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.
A suite of complementary spreadsheet programs that incorporate design and
computation procedures from the text are provided on the CD that accompanies
this book. These programs include psychrometric analysis, equipment selection,
heating and cooling load calculation, an electronic “ductulator,” piping system
design, a ductwork cost calculator, and programs to evaluate building system
demand and energy efficiency. 248 pp.
HVAC Simplified w/ CD-ROM
