Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Refrigeration And Air Conditioning is a guidebook that has been written as per the latest developments and trends in this field. The author focuses on new alternative refrigerants, like R134a and R12, which are being used in today's world.

Refrigeration And Air Conditioning comprehensively covers a wide range of topics. The book starts off with an introduction which provides a brief history of refrigeration, a look at the laws of thermodynamics and details about heat exchange processes and exchangers. The author then moves onto refrigerating machines and reversed Carnot cycle.

In the fourth chapter, readers will come across the chemical, physical and thermodynamic requirements of refrigerants. Some other topics covered in Refrigeration And Air Conditioning include refrigerant compressors, expansion devices and design conditions. The twelfth and thirteenth chapters elaborate on vapour-absorption system and ejector-compression system, respectively.

The basic psychrometry of air-conditioning processes in summer and winter are also covered. in this guide, students can learn about the design of air-conditioning apparatuses, solar radiation and the types and characteristics of fans. The last chapter explains the application of refrigeration and air conditioning for industrial food storage.

Refrigeration And Air Conditioning contains nearly 150 solved examples, including illustrated ones that focus on the designs of compressors, evaporators, condensers, etc. The guidebook also has almost 160 practice problems. The three appendixes at the end of the book are dedicated to thermodynamic properties correlations for refrigerants, tables and chart sheets. The third edition of Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, published by Tata McGraw Hill Education in 2008, is available in paperback.