Radiant heating & cooling handbook

Watson, Richard D.

Radiant heating & cooling handbook [electronic resource] / Radiant heating and cooling handbook Richard D. Watson, Kirby S. Chapman. - New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002] - 1 electronic text : ill. - McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering . - McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering. .

Print version c2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. B.1-B.72) and index.

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh021/2001044881.html Introduction to radiant systems -- Fundamentals of heat transfer and thermodynamics -- Thermal comfort -- Sizing and load estimation -- Radiant heating systems -- Control options for radiant heating and cooling panels -- Radiant heating and cooling hybrid systems -- Engineering design tools to assist in heater-cooler sizing. Examples of radiant systems ; Advantages of using radiant systems ; How to use this book ; Energy balance ; Conduction and convection heat transfer ; Radiation heat transfer ; Multimodal heat transfer ; Psychrometrics and mixtures ; Fluid mechanics ; What is thermal comfort? ; Thermal comfort models ; Mean radiant temperature ; Operative temperature ; ASHRAE standard methods ; Building comfort analysis program methodology ; Introduction to radiant panels ; Electric radiant heating panels ; High-temperature heaters ; Radiant hydronic heating systems ; Case studies ; Introduction ; Role of the heat output ; Controls in common use ; Thermostats and thermal comfort ; Energy management systems ; When to use hybrid systems ; Convective systems with radiant panels ; Ventilation with radiant heating and cooling ; Hybrid heating and cooling demonstration projects ; Introduction to computeraided thermal comfort design tools ; Design process for localized thermal comfort ; Example design calculations using above ; Sizing, design, and methodology conclusions.




Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh041/2001044881.html

0071450017 9780070684997

2001044881


Heat--Transmission.
Heat--Radiation and absorption.
Radiant heating.
Energy budget--Geophysics.
Heat--Conduction.
Heat--Convection.
Psychometry.
Gases--Thermal conductivity.
Fluid mechanics.
Buildings--Environmental engineering.
Temperature normals.
Electric heating.
Hot-water heating.
Hydronics.
Heating--Control.
Temperature control.
Thermostat.


Electronic books.

TJ260 / .W335 2002

621.402/2

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