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HEATING VENTILATING AIR CONDITIONING CUIDE 1944
Centimeter-gram-second (system)_____ . T___ !:cgs Change in specific volume during vaporization__________________________________ V[g Cubic_____________________________________________ cu Cubic footi__________ ___________________________ cu ft Cubic feet per minute_______________________________________________________ .cfm Cubic feet per second_________ ::cfs Decibel___________________:db Degree*---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- deg or Degree centigrade_________________________________________________________________ C Degree FahrenheitF Degree Kelvin___:K Degree Reaumur1__________________________________________ __________ R Density, Weight per unit volume. Specific weight-_______________ ________ d or p (rho)
Diameter___ ________________
,.Z> or diam
Direct-current (as adjective).. Distance, linear..
----------- d-rC
Dry saturated vapor, Dry saturated gas at saturation pressure and temperature,
vapor in contact with liquidSubscript g
Entropy. (The capital should be used for any weight, and the small lettef for unit_
weight)____
.5 or s
Feet per minute.
...fpm'
Feet per second___ Foot. Foot-pound_________________
--fps ___ ft _ft-Ib
Foot-pound-second (system)..
__ fps
Force, total load____________ Freezing point.......................... Gallon.
Gallons per minute..
___ F --ip
--gal -gpm
Gallons per second-. Gram______________
Gram-calorie_______ Head.
- -gps ~g
--g-cal ..H or h.
Heat content, Total heat. Enthalpy. (The capital should be used for any weight
and the small letter for unit weight)
-H or h-
Heat content of saturated liquid. Total heat of saturated liquid, Enthalpy of
saturated liquid, sometimes called heat of the liquid.
-ftf.
Heat content of dry saturated vapor, Total heat of dry saturated-vapor, Enthalpy
of dry saturated vapor..
ftg
Heat of vaporization at constant pressureHorsepower.
or Afg _hp
Horsepower-hour. Hour Inch..
.Jip-hr ___ .hr
Inch-pound__________
.in.-lb'
Indicated horsepower.
_ihp
Indicated horsepower-hour.
_ihp-hr.
Internal energy. Intrinsic energy; (The capital should be used for any weight and
the small letter for unit weight)___ __________U or u
Kilogram!kg
Kilowatt. Kilowatthour...
___kw ..kwhr
Length of path of heat flow, thickness.
____ L
Load, total___________________________
_____ W
Mas? Mechanical efficiency__________
...... mass
------
Mechanical equivalent of heat..
Melting point.________________
_mp
Meter____ _____________ ___...
It is recommended that the abbreviation for the temperature scale, F. C, K. be included in expressions for numerical temperatures but, wherever feasible, the abbreviations for degree be omitted; as 68 F.
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CHAPTER 48. ABBREVIATIONS, SYMBOLS, STANDARDS
p (mu)
mph
..mm
min
Mnl .... ............. ...............
Ounce
-------------------------------------------------------------1---------------
Pound-- Power, Horsepower, Work per unit time
mol. wtf mnl oz Jb Jp
Pressure, Absolute pressure. Gage pressure, Force per unit area-i.
Quantity (total) of fluid, water, gas, heat; Quantity by volume; Total quantity
of heat transferred.
Quality of steam, Pounds of dry steam per pound of mixture.
Revolutions per minute-
_rpm
Saturated liquid at saturation pressure and temperature, Liquid in contact
with vapor________________________________ Subscript f
Seconds--- --------- :---------1-------------------------------------------------------:----------- -------------- .sec
Specific gravityJ-------
_spgr
Specific heat-
_sp ht or c
Specific heat at constant pressure--------
------------------Cp
Specific heat at constant volume----Specific volume. Volume per unit weight, Volume per unit mass..
-Zv __v
Square foot____________________________________:----------:-----------Square inch__
_sq ft _sq in.
Temperature (ordinary) F or C. (Theta is used preferably only when t is used for
Time in the same discussion)______________________;------------------------- 1 or 0 (theta)
Temperature (absolute) F abs or K. (Capital theta is used preferably only when
small theta is used for ordinary temperature)--------------------------T or 0 (capital theta)
Thermal conductance4 (heat transferred per unit time per degree)------------------------------ C
kA L h - tt
Thermal conductance per unit area. Unit conductance (heat transferred per unit time per unit area per degree)---------------------------- :------------------------------
C_ 1
g
Co. = ~AT~ RA A(h -l,)
ft L
Thermal conductivity (heat transferred per unit time per unit area, and per degree per unit length)..
g k= A
(< - h)
Surface coefficient of heat transfer. Film coefficient of heat transfer. Individual coefficient of heat transfer (heat transferred per unit time per unit area per degree)____________ ___--------- --------------------------------------------------------------
g
/ = t4-
<i - <i
-7
(In general / is not equal to k/L, where L is the actual thickness of the fluid film.)-
Over-all coefficient of heat transfer, Thermal transmittance per unit area (heat transferred per unit time per unit area per degree over-all)------------.------------------- V
g A V
<Tenns ending mtoy designate properties independent of size or shape, sometimes called specific proper ties. Examples: conductivity, resistivity. Terms ending once designate quantities depending not only on the matArta!, but also upon size and shape, sometimes called total Quantities. Examples; conductance, transmittance. Terms ending ion designate rate of heat transfer. Examples: conduction, transmission.
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