heating equipment.

Today, In order to meet design conditions the HVAC engineer is forced to:
+ Increase the coil face area (Oversize Casing)
+Add Additional Rows of Coil (Increasing Pressure Drop)
This adds additional cost and complexity to the selection process which results in added iteration during submittals, higher pressure drop designs, and more coordination between mechanical engineer, representative, and contractor.

Through extensive testing, Price has developed Vantage, a newly designed single duct terminal unit that features a relocated coil upstream of the valve assembly. This improves real-world coil performance by addressing airflow across the coil face.

In order to streamline your teams workflow and simplify product selection, Price has developed the Engineer Toolkit for Excel, the industry’s first fully cloud-based terminal performance solution embedded within Microsoft Excel.

Technical Agenda and Discussion

  • Low EWT system trends and impact on terminal unit design
  • Limitations of traditional 2-row and 3-row coil approaches
  • Price Low Water Temperature (LWT) coil performance and selection
  • SDV Vantage terminal configuration and airflow impact
  • AHRI-410 vs integrated system testing
  • Energy, cost, and lifecycle implications
  • Simplify terminal unit selections using real performance data through the use of the Price Engineer Toolkit for Excel