Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Series:
Handbook Series for Mechanical Engineering
Published:
December 26, 2000 by CRC Press - 680 Pages
Editor(s):
Jan F. Kreider, Jan F. Kreider, Consulting Engineer, Boulder, CO, USA.

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ISBN 9780849395840
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Features

  • ÖModern coverage of important topics: Access the only source of the most current information
  • ÖThe most recent approaches to energy calculations: Find the state-of-the-art collected in one place
  • ÖDetailed examination of electrical systems: Get more in-depth coverage than in any other HVAC book
  • ÖUtilities, central and distributed: Learn about the electrical industry in its current period of uncertain supplies
  • ÖSolar energy systems: Discover which systems are feasible and which are not
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    • Summary

    Over the past 20 years, energy conservation imperatives, the use of computer based design aids, and major advances in intelligent management systems for buildings have transformed the design and operation of comfort systems for buildings. The "rules of thumb" used by designers in the1970s are no longer viable. Today, building systems engineers must have a strong analytical basis for design synthesis processes.

    But how can you develop this basis? Do you have on your shelf a reference that describes all the latest methods? Does it cover everything from the fundamentals to state-of-the art, intelligent systems? Does it do so in practical way that you can easily access and use when you need to?

    The Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning does. It combines practice and theory, systems and control, and the latest methods and technologies to provide, in one volume, all of the modern design and operation information needed by HVAC engineers.

    The Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning will stay up-to-date while other resources become outmoded and go through lengthy revision and reprint processes. Through a link on the CRC Web site, owners of the Handbook can access new material periodically posted by the author.

    Table of Contents

    INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILDINGS SECTOR
    FUNDAMENTALS
    Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer Basics
    Psychrometrics and Comfort
    ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF BUILDINGS
    Central and Distributed Utilities
    Economics & Costing of HVAC Systems
    HVAC EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
    Heating Systems
    Air conditioning Systems
    Ventilation and Air Handling Systems
    Electrical Systems
    CONTROLS
    Controls Fundamentals
    Intelligent Buildings
    HVAC DESIGN CALCULATIONS
    Energy Calculations - Building Loads
    Simulation and Modeling - Building Energy Consumption
    Energy Conservation in Buildings
    Solar Energy System Analysis and Design
    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
    HVAC System Commissioning
    Building System Diagnostics and Preventive Maintenance
    APPENDICES
    Appendix A: Properties of Gases and Vapors
    Appendix B: Properties of Liquids
    Appendix C: Properties of Solids
    Appendix D: Gases and Vapors
    Appendix E: Composition and Heating Values of Common Fuels
    INDEX

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