Engineering HVAC

1. Tillman Hatcher Mechanical Engineering (HVAC)
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Design
Experience at McClendon Trucking Company, Rockwell
International, and Peterbilt Motors Company:
• Air Conditioning and Environmental Control
• Central System Components
• Central Mechanical Equipment
• All-Air Systems
• Air-and-Water Systems
• All-Water Systems
• Unitary Air Conditioners
• Heat Pump Systems
• Heat Recovery Systems
• Adiabatic Saturation
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2. • Wet bulb Temperature and the Psychrometric Chart
• Space Air Conditioning – Design Conditions
• Space Air Conditioning – Off-design Conditions
• Physiological Considerations
• Environmental Indices
• Comfort Conditions
• Control of indoor Air Quality
• Problems with the Cleaning of Air
• Basic Heat-transfer Modes – Expert
• Moisture Transmission
• Thermal Radiation
• Solar Irradiation
• Measurement of Direct and Diffuse Solar Radiation Problems
• Outdoor Design Conditions
• Indoor Design Conditions
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3. • Calculation of Heat Losses
• Heat Losses from Air Ducts
• Auxiliary Heat Sources
• Intermittently Heated Structures
• Air Required for Space heating
• Estimating Fuel Requirements Problems
• Heat Gain, Cooling Load, and Heat Extraction Rate
• Cooling Load – External Surfaces
• Cooling Load – Internal Surfaces
• Heat Gain from Infiltration and Outdoor Ventilation Air
• Air Quantities
• Energy Calculations
• Heat Extraction Rate and Room Temperature
• Building and Equipment Thermal Simulation Problems
• Fluid Flow Basics
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4. • Centrifugal Pumps
• Combined System and Pump Characteristics
• Piping System Design
• Control of Hydronic Systems
• Large System Design Problems
• Air Motion and Comfort
• Behavior of Jets from Outlets
• Air-Distribution System Design Problems
• Fans – Performance, Selection, Installation
• Field Performance Testing
• Fans and Variable Air Volume Systems
• Air Flow in Ducts
• Air Flow in Fittings
• Turning Vanes and Dampers
• Duct Design
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5. • Design of Low-Velocity Duct Systems
• High-Velocity Duct Design Problems
• Combined Heat and Mass Transfer
• Adiabatic Saturation Temperature versus Wet Bulb
Temperature
• Basic Relations for the Air Washer
• The Spray Dehumidifier
• Cooling Tower Problems
• Heat Transfer – Single-Component Fluids
• Transport Coefficients Inside Tubes
• Transport Coefficients Outside Tubes and Compact
Surfaces
• Design Procedures for Sensible Heat Transfer
• Refrigerants
• Compressors
• Refrigeration Control Valves
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6. • Absorption Refrigeration
• Properties and Processes of Homogeneous Binary
Mixture
• The Theoretical Absorption Refrigeration System
• The Aqua-Ammonia Absorption System
• The Lithium Bromide-Water Absorption System
• Water at Saturation
• Moist Air
• Refrigerant 12
• Refrigerant 22
• Refrigerant 134a
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