Refrigeration and air conditioning.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

This fully revised and updated edition has a new chapter on refrigerants that deals with the many changes in this area over the last 10 years. New replacement refrigerants are described, together with Codes of Practice introduced for maintenance and servicing of refrigeration plants. The increased use of ammonia and propane are included, with the relevant health and safety aspects, and the move towards absorption refrigeration equipment as more environmentally friendly. Extract from the table of contents: fundamentals; the refrigeration cycle; refrigerants, compressors, evaporators, condensers and water towers, expansion valves, liquid chillers, ice, brines, thermal storage, packaged units; oil in refrigerant circuits; controls and other circuit components; refrigeration of foods, cold storage practice, cold store construction; refrigeration in the food trades: meat and fish; dairy, brewing and soft drinks industries; fruit, vegetables and other foods; food freezing, freeze-drying, refrigerated transport, handling and distribution; refrigeration load estimation; industrial uses of refrigeration; air and water vapour mixtures, air treatment cycles, practical air treatment cycles, air-conditioning load estimation, air movement, air-conditioning methods, dehumidifiers and air drying, heat pumps, heat recovery; control systems, commissioning, operation, maintenance, service, fault-finding, training; efficiency and economy in operation.

Details

Original title: Refrigeration and air conditioning.
Record ID : 2001-0585
Languages: English
Subject: Figures, economy, General information
Publication: Butterworth-heinemann - United kingdom/United kingdom
Publication date: 2000
ISBN: 075064219X
Source: Source: ed. 3; 377 p. (19 x 25); fig.; phot.; tabl.; index; GBP 60.00.
Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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