Load calculation applications manual

• Main Author: Spitler, Jeffrey D. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta, Georgia : ASHRAE, [2014]
• Edition: Second edition, SI edition.
• Subjects: Air conditioning > Efficiency.; Cooling load > Measurement.; Heating load > Measurement.; Heating.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781680156768; 1680156764; 9781936504763; 1936504766
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations.

"This manual focuses on the calculation of cooling and heating loads for commercial buildings. The heat balance method (HBM) and radiant time series method (RTSM) (as well as how to implement these methods) are discussed. Heat transfer processes and their analysis, psychrometrics, and heating l...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics
• Chapter 3. Thermal Property Data
• Chapter 4. Environmental Design Conditions
• Chapter 5. Infiltration
• Chapter 6. Internal Heat Gain
• Chapter 7. Fundamentals of the Radiant Time Series Method
• Chapter 8. Application of the RTSM - Detailed Example
• Chapter 9. Air Systems, Loads, IAQ, and Psychrometrics
• Chapter 10. Heating Load Calculations
• Chapter 11. Heat Balance Method
• Appendix A. Psychrometic Processes - Basic Principles
• Appendix B. Spreadsheet Implementation of the RTSM
• Appendix C. Calculation of CTSFs and RTFs
• Appendix D. Solar Radiation and Heat Gain
• Appendix E. Treatment of Thermal Bridges
• Appendix F. Treatment of Uncotrolled Spaces
• Appendix G. Correction Factor for High-Conductance Surface Zones
• Index.