A fan-coil terminal is essentially a small air-handling
unit which serves a single space without a ducted
distribution system. One or more independent terminals
are typically located in each room connected to a supply
of hot and/or chilled water. At each terminal, a fan in
the unit draws room air (sometimes mixed with outsideair)
through a filter and blows it across a coil of hot
water or chilled water and back into the room. Condensate
which forms on the cooling, coil must be collected in
a drip pan and removed by a drain (Figure 10.9).