This document provides an overview of air conditioning and refrigeration. It defines air conditioning as simultaneously conditioning air, distributing it to conditioned spaces, and controlling temperature, humidity, air movement, cleanliness, sound and pressure. It describes different types of air conditioning systems including individual, space, packaged, and central systems. It also discusses psychrometrics, air conditioning processes and cycles, refrigerants, load calculations, components, and the design process.
Air conditioning and refrigeration. mechanical engineering handbook
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Mechanical Engineering Handbook
Ed. Frank Kreith
Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 1999
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