HVAC Water Chillers and Cooling Towers
Subtitle: Fundamentals, Application, and Operation (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))
Publisher: CRC
Published: April 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780824709921
Subjects: Heating, lighting, ventilation; Water supply & treatment; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology; Medical / Nursing; Chemistry - Analytic; Engineering - Industrial; General; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Chemistry - Industrial & Technical
First sentence: The term refrigeration, as part of a building HVAC system, generally refers to a vapor compression system wherein a chemical substance alternately changes from liquid to gas (evaporating, thereby absorbing heat and providing a cooling effect) and from gas to liquid (condensing, thereby releasing heat).