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BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.Filter

Filters are devices that remove solid particles from a system

Class structure

Implemented interfaces and base types

The Filter is inheriting from the following base type(s) and implements the following interfaces:

Properties

Defining properties

The following properties are defined on the class

Name Type Description Quantity
Type string Type denotes the kind of filter (eg fiberglass, pleated, HEPA, washable, etc) -
MERVRating int MERV Rating is the Minimum Efficiency Rating Value which denotes the effectiveness of the filter's ability to trap small particles) -
InitialPressureDrop double Initial pressure drop describes the pressure drop across a new (unused) filter -
ReplacementPressureDrop double Replacement pressure drop describes the pressure drop across a used filter, and indicates that the filter should be replaced -
Area double Area indicates the face area of the filter in m2 -

Inherited properties

The following properties are inherited from the base class of the object

Name Type Description Quantity
BHoM_Guid Guid - -
Name string - -
Fragments FragmentSet - -
Tags HashSet<string> - -
CustomData Dictionary<string, object> - -

Code and Schema

C# implementation

C#
public class Filter : BH.oM.Base.BHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IBHoMObject, BH.oM.Base.IObject, BH.oM.MEP.Equipment.Parts.IPart

Assembly: MEP_oM.dll

The C# class definition is available on github:

All history and changes of the class can be found by inspection the history.

JSON Schema implementation

The object is defined as a JSON schema. You can validate a JSON instance against this schema by reference. To do this, use the schema reference below in a validator like this one.

JSON Schema
{
 "$ref" : "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BHoM/BHoM_JSONSchema/develop/MEP_oM/Equipment/Parts/Filter.json"
}

The JSON Schema is available on github here: