- Author
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Hunt, C. M.
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Treado, S. J.
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Peavy, B. A.
- Title
- Air Leakage Measurements in a Mobile Home. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Federal Energy Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 76-1063,
July 1976,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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residential buildings; leakage; air flow; environmental tests; test chambers; wind; simulation; energy; losses
- Identifiers
- mobile homes; sulfur hexafluoride; air infiltration; energy conservation
- Abstract
- Air leakage measurements were made in a mobile home using sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as a tracer gas. The home was located in an environmental chamber where it was possible to measure and control the temperature outside the home. The effect on infiltration rate of a number of variables was determined. These included inside-outside temperature difference, simulated wind, installation of storm windows, opening of doors, and operation of the furnace fan. Experiments were also performed in which a fan was sealed to an opening in the house and inside-outside pressure difference measured as the fan blew air into or out of the structure at measured rates.