Rural Builder, March 2002
...first and only professional guide to radiant heating and cooling design ... how to size, design ... position ... efficiently ... effectively...
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The Radiant Heating and Cooling Handbook, written by Richard D. Watson and Kirby S. Chapman, is billed as the first and only professional guide to radiant heating and cooling design.
The handbook features:
* Information on how to size, design, and position radiant heating and cooling equipment efficiently and effectively in any environment.
* Models for coupling radiant and forced air heating and cooling for the ultimate in comfortable and energy-saving interiors
* Examples and sample calculations needed to solve real-world radiant heating and cooling problems in building, contracting, and engineering
* Essential information relating heating and cooling theory to the principles of thermal comfort
* Equations, strategies, and analyses to help set parameters from sizing and cost to human comfort
Book Description
Design radiant heating and cooling systems with help from top experts
The first and only professional guide of its kind, Radiant Heating and Cooling Handbook is packed with tools that make the work of HVAC systems designers, engineers, and technicians go more smoothly and easily. Relating heating and cooling theory to the principles of thermal comfort, this expert handbook by pros Richard Watson and Kirby Chapman provides all the help you need to select, design, size, and position the most popular and efficient systems for industrial, commercial, and residential applications. You get:
*Case studies that clarify application and installation of every system type
*Models for coupling radiant and forced air heating and cooling for the ultimate in comfortable, energy-saving interiors
*Examples and sample calculations to solve real-world radiant heating and cooling problems in building, contracting, and engineering
*Equations, strategies, and analyses to help you set parameters from sizing and cost to human comfortability
From the Back Cover
Radiant Heating & Cooling Handbook
the first and only professional guide to radiant heating and cooling system design
Packed with tools that make the work of HVAC systems designers, engineers, and technicians go more smoothly and easily, this expert handbook features all the help you need to create the newest and most popular and efficient systems for industrial, commercial, and residential applications. Radiant Heating & Cooling Handbook features:
*Everything you need to size, design, and position radiant heating & cooling equipment efficiently and effectively in any environment
*Models for coupling radiant and forced air heating and cooling for the ultimate in comfortable and energy-saving interiors
*All the examples and sample calculations you need to solve real-world radiant heating and cooling problems in building, contracting, and engineering
*Essential information relating heating and cooling theory to the principles of thermal comfort
*Equations, strategies, and analyses to help you set parameters from sizing and cost to human comfortability
the only complete source of hands-on radiant heating & cooling system design, with problem-solving guidance from leading experts
About the Author
Richard D. Watson is president of SSHC, Inc., a leading HVAC radiant systems design and manufacturing firm in the Northeast with headquarters in Old Saybrook, Connecticut and a consultant to utilities and other organizations. Kirby S. Chapman, Ph.D., is professor of mechanical engineering at Kansas State University, and a widely consulted expert on radiant heating and cooling principles and applications.
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