Updated with chapters on ventilating and exhausting systems and HVAC systems, this third edition of a bestseller covers the range of HVAC systems. The coverages is into components and controls for air, water, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning and readers will learn why one component or system may be chosen over another. New information is included on occupancy comfort, process function, thermodynamics, heat transfer, building envelope conditioned space, heating and cooling load calculations, air duct fundamentals, water pipe fundamentals, variable flow water systems, refrigeration components, piping fundamentals, central plant water chiller optimization, and the latest heat recovery technologies.
Chapter 1 : Introduction to HVAC Systems
Chapter 2 : Heat Flow
Chapter 3 : Pshychrometrics
Chapter 4 : Heating and Ventilating Systems
Chapter 5 : Air Conditioning Systems
Chapter 6 : Fans and Pumps, Drives and Motors
Chapter 7 : Air Distribution
Chapter 8 : Water Distribution
Chapter 9 : Variable Volume Systems
Chapter 10 : Controls
Chapter 11 : Systems Selection and Optimization
Chapter 12 : Lexicon
Chapter 13 : Abbreviations, Acronyms, Symbols
Chapter 14 : Tables
Chapter 15 : HVAC Math
Index