Features

• Draws HVAC Air Flow and Hydronic Schematics
• Allows Unlimited System Arrangements
• Hundreds of Component Makes Are Provided
• Schedules Can be English, Metric or both unit systems
• Intelligent Components Communicate with Each Other
• Supports Water, Propylene Glycol, Ethylene Glycol, & Steam
• A dual season Imposed Load component for modeling change-over systems
• Multiple Imposed Load graphic types for modeling varied hydronic systems
• Creates Schedules for All Types of Equipment
• Schedules Can be DXF Files or Spreadsheet Files
• Taco LoadMatch® single pipe system automated design feature
• Calculates Boiler Flue Sizes
• Includes Air and Fluid PropertyCalculator
• Includes Fan and Pump Law Analyzer

Overview

HVAC Solution is a schematic diagramming and database tool for laying out the equipment involved in an hvac system. It is the only program of its kind in the world. A complex hvac system often involves one or more chillers, boilers, cooling towers, numerous air handlers, fans, coils, pumps and more. All of these air flow and hydronic items have to be carefully selected and coordinated with one another. HVAC Solution lets you drag detailed icons of these components and place them on the page and then connect them with schematic pipe lines. Each of the components contains performance and sizing data that is maintained with the component.

More than just drawing pretty pictures, HVAC Solution is also an intelligent database. All pertinent data can be entered and maintained through pop-up forms for every component in the system. Once connected together, each component automatically communicates information back and forth to the other components. This allows the software to guide the designer on making sure the components are matched up and coordinated correctly. As the system diagram and database is being built, all the data is being updated and saved for quick retrieval or sharing with other applications.

The end result is that you have full color presentation quality hydronic and airflow schematics as well as equipment schedules for construction documents and drawings.

New Features in Pro Version 4.4

• Added time saving Hyrdonic LoadMatch wizard
• Added automatic software updating
• Added setting of the default project pipe material
• Added ability to connect the primary side of a twin tee to loads
• Added hydraulic separator component
• Added new imposed load type
• Updated steam boiler types for Cleaver-Brooks

New Components in Pro Version 3.2

• Dry cooler – A brand new hydronic component.
• Storage tank (open and closed systems, 2 connections) – Finish off your hydronic system with this very requested component.
• Air handler evaporative cooler (direct and indirect) – Save energy in a dry climate using an evaporative cooler.
• Air handler/rooftop unit/airflow heat recovery (rotary wheel, fixed plate, membrane plate and heat pipe – A green building design tool.
• Rooftop unit evaporative cooler (direct and indirect).

Functionality Enhancements in Pro Version 3.2

• Improved interface for exporting Coordination Files – Much easier to export files for use in Word, Excel and AutoCAD.
• Improved Manage Coordination interface and filtering – Choose which report items to turn on and off.
• Electrical Coordination Schedule – Generate a schedule for coordinating mechanical needs to be sent to the electrical side of the project.
• Bill of Materials – Can you say, cost estimate?
• Push the “Esc” button to halt calculations – A graceful way to halt a long calculation so that you can get back to work.

Other Recent Enhancements (Pro Version 3.1 and Earlier)

• Key data tabs – Oh baby you are going to love this one. Edit data faster, stronger and better!
• Zoom window – Zoom in on a small area, no more panning around!
• Flow, load, or delta T direct entry – Pick any two variables to enter load, flow or temperature. The others will be calculated. The very handy feature is worth the purchase price alone.
• Heat pump COP and EER flow adjustments – Have a heat pump? Let HVAC Solution help you calculate the flow by automatically making flow adjustments required for the heat of absorption and heat of rejection.
• Taco steam-to-steam heat exchangers – Did we say steam? Yes we did!
• Smith boilers – A superior boiler for your project and selectable from within HVAC Solution.
• RBI boilers – Do you need a copper water tube boiler for automatically select and schedule one now!
• SpiraxSarco steam traps – Wow steam traps selectable on the fly.
• SpiraxSarco automatic pump traps – Couldn’t be any easier to select. A very powerful feature for a powerful product.
• SpiraxSarco mechanical condensate pumps – It’s easy to select them from within HVAC Solution.
• SpiraxSarco steam PRVs – Tired of catalogs? Want to live in this century? Now you can select steam PRVs right from within HVAC Solution.
• New Steam Components – Here they are, a whole new array of components for steam including steam-to-steam heat exchanger, steam traps, mechanical condensate pumps, steam piping and most everything else you need to design steam systems.
  

Pro, Lite and Hydronic Versions Available

The Lite version will have all the new features of the Pro version, but with the following data input limitations: maximum of (2) air handlers, (2) boilers, (2) chillers, (10) spaces, and (10) imposed loads. The Hydronic version is for flow and pressure calculations only.

Upgrade Availability

Existing users of HVAC Solution version can upgrade to version 4.4 for a significant discount off the full price. Upgrade pricing is available from Elite Software for the Hydronic, Lite, and Pro versions.

Program Input

HVAC Solution has beautiful detailed icons for all these types of components: air handlers, supply fans, return fans, return-relief fans, relief fans, outside air fans, exhaust fans, pumps, hydronic boilers, air cooled chillers, water cooled chillers, expansion tanks, air separators, cooling towers, heat exchangers, cooling tower sumps, dampers, heating coils, cooling coils, roof hoods, louvers, terminal boxes, panel radiation, finned radiation, unit heaters, and fan coils. Using HVAC Solution involves the following steps:

1. Drag and drop components onto the page.
2. Enter specific component information at each component.
3. Connect components in schematic form to define component relationships.
4. Review the automatically generated schedules for each type of equipment.
5. Save the project for later retrieval.

Program Output

Besides the air flow and hydronic schematics that can be previewed or printed, HVAC Solutions also produces numerous equipment schedules. Just some of the schedules available include: boilers, chillers, air handlers, air separators, coils, cooling towers and dampers. These schedules are provided as both dxf files and spreadsheet files. This makes it easy to just print the schedules, import them directly into drawings and other documents, or manipulate the data further in a spreadsheet.