Publisher's Synopsis
Fundamentals is ASHRAE's most popular Handbook volume for its thorough coverage of the basics of HVAC&R engineering. Fundamentals 2001 includes new or updated information on indoor air quality, control systems, refrigerants, cooling and heating load calculations, and more. The ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook 2001 is the latest additio to ASHRAE's world-renowned HVAC&R reference series. As ASHRAE's most popular handbook volume, it covers basic HVAC&R theory, general engineering information in th field, basic materials for HVAC&R use, load and energy calculations, and duct and pipe design. Almost all of the material covered in Fundamentals 2001 has been updated and improved from the 1997 volume.;Contents include: Theory: Thermodynamics and Refrigeration Cycles * Fluid Flow * Heat Transfer * Two-Phase Flow * Mass Transfer * Psychrometrics * Sound and Vibration * General Engineering Information: Thermal Comfort * Indoor Environmental Health * Environmental Control for Animals and Plants * Physiological Factors in Drying and Storing Farm Crops * Air Contaminants * Odors * Measurement and Instruments * Fundamentals of Control * Airflow Around Buildings * Basic Materials: Energy Resources * Combustion and Fuels * Refrigerants * Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants * Physical Properties of Secondary Coolants (Brines) * Sorbants and Desiccants * Thermal and Moisture Control in Insulated Assemblies - Fundamentals * Thermal and Moisture Control in Insulated Assemblies - Applications * Thermal and Water Vapor Transmission Data.;Load and Energy Calculations: Ventilation and Infiltration * Climatic Design Information * Residential Coolin and Heating Load Calculations * Nonresidential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations * Fenestration * Energy Estimation and Modeling Methods * Duct and Pipe Design: Space Air Diffusion * HVAC Computational Fluid Dynamics * Duct Design * Pipe Sizing * General: Abbreviations and Symbols * Units and Conversions * Physical Properties of Materials.
