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Refrigeration and air conditioning

The text begins by reviewing, in a simple and precise manner, the physical principles of three pillars of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, namely thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Following an overview of the history of refrigeration, subsequent chapters provide exhaustive cover...

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Main Author: Arora, Ramesh Chandra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi PHI Learning Private Limited 2011
Edition:2nd printing.
Subjects:
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery.
Air Conditioning.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. History of refrigeration
  • 2. Thermal principles - A review of fundamentals
  • 3. Mechanical vapour compression cycles
  • 4. Compressors
  • 5. Performance of single stage saturation cycle with reciprocating compressor
  • 6. Multistage refrigeration systems
  • 7. Absorption refrigeration systems
  • 8. Refrigerants
  • 9. Expansion valves
  • 10. Condensers
  • 11. Evaporators
  • 12. Complete vapour compression system
  • 13. Gas cycle refrigeration
  • 14. Weter-Steam ejector-refrigeration system and thermoelectric refrigeration system
  • 15. Air conditioning
  • 16. Thermodynamic properties of moist air
  • 17. Elementary psychrometric processes
  • 18. Wetted surface heat transfer- psychrometer, straight line law and psychrometry of air conditioning processes
  • 19. Comfort-Physiological principles, IAQ and design conditions
  • 20. Solar radiation
  • 21. load calculations
  • 22. Room aifflow and duct design
  • 23. Fans.

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