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Electric reheat is shown in Figure 7 and

has the same control cycle as the hot water
reheat sequence shown in Figure 6. In
heating mode, when the zone temperature
drops below the lower dead band limit, the
controller increases the supply air to the
reheat air volume. As the same time, the
first stage of electric heat is activated. As
the zone temperature continues to drop,
the additional stages of electric heat are
activated (if present).

There are two different commonly used ways

to provide supplemental heat to the zone,
hot water and electric heat. An example of
a system-level control sequence is shown
in Figure 6. This is the use of hot water as
a source of the supplemental heat. In this
sequence, there is a minimum cooling air
volume, maximum cooling volume and a
reheat air volume. During cooling mode
the temperature in the zone is moderated by
modulating the damper position, increasing
or decreasing the volume of cool air to the
zone. In heating mode, when the zone
temperature drops below the lower dead
band limit, the controller increases the
supply air volume to the reheat volume.
At the same time, the hot water valve is
opened. As the zone calls for additional
heat, the hot water valve will continue to
open until at some point the valve is fully
open. Other common control schemes for
hot water reheat include on/off valve control
and mixing valve (3 way valve) control.

Interior and exterior zones where the

minimum volume of ventilation air exceeds
the volume of conditioned air required to
satisfy the cooling load which leads to an
overcooling of the zone. Reheat is often used
when this condition occurs.

Exterior zones (adjacent to outside walls or

the upper floor in the case of multiple story
buildings) where heat losses through the
exterior walls create a needed for heating.

Common Applications Include:

Single duct with reheat is often used for zones

which require a source of supplemental
heat. Usually, the single duct with reheat
operates at some minimum airflow rate to
minimize the amount of heat required to
offset the conditioned air being supplied to
the zone.

The basic single duct terminal unit with

reheat is similar to the single duct, but has
a reheat option built into the unit. The reheat
option is either a water coil, or an electric
heater. Accessories for the single duct with
a water coil include access doors in the coil
section upstream and downstream of the
water coil.

Single Duct Terminal with Reheat

Terminal Unit Types

Figure 5: Single Duct Terminal with
water reheat Air Pathway

Tset-point
Room Condition

Warm

Min. Air Flow

Max. Air Flow

Stage 2

Tset-point
Room Condition

Stage 1

All Metric dimensions ( ) are soft conversion.

Imperial dimensions are converted to metric and rounded to the nearest millimetre.

Cool

Stage 3

Dead Band

Warm

Min. Cooling

Max. Cooling
Max. Heating

F-3

Figure 7: Single duct with reheat (3 stage electric), typical VAV control sequence

Cool

Hot Water Reheat

Heating Air Flow

Dead Band

Figure 6: Single duct with reheat (hot water coil), typical VAV control sequence

Figure 4: Single Duct Terminal with

water reheat coil

Air Volume
Air Volume

Terminal Units
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