HVAC : Handbook of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning for Design and Implementation BY ALI VEDAVARZ, PH.D., PE, SUNIL KUMAR, PH.D. and MUHAMMED IQBAL HUSSAIN, PE

HVAC : Handbook of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning for Design and Implementation BY ALI VEDAVARZ, PH.D., PE, SUNIL KUMAR, PH.D. and MUHAMMED IQBAL HUSSAIN, PE

CONTENTS :

1. FUNDAMENTALS

2. PSYCHROMETRY

3. AIR CONDITIONING PROCESSES

4. INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND VENTILATION

5. LOAD ESTIMATING FUNDAMENTALS

6. HEATING LOAD CALCULATIONS

7. COOLING LOAD CALCULATIONS

8. DUCT DESIGN

9. PIPE SIZING

10. HYDRONIC HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM

11. ENERGY CALCULATION

12. COMBUSTION

13. AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS

14. AIR HANDLING AND VENTILATION

15. STEAM HEATING SYSTEM DESIGN

16. NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL

17. MOTORS AND STARTERS

18. DESIGN PROCEDURE, ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS

19. CLIMATIC DESIGN INFORMATION

20. UNITS AND CONVERSIONS

FUNDAMENTALS :

This chapter covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer as related to the theory and practice of air conditioning, heating and ventilation. Basic concepts needed for the HVAC professional are presented, while advanced topics are not considered. Excellent resources, such as the ASHRAE Handbook series and many great textbooks in the areas of thermal fluid sciences, treat the details and advanced topics that have been omitted from this focused chapter.

Fundamentals of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics is the study of energy, its transfor mations, and its relation to states of matter or substance.Thermodynamics deals with equilibrium conditions that are typical of steady state, and any changes are considered to be quasi-equilibrium processes where change occurs slowly and incrementally so as to allow each incremental intermediate state to reach equilibrium before it advances further.