Principles Of Heating Ventilation And Air Conditioning In Buildings

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning by J. W. Mitchell and J. E. Braun provides foundational knowledge for the behavior and analysis of HVAC systems and related devices. The emphasis of this text is on the application of engineering principles that features tight integration of physical descriptions with a software program that allows performance to be directly calculated, with results that provide insight into actual behavior. Furthermore, the text offers more examples, end-of-chapter problems, and design projects that represent situations an engineer might face in practice and are selected to illustrate the complex and integrated nature of an HVAC system or piece of equipment.

"Textbook and reference book with design data based on the 2021 ASHRAE Handbook--Fundamentals, containing the most current ASHRAE procedures and definitive yet easy to understand treatment of building HVAC systems, from basic principles through design and operation"--

A textbook based on the 1993 ASHRAE Handbook--Fundamentals. It contains the most current ASHRAE procedures and definitive, yet easy to understand, treatment of building HVAC systems, from basic principles through design and operation.

"This book presents the most current design procedures in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), available in handbooks, like the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Handbook-2013 Fundamentals, in a way that is easier for students to understand. Every effort is made to explain in detail the fundamental physical principles that form the basis of the various design procedures. A novel feature of the book is the inclusion of about 15 worked examples in each chapter, carefully chosen to highlight the diverse aspects of HVAC design. The solutions for the worked examples clarify the physical principles behind the design method. In addition, there are problems at the end of each chapter for which numerical answers are provided. The book includes a series of MATLAB programs that may be used to solve realistic HVAC design problems, which in general, require extensive and repetitive calculations."--

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

HVAC - Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning systems and applications are used everyday by a substantial population in developed and developing countries. Apparently most of the users are not aware of the types and the concepts of these systems. Perhaps many of them feel that there is no need to understand the concepts and applications. However, students/ Technicians and others who would like to learn and deal with the systems need an introductory level book, that would initiate them into this field. This book is planned to include fundamental concepts of HVAC systems and hopefully meet the expectations of students aspiring to learn in general about these systems.