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PIONEER DEVELOPMENTS IN SELF-CONTAINED AIR CONDITIONING.

Author(s) : STEINFELD H. K.

Summary

AIR CONDITIONING INDUSTRY HAD CREATED THE SCIENCE THROUGH THE INVENTIONS OF DR CARRIER AND HAD DEVELOPED THE ART OF LARGE SYSTEMS TO A HIGH DEGREE. BUT PRIOR TO 1930, ONLY BIG JOBS WERE INSTALLED, IN ALL OF WHICH THE AIR WAS PRE-CONDITIONED BY SPRAYS OF WATER. AIR CONDITIONING SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORDINARY CITIZEN WAS NOT AVAILABLE, AND THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPING SMALL EQUIPMENT WAS LACKING. IT WAS ONLY WITH THE INVENTION OF < R12 > IN 1930 BY THOMAS MIDGLEY THAT ALL PIECES SEEMED TO FALL INTO PLACE FOR THE DESIGN OF SELF-CONTAINED UNITS.

Details

  • Original title: PIONEER DEVELOPMENTS IN SELF-CONTAINED AIR CONDITIONING.
  • Record ID : 1987-2477
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 92; n. 2B; 366-374; 3 fig.; 9 phot.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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