HVAC water chillers and cooling towers
Subtitle: fundamentals, application, and operation
By: Herbert W. Stanford, III.
Series: Mechanical engineering; Mechanical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ;; 156.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Air conditioning -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction.; Air conditioning -- Equipment and supplies -- Testing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Water chillers : pt. 1. Fundamentals: Refrigeration machines ; Chiller configurations; title: pt. 2. Design and application: Chilled water system elements ; Chiller controls ; Thermal storage ; Special chiller considerations; title: pt. 3. Operation and maintenance: Chiller operation and maintenance ; Buying a chiller; title: Cooling towers : pt. 4. Fundamentals: Cooling tower fundamentals ; Cooling tower components; title: pt. 5. Design and application: Tower configuration and application ; Cooling tower controls ; Condenser water treatment ; Special tower considerations; title: pt. 6. Operation and maintenance: Cooling tower operation and maintenance ; Buying a cooling tower ; In-situ tower performance testing; title: Appendices: A. Design ambient wet bulb temperatures ; B. Draft specifications ; C. References and resources.