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HVAC Equations, Data and Rules of Thumb
HVAC answers at your fingertips! Grab this book...it's filled with valuable equations that most HVAC personnel use on a daily basis.
-- Bob Rosaler, author, bestselling HVAC Handbook. It's very easy to find all those minute details that often mean the difference between an average design and an excellent one.
-- David Meredith, Chairman, Building Environmental Systems Technology, Penn State University. The most complete, most job-critical reference for the most frequently used HVAC design data describes HVAC Equations, Data, Rules of Thumb. Veteran HVAC designer Arthur Bell Jr.'s handy, superbly organized data bank follows the CSI MasterFormat. You'll reach for this time-saving task-simplifier dozens of times every working day Equations - more than 216 equations for everything from ductwork to air change rates...from steel pipe, relief valve and water heater sizing to NPSH calculations, Data definitions, ASME and ASHRAE code specs, air and waterproperties, conversion factors, building construction business fundamentals, equipment manufacturers, energy conservation conditions, auxiliary equipment, designer's checklists, professional societies and organizations, and more. 358 Rules of Thumb in all for buildings of every imaginable type, from churches to cocktail lounges. Includes cooling and heating loads, infiltration, ventilation, humidification, people/occupancy, lighting,appliance/equipment, more.
-- Bob Rosaler, author, bestselling HVAC Handbook. It's very easy to find all those minute details that often mean the difference between an average design and an excellent one.
-- David Meredith, Chairman, Building Environmental Systems Technology, Penn State University. The most complete, most job-critical reference for the most frequently used HVAC design data describes HVAC Equations, Data, Rules of Thumb. Veteran HVAC designer Arthur Bell Jr.'s handy, superbly organized data bank follows the CSI MasterFormat. You'll reach for this time-saving task-simplifier dozens of times every working day Equations - more than 216 equations for everything from ductwork to air change rates...from steel pipe, relief valve and water heater sizing to NPSH calculations, Data definitions, ASME and ASHRAE code specs, air and waterproperties, conversion factors, building construction business fundamentals, equipment manufacturers, energy conservation conditions, auxiliary equipment, designer's checklists, professional societies and organizations, and more. 358 Rules of Thumb in all for buildings of every imaginable type, from churches to cocktail lounges. Includes cooling and heating loads, infiltration, ventilation, humidification, people/occupancy, lighting,appliance/equipment, more.
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576 pages, Paperback
First published June 2, 2000
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May 1, 2024
Air conditioning system thumb calculations are very useful in sales and are highly recommended to air conditioning system sellers.
May 28, 2008
Arthur Bell deliveres a tintilating acount of the dark secrets of the mechanical engineering world. Between equations for net positive suction head, laplace theorems, and psychrometric charts you'll laugh and cry as you discover not only more about the world around you but more about yourself.
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