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Now in its fifth edition, Electricity and Controls for HVAC-R equips readers with the information needed to work effectively with all types of motors and control devices found in the heating and air-conditioning industry. Prior knowledge of electricity is not required as this book begins with discussion of essential basic electricity and electrical circuits concepts. Numerous schematic diagrams and step-by-step troubleshooting procedures are included to acquaint readers with all of the different types of circuits commonly encountered in the HVAC-R field. ... Read more

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Excellent
I ordered this book around Friday and received it within a week [yesterday actually] which was surprising considering it was over the weekend with a holiday. Shipped out Tuesday and Received it Thursday, so it was exceptionally fast. The book's condition was top notch [ it was still in its wrapper! ] and exceeded what I thought [considering it was listed as used ] went through the material and found everything perfect.

Satisfied...!
I'm actually pretty satisfied with this product, it said to be used buy it actually looks brand new.

The book to learn from!!
This book will greatly add to your information base as you learn H.V.A.C. As a new student to the skill it's helped in leaps and bounds. ... Read more

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Updated and expanded, this core textbook introduces the range of building services found within modern buildings.

In this fifth edition coverage has been broadened as a response to the trend towards low energy mechanical services systems for the heating and cooling of buildings. New chapters have been included on mechanical transportation and on understanding units.

Now accompanied by a new instructor’s resource, it is extensively illustrated with fully worked examples of all numerical problems and student-centred problems, complemented by full answers.

Suitable for distance learning and with a broad international applicability, Building Services Engineering provides for the higher education of building industry professionals, whether on higher certificate, higher diploma, undergraduate courses or graduate level conversion courses, across the building technology, architectural, surveying and services engineering disciplines.

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Good Overview
There is a lot of material in this book, but none of it goes into much detail. It is quite basic.

Great reference book.
Great reference book to brush up on topics or to gain an understanding of new topics. Worked example are good and easy to follow. ... Read more

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With this authoritative reference at hand, engineers and technicians will gain full knowledge of each component in todayOs complex heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems. Completely revised and fully updated, this second edition of a widely used working tool offers: Analyses of todayOs most efficient, most trouble-free systems ... Details on todays highly advanced components ... Ways to achieve economy and efficiency in design ... clear explanations of the environmental impact of HVAC design ... Information on meeting key codes and standards. Featuring contributions from the top companies in HVAC technologyNYork, Allied Signal, Honeywell, and SverdrupNthe Handbook is an ideal source of reliable and timely information and advice on HVAC systems and components. ... Read more

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HVAC Pal is the number one pocket reference book for the climate control industry. Pertaining to various aspects of installation, service, testing and balancing, HVAC Pal covers compressors, duct sizing, heat transmission, conversion factors, temperature and pressure, fans, air velocities, refrigeration characteristics and thermostats. Compact but powerful, this pocket reference tool helps service technicians become experts on the job. ... Read more

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The easy way to keep your HVAC systems humming. Meet the demand for better quality and efficiency in air systems by mastering the latest TAB (testing, adjusting, and balancing) techniques in the Third Edition of HVAC Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Manual, by John Gladstone and W. David Bevirt. This time-saving productivity tool puts at your fingertips proven TAB methodologies, equations, and calculations for system balancing, controls, clean rooms, sound vibration and more. It's the only resource you need to: balance air and water distribution systems; adjust the total system to provide specified quantities; perform accurate electrical measurements; establish quantitative performance of all equipment; verify automatic controls; measure sound and vibration with complete confidence; and much more. ... Read more

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This acoustics handbook for mechanical and architectural applications is a translation of the German standard work on the subject. It not only describes the state of art of engineering acoustics but also gives practical help to engineers for solving acoustic problems. It deals with the origin, the transmission and the methods of abatement of air-borne and structure-borne sound of different kinds, from traffic to machinery and flow induced sound.

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The subject of the book is the comprehensive consideration of uncertainty in the numerical analysis, the safety assessment, and the design of structures. Stochastic as well as non-stochastic uncertainty is treated on the basis of the superordinated uncertainty model fuzzy randomness. This new uncertainty model contains the special cases of real valued random variables and fuzzy variables and permits to take account of both uncertainty characteristics simultaneously. The book introduces to the problem of uncertainty and provides a current survey of relevant uncertainty models and their application in civil engineering. The necessary, special mathematical basics of the fuzzy set theory and the theory of fuzzy random variables are explained in an engineering manner and illustrated by way of examples. Basic ideas and methods for appropriately quantifying uncertain structural parameters are presented and demonstrated by means of characteristic examples. For processing uncertainty in structural analysis, safety assessment, and structural design completely new algorithms are introduced and described in detail as fuzzy structural analysis, fuzzy probabilistic safety assessment, and fuzzy cluster design. The application of the new methods is demonstrated for selected examples from civil engineering, their essential advantages are emphasized. For the first time this represents a coherent, overall concept for considering uncertainty in civil engineering.

The book in particular addresses to civil engineers and requires a university degree as well as basic knowledge in stochastics. But also for mechanical engineers, colleagues from applied mathematics, and other people who are interested in uncertainty problems the book represents a suitable introduction to the problem of uncertainty modeling and provides general solutions and algorithms, which may also be applied to problems from other fields beyond engineering.

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HVAC Installers; HVAC Technicians might be interested in this introduction to the field. ... Read more

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codes are codes not need to be fun
new edition with some minor changes from the 2006 codes al least, very comprehensive. and... are codes what more? liked it ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from HVAC & R Research, published by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. on September 1, 2008. The length of the article is 11197 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: It is common to make use of suitable plant and energy simulation programs, like TRNSYS (SEL 2000) or EnergyPlus (DOE 2008), to build up heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) problems for in-depth study. Optimization is a useful approach to find out the suitable parameters for system design and energy management of HVAC systems. It is ineffective to use traditional optimization methods if the derivative information is not available. Among a variety of heuristic optimization methods, the evolutionary algorithm is suitable to handle such problems. In order to determine reliable results with a limited number of function calls, a robust evolutionary algorithm (REA) based on the paradigm of evolution strategy instead of the popular genetic algorithm can effectively and efficiently search the optimal solution for HVAC problems. The REA can be applied to other engineering problems of a similar nature, as well.

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Title: A Robust evolutionary algorithm for HVAC engineering optimization.
Author: Kwong Fai Fong
Publication: HVAC & R Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2008
Publisher: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Volume: 14Issue: 5Page: 683(23)

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This digital document is an article from Mechanical Engineering-CIME, published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers on August 1, 2009. The length of the article is 372 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Holistic HVAC retrofit.(TECH FOCUS)
Author: Don Talend
Publication: Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Volume: 131Issue: 8Page: 22(1)

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Observations of uncertainty in measured data with time improves forecasting capability in a wide range of fields in engineering. This book provides an introduction to uncertainty forecasting based on fuzzy time series. It details descriptive, modeling, and forecasting methods for fuzzy time series. Coverage places emphasis on forecasting based on fuzzy random processes as well as forecasting involving fuzzy neuronal networks.

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Noise and Vibration Control Engineering: Principles and Applications, Second Edition is the updated revision of the classic reference containing the most important noise control design information in a single volume of manageable size. Specific content updates include completely revised material on noise and vibration standards, updated information on active noise/vibration control, and the applications of these topics to heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. ... Read more

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Good source for more information
Noise and Vibration Control Engineering: Principles and Applications looks to be a good source for a second book on noise control. By second book I mean a follow up to a good introductory book on Architectural Acoustics by Egan, Long, or Mehta et al. Long's book is very thourough.

Each Chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field. It covers theory, mathematical models, and some application.

While a few of the chapters are general, and many of them relate to building noise, the subject is not limited to buildings. As an example there is coverage of jet engine noise generation and propagation. I have only read it in sections to date, and am satisfied with it.

BTW - A good source for a hands on, non-theoretical approach is from ASHRAE, "A Practical Guide to Noise and Vibration Control for HVAC Systems".

Practical Use ofNoise and Vibration Control Engineering
The book has some very practical suggestions and formulas that can be used to control noise in real engineering problems.This it does by first reviewing the basic terms, definitions and international standards in acoustics.Several practical formulas for design of noise control systems are discussed and given in the text.Formulas for calculation of sound propagation in various practical situations are also given.Irecommend this book to people who have an interest in reducing noise in most practical problems.

The book is also suitable to students in mechanical, aerospace, automotive, electrical, environmental, highways and building engineering who have an interest in acoustics or noise control problems.The book is however not suitable as a class textbook as not many formulas are derived neither are there many worked examples or tutorial problems that can assist a student to prepare for examinations. ... Read more

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Get your next HVAC job done right - the first time - with this new reference guide from an industry leader in contractor education.The DEWALT HVAC Code Reference uses the International Mechanical Code? as the foundation for providing readers with the knowledge and skills needed to install or modify HVAC equipment successfully.With 80 pages of illustrated code requirements, violations, and installation concerns, the book covers everything from materials and duct construction to chimneys, vents, grease duct systems, and more.With detailed, full-color illustrations to help readers visualize and apply key concepts, this book is a "must-have" for anyone working on HVAC equipment. ... Read more

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This book provides professionals in the pharmaceutical industries a basic understanding of the key elements of pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing and design. The emphasis is to prepare or reinforce skills required for personnel to knowledgeably deal with projects and programs often performed by consulting firms, engineering firms, and/or consultants. It provides important information on pharmaceutical operation issues required for meeting regulatory guidelines, plant support design, and project engineering specifics, as well as HVAC systems, water systems, electric systems, and quality assurance. Individuals employed by pharmaceutical, bio-tech, engineering firms, and consulting firms will need this resource. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from HVAC & R Research, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6501 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: PCA-FDA-based fault diagnosis for sensors in VAV systems.(Principal component analysis, Fisher discriminant analysis, variable air volume)
Author: Zhimin Du
Publication: HVAC & R Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 2Page: 349(19)

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This digital document is an article from ASHRAE Journal, published by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 4765 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Sistine Chapel: HVAC design for special use buildings.
Author: Charles E. Bullock
Publication: ASHRAE Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
Volume: 51Issue: 10Page: 42(10)

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This digital document is an article from Mechanical Engineering-CIME, published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers on August 1, 2010. The length of the article is 880 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: + Capping a hazard to youth.(TECH FOCUS: Fluid Handling & Fluid Power)
Author: Harry Hutchinson
Publication: Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Volume: 132Issue: 8Page: 21(1)

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The book presents an outline of current activities in the field of biomimetics and integrates a variety of applications comprising biophysics, surface sciences, architecture and medicine. Biomimetics as innovation method is characterised by interdisciplinary information transfer from the life sciences to technical application fields aiming at increased performance, functionality and energy efficiency.The contributions of the book relate to the research areas:- Materials and structures in nanotechnology and biomaterials- Biomimetic approaches to develop new forms, construction principles and design methods in architecture- Information and dynamics in automation, neuroinformatics and biomechanicsReaders will be informed about the latest research approaches and results in biomimetics with examples ranging from bionic nano-membranes to function-targeted design of tribological surfaces and the translation of natural auditory coding strategies. ... Read more

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This book is the distillation of30 year's experience with HVAC design and construction, as a designer, as a supervisor, as an agency planner and reviewer, and finally, again, as a free lance HVAC designer of small commercial and institutional projects. The procedures and principles described here will be of value to technicians and graduate engineers with a firm background in thermodynamics and fluid flow - the bedrock fundamentals of HVAC processes. It is for engineers and technicians who are just entering the HVAC design field as members of a consulting engineering firm, or who wish to work independently for local architects and owners designing HVAC systems for small offices, mercantile establishments, churches, and restaurants. The principles and procedures outlined apply to any size job, but specific "how to" instructions are for small projects of limited scope. This book will also be of interest to licensed HVAC contractors who specialize in small commercial and institutional buildings, and who wish to understand the principles of the designs they contract to implement. In some jurisdictions, such as the State of Florida, licensed mechanical contractors are permitted to perform the design of HVAC systems that fall below specific thresholds of building occupancy and system size and cost. Thisbook will be of use to contractors who wish to take advantage of that provision. Applying the principles and methods outlined will help the designer avoid the problems that plague many projects with small budgets and unsophisticated owners. The most common of these are moisture and mildew problems exacerbated by code requirements or high density occupancy. On the other hand, these principles will also help control the costs both of design and construction, by guiding the designer to the most cost effective solution commensurate with local codes, indoor air quality, and reasonable energy efficiency. ... Read more