Augmintech Blogs - MEP, HVAC, Piping & BIM
chilled water pump

Chilled Water Pump Guide: Types, Design & Operation

Chilled Water Pump Guide: Types, Design & Operation August 13, 2026 1:11 pm anirban Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp A chiller can be perfectly selected and a building still fail to cool, because the chiller only makes cold water available. The pumps decide whether it actually arrives. For a full picture of how the plant is configured

Chilled Water Pump Guide: Types, Design & Operation Read More »

Hvac duct design

3 Duct Sizing Methods Every MEP Engineer Must Master

HVAC Duct Design: A Complete Technical Guide for MEP Engineers August 5, 2026 7:24 pm Augmintech Duct design is where an HVAC system’s efficiency is quietly decided. The chiller gets specified against a standard, the fan gets selected off a certified curve — but the network between them is drawn by an engineer making dozens

3 Duct Sizing Methods Every MEP Engineer Must Master Read More »

Ventilation design

4 Types of Ventilation Systems Every MEP Engineer Should Know

Ventilation Design: A Complete Guide for MEP Engineers August 5, 2026 5:11 pm Augmintech Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp Cooling failures announce themselves within the hour. Ventilation failures do not. A building can be comfortably cool, structurally sound, fully occupied, and quietly under-ventilated for a decade — producing headaches, drowsiness and absenteeism that nobody attributes to the

4 Types of Ventilation Systems Every MEP Engineer Should Know Read More »

Air Distribution System

Air Distribution Systems: Types, Parts & Design Basics

What Is an Air Distribution System? Types, Parts & Design Basics August 5, 2026 2:05 pm Augmintech Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp The corner office is freezing. The room next to the lift lobby is stuffy by mid-afternoon. Somebody has put a cardboard box over a diffuser. None of this is a chiller problem — the plant

Air Distribution Systems: Types, Parts & Design Basics Read More »

Pump Efficiency Formula

Pump Efficiency Formula: Definition, Steps & Example

Pump Efficiency Formula: How to Calculate and Improve It August 4, 2026 7:12 pm Augmintech Pump Efficiency Formula: Definition, Steps & Example A badly matched pump does not announce itself. It runs. It delivers flow. Nobody complains. And every year it quietly draws fifteen or twenty kilowatts more than it needed to — a cost

Pump Efficiency Formula: Definition, Steps & Example Read More »

Chilled Water System Guide

What Is a Chilled Water System? A Complete HVAC Guide

What Is a Chilled Water System? A Complete HVAC Guide August 4, 2026 4:29 pm Augmintech Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp What Is a Chilled Water System? Full HVAC Guide A four-storey office can be cooled with a handful of split units. A forty-storey tower cannot. Once a building crosses a few hundred tons of cooling load,

What Is a Chilled Water System? A Complete HVAC Guide Read More »

Cable Size Calculator

Cable Size Calculator: Formula, Derating & 3-Phase Guide

Cable Size Calculator: Formula, Derating & 3-Phase Guide July 6, 2026 6:09 pm Augmintech Cable Size Calculator: Formula, Derating and 3-Phase Guide An undersized cable is a fire risk. An oversized cable is a cost risk. Correct cable sizing — satisfying both the thermal current-carrying constraint and the voltage drop constraint simultaneously — is the

Cable Size Calculator: Formula, Derating & 3-Phase Guide Read More »

Pump Head Calculation

Pump Head Calculation: Formula, Steps & TDH Examples

Pump Head Calculation: Formula, Steps & TDH Examples June 24, 2026 9:45 pm Augmintech Pump Head Calculation: Formula, Steps and TDH Examples An undersized pump fails to deliver design flow; an oversized pump wastes energy, cavitates, and wears out bearings prematurely. Both failures trace back to a wrong pump head calculation. This guide walks MEP

Pump Head Calculation: Formula, Steps & TDH Examples Read More »

Psychrometric Calculator

Psychrometric Calculator: Free Online Tool for HVAC Engineers

Psychrometric Calculator: Free Online Tool for HVAC Engineers June 23, 2026 8:33 pm Augmintech Psychrometric Calculator: Free Online Tool for HVAC Engineers HVAC design depends on air property data — yet most engineers still read psychrometric charts manually when a free online psychrometric calculator can compute all properties from two inputs in under a second.

Psychrometric Calculator: Free Online Tool for HVAC Engineers Read More »