Robert graduated in 1972 from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in the Urban Option. He also completed The Little Red Schoolhouse training course by Bell and Gossett and both Trane's and Carrier's HVAC design courses. He has been working proactively as an engineering designer for over 35 years, performing research in facility energy analyses, water quality studies, air quality analyses, and performance studies. In addition, his intuitive abilities to determine the causes of malfunctions have been repeatedly demonstrated. He was the project manager on a massive study of 26 of Ohio's reserve military bases to determine every instant of cross-connection and recommend its remediation. His designs have included HVAC, plumbing, irrigation, fountain design, and fire protection and his experience encompasses commercial, educational, government, health care, and industrial facilities.
Interested in lowering water resource costs, wastewater costs, and being able to use water during periods of restricted use? If so, consider installing a greywater system. Greywater systems are plumbing systems that recycle wastewater collected from washing fixtures such as showers, tubs, and sinks. The wastewater is filtered so that it is able to be used in non-potable (i.e., do not drink it!) applications such as irrigation and flushing a toilet.
Interested in lowering water resource costs, wastewater costs, and being able to use water during periods of restricted use? If so, consider installing a greywater system. Greywater systems are plumbing systems that recycle wastewater collected from washing fixtures such as showers, tubs, and sinks. The wastewater is filtered so that it is able to be used in non-potable (i.e., do not drink it!) applications such as irrigation and flushing a toilet.
A plate-type heat exchanger is a device which transfers the heat stored in one fluid to another fluid at a different temperature by passing the different fluids by each other in plate-like chambers. The flow of the fluids may be cross-flow, parallel-flow, or counter-flow (perpendicular), as defined by the directions from which the fluids are supplied to the exchanger.
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in South Bend, IN, designed by N. Roy Shambleau, was completed in 1933. Still in use today by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, it was renamed in 1992 as the Robert A. Grant Federal Building and United States Courthouse. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, meaning that modifications to the exterior are not permitted. Any modifications to the function of the building must occur in such a way that the exterior remains true to its original design.
What does geothermal mean? Geo simply means "earth", while thermal means “of, relating to, or caused by heat.” For example: hot springs = thermal waters, stress due to heat = thermal stress, and insulation retarding the flow of heat = thermal insulation.
The human body has its own heating, ventilating, and air conditioning plant. The epidermis, or skin, is its control system. Water, being available in abundance in the human body, is a natural means of storing heat or rejecting it. Remember science class in high school? Who remembers what percentage of the body is water? Wasn’t it some ridiculously high percentage? When we heard the teacher tell us, we all made kind of an unconscious mental note that that just couldn’t be. Nevertheless, when the human body needs warmth, the pores of the skin close up or constrict, hence the body retains moisture and stays warmer. When the body needs to be cooled, the pores open up, allowing moisture to escape in the form of perspiration. As the perspiration evaporates, heat is removed from the body and we feel cooler. Evaporation requires one of two elements: either the surrounding air must be dry (we call it low humidity) or it must be moving. If either exists, evaporation can occur. In the old days, all cooling was by ventilation and it occurred by means of evaporation. That’s why a convertible in the heat of summer can still be comfortable, even though the temperature is 95 degrees. We do not feel hot because, at 75 miles per hour, there are plenty of breezes to cause the evaporation we need to feel cool... unless, of course, we are parked on the expressway during rush hour.
