IntroductionA Bit of History Importance of Buildings in the U.S. Economy Role of HVAC Design Engineer A Note on the Economics of Energy EfficiencyUnits and Conversions Orders of MagnitudeElements of Heat Transfer for BuildingsIntroduction to Heat Transfer Conduction Heat TransferConvection Heat TransferRadiation Heat TransferEvaporation and Moisture Transfer ClosureReview of Thermodynamic Processes in Buildings Introduction to ThermodynamicsThermodynamic PropertiesFirst Law of Thermodynamics Second Law of Thermodynamics and Thermodynamic CyclesSummaryPsychrometrics, Comfort, and HealthIntroduc. Read more...
Abstract: IntroductionA Bit of History Importance of Buildings in the U.S. Economy Role of HVAC Design Engineer A Note on the Economics of Energy EfficiencyUnits and Conversions Orders of MagnitudeElements of Heat Transfer for BuildingsIntroduction to Heat Transfer Conduction Heat TransferConvection Heat TransferRadiation Heat TransferEvaporation and Moisture Transfer ClosureReview of Thermodynamic Processes in Buildings Introduction to ThermodynamicsThermodynamic PropertiesFirst Law of Thermodynamics Second Law of Thermodynamics and Thermodynamic CyclesSummaryPsychrometrics, Comfort, and HealthIntroduc

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Kreider, Jan F., Curtiss, Peter S., Rabl, Ari

Jan F. Kreider, Peter S. Curtiss, Ari Rabl

Taylor & Francis Group

CRC Press LLC

Mechanical engineering series (Boca Raton, Fla.), Rev. 2nd ed, Boca Raton, ©2010

Second edition, Place of publication not identified, 2009

United States, United States of America

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The Art And The Science Of Building Systems Design Evolve Continuously As Designers, Practitioners, And Researchers All Endeavor To Improve The Performance Of Buildings And The Comfort And Productivity Of Their Occupants. Retaining Coverage From The Original Second Edition While Updating The Information In Electronic Form, Heating And Cooling Of Buildings: Design For Efficiency, Revised Second Edition Presents The Technical Basis For Designing The Lighting And Mechanical Systems Of Buildings. Along With Numerous Homework Problems, The Revised Second Edition Offers A Full Chapter On Economic Analysis And Optimization, New Heating And Cooling Load Procedures And Databases, And Simplified Procedures For Ground Coupled Heat Transfer Calculations. The Accompanying Cd-rom Contains An Updated Version Of The Heating And Cooling Of Buildings (hcb) Software Program As Well As Electronic Appendices That Include Over 1,000 Tables In Html Format That Can Be Searched By Major Categories, A Table List, Or An Index Of Topics. Ancillary Information Is Available On The Book’s Website Www.hcbcentral.com From Materials To Computers, This Edition Explores The Latest Technologies Exerting A Profound Effect On The Design And Operation Of Buildings. Emphasizing Design Optimization And Critical Thinking, The Book Continues To Be The Ultimate Resource For Understanding Energy Use In Buildings.

Content: Front cover
Contents
Preface to the Revised Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Authors
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Elements of Heat Transfer for Buildings
Chapter 3. Review of Thermodynamic Processes in Buildings
Chapter 4. Psychrometrics, Comfort, and Health
Chapter 5. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics in Building Systems
Chapter 6. Solar Radiation and Windows
Chapter 7. Heating and Cooling Loads
Chapter 8. Annual Energy Consumption and Special Topics
Chapter 9. Heat Generation and Transfer Equipment
Chapter 10. Cooling Equipment Chapter 11. Secondary Systems for Heating and CoolingChapter 12. Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Control Systems
Chapter 13. Lighting
Chapter 14. Design for Efficiency
Chapter 15. Costs
Appendix A
Conversion Factors (* = exact)
Some Useful Constants
Index
Back cover

The art and the science of building systems design evolve continuously as designers, practitioners, and researchers all endeavor to improve the performance of buildings and the comfort and productivity of their occupants. Retaining coverage from the original second edition while updating the information in electronic form, this Revised Second Edition presents the technical basis for designing the lighting and mechanical systems of buildings

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