| Reflecting the authors' more than 50 years of experience in HVAC systems design and their sensitivity to new developments in the field, the fully updated Handbook gives you all the data and direction you need to design effective, efficient HVAC systems for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
This practical Handbook offers approximately 25% more material than before. Its thorough coverage of the latest technological and procedural advances in the design and installation of HVAC systems includes new information on:
- New refrigerants now being used in HVAC equipment;
- Variable air volume and outdoor air control for ventilation;
- New automatic controls, particularly computer-based systems;
- The effective use of computers in making load calculations, and more.
Enhanced by more than 300 clarifying illustrations and tables, the Handbook also provides a treasury of applications and on-the-job insights that will aid you in the design, operation, and maintenance of peak-performing HVAC systems.
A must if you're an HVAC design pro, this new edition of HVAC Systems Design Handbook is vital to HVAC contractors and technicians and plant and facility engineers as well.
Preface:
This book began with the aim of distilling nearly fifty years of experience in HVAC into a short, succinct treatise. The book is written primarily for the
HVAC designer in a consulting or contraction office. It can be read with profit by anyone in the industry, including maintenance and operating people,
building managers, and sales engineers. It is not written as the basis for a college or vocational school curriculum, although there may be some material
here which would be useful in such a situation.
The second, third and fourth editions of the book are an effort to update and expand the work of the first edition, which found an apparent following in
the HVAC industry. The proposed and expected users of this book remain the same.
The book is an overview of the HVAC design process with emphasis on the things we think are important, such as orderly procedures and good communication.
While basic theory cannot be and has not been ignored, it is presented here as simply as possible, with emphasis on applications. We have tried always to
answer the questions of how and why because it is only with that kind of understanding that we can extrapolate our experience into new areas.
Throughout the book there are many references for further study. Use these resources and others when you need them. True professionals understand not only
what they did, but why they did it and why it is important. We hope this book will help you to a better understanding.
Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: HVAC Engineering Fundamentals: Part 1; Chapter 2: HVAC Engineering Fundamentals: Part 2; Chapter 3: Design Procedures: Part 1--Load Calculations; Chapter 4: Design Procedures: Part 2--General Concepts for Equipment Selection; Chapter 5: Design Procedures:
Part 3--Air-Handling Systems; Chapter 6: Design Procedures: Part 4--Fluid-Handling Systems; Chapter 7: Design Procedures: Part 5--Central Plants; Chapter 8: Design Procedures: Part 6--Automatic Controls; Chapter 9: Equipment: Part 1--Cooling; Chapter 10: Equipment: Part 2--Heating; Chapter 11: Equipment: Part
3--Air-Handling Systems; Chapter 12: Electrical Features of HVAC Systems; Chapter 13: Design Documentation: Drawings and Specifications; Chapter 14: After Design: Through Construction to Operation; Chapter 15: Technical Report Writing; Chapter 16: Engineering Fundamentals: Part 1--Fluid Mechanics; Chapter 17: Engineering Fundamentals: Part 2--Thermodynamics; Chapter 18: Engineering Fundamentals: Part 3--Heat Transfer; Chapter 19: Engineering Fundamentals: Part
4--Psychrometrics; Chapter 20: Engineering Fundamentals: Part 5--Sound and Vibration; Chapter 21: Indoor Air Quality; Index. |
