This text provides an understanding of fundamental HVAC concepts and how to extend these principles to the explanation of simple design tools used to create building systems that are efficient and provide comfortable and healthy environments.
The text contains twelve chapters that review the fundamentals of refrigeration, heat transfer, and psychrometrics. Information from the ASHRAE Handbook: Fundamentals is summarized and supplemented with items from industry sources. The remaining chapters assemble information from ASHRAE Handbooks, ASHRAE standards and manufacturer data present design procedures commonly used by professional engineers.
Other topics include equipment selection and specification, comfort and IAQ, building assemblies, heating and cooling loads, air distribution system design, water distribution system design, electrical and control systems, design for energy efficiency, and design for economic value.
This book includes online access to a suite of complementary spreadsheet programs that incorporate design and computation procedures from the text.
System Requirements for Supplemental Files: Microsoft Excel® 2007 or later
A Solutions Manual is available to instructors. To purchase the Solutions Manual, please send your request on university letterhead to [email protected] or fax the same to 678-539-2152.
| File Size : | 1 file , 20 MB |
| ISBN(s) : | 1931862974 |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 248 |
| Product Code(s) : | D-90439, 90439 |
| Published : | 2006 |
