Air Conditioning Engineering
4th Edition
Published on 1. October 1994
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-340-55637-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text covers the fundamental science and design principles of air conditioning engineering for the student and professional alike. The author uses his experience as a lecturer to present the material in a logical and accessible manner, always introducing new techniques and ideas with the use of worked examples. This new edition has been updated to provide greater coverage of developments in safety, hygiene and reduced energy consumption. The use of computerized controls is emphasized and recent advances in refrigeration are considered. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
references, bibliographies, index
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-55637-5 (9780340556375)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
W.P. Jones
Air Conditioning Engineering
Book
12/2000
5th Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€173.32
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Content
The need for air conditioning; fundamental properties of air and water vapour mixtures; the psychometry of air conditioning processes; comfort and inside design conditions; climate and outside design conditions; the choice of supply design decisions; heat gains from solar and other sources; cooling load; the fundamentals of vapour compression refrigeration; air cooler coils; the rejection of heat from condensers and cooling towers; refrigeration plant; automatic controls; vapour absorption refrigeration; airflow in ducts and fan performance; ventilation and a decay equation; filtration.