Get in Touch with Koven Air Company
Horizontal Fan Coil Unit Project Guide: From Drawings to Handover
![Horizontal Fan Coil Unit Project Guide [Step-by-Step]](https://kovenair.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/horizontal-fan-coil-unit-guide-featured-1-768x512.png)
A horizontal fan coil unit is a room-side terminal in an HVAC system, often installed above a suspended ceiling where a “low profile” or “low-profile cabinet” label does not by itself prove installation fit. A workable horizontal fan coil unit…
How Vertical Fan Coil Units Work—and What Projects Miss
![Vertical Fan Coil Unit: Design & Maintenance [Guide]](https://kovenair.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/vertical-fan-coil-unit-guide-featured-1-768x512.png)
Updated September 2026 A vertical fan coil unit is an upright, water-fed room terminal that heats or cools local air as part of a coordinated hydronic HVAC system; it isn’t a stand-alone solution for ventilation, drainage, acoustics, or controls. This…
Evaporative Chillers: How They Work and How to Choose One

Updated August 2026 An evaporative chiller is industrial cooling equipment that gets rid of heat by evaporating water across a wetted condenser coil, letting a plant hold a lower condensing temperature — and therefore lower compressor power draw — than…
The Complete Guide to Magnetic Bearing Chillers

Quick Specs Cooling capacity range Roughly 80 tons up to 2,000+ tons in current manufacturer catalogs, spanning air-cooled and water-cooled platforms Typical rated IPLV 0.33-0.45 kW/ton on manufacturer datasheets and independent field studies Lubrication Oil-free compressor bearings (auxiliary mechanical bearings…
How to Specify and Verify an HTM-03-01 Hospital AHU

Updated August 2026 An HTM-03-01 Hospital AHU is an air-handling unit specified as part of a healthcare ventilation system governed by HTM 03-01. It cannot be accepted from a product label or filter grade alone. For healthcare projects in England,…
Heat Recovery AHU: The Complete Buyer’s Guide to Energy Recovery Ventilation

Updated August 2026 A heat recovery AHU is an air handling unit built around a dedicated heat exchanger that performs heat transfer from exhaust air before it leaves the building, cutting the heating, cooling, and air conditioning load on everything…
Air Handling Units: 6 Types, How They Work & How to Choose the Right One

Air handling units are modular HVAC devices that filter, heat, cool, and circulate conditioned air through a building’s ductwork in nearly every industrial and commercial building you’ve ever been in, keeping the indoor environment within its design parameters. They aren’t…
Fan Coil Units: How They Work, Types, and How to Choose One

Fan coil units are the workhorse terminal device of commercial chilled-water HVAC, a fan, a water coil, and a filter that turn a central plant’s hot or cold water into comfortable air, zone by zone, without threading ductwork through every…
The Complete Guide to Industrial Chillers: How They Work, How to Size One, and What They Really Cost

Quick Specs Capacity range 19 – 2,200 RT Compressor technologies 5 — scroll, screw, centrifugal, absorption, magnetic bearing Heat-rejection paths Air-cooled, water-cooled, evaporative Common refrigerants R-32, R-134a, R-410A (subject to EPA AIM Act phase-down schedule) Typical design life 15 –…


![Horizontal Fan Coil Unit Project Guide [Step-by-Step]](https://kovenair.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/horizontal-fan-coil-unit-guide-featured-1-150x150.png)
![Commercial Rooftop Unit Guide: Types, Sizing & Costs [2026]](https://kovenair.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/commercial-rooftop-unit-guide-featured-2-150x150.png)