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BY THE
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. and BY IT Dedicated
To the advancement of The Profession and
Its Allied industries
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PREFACE
TO
1962 VOLUME
APPLICATIONS
The publication of this Applications Volume of the
Eight chapters aredevoted toair conditioning for comfort
ASHRAE Gums And Data Book 1962 completes the merger and eleven treat air conditioning for industrial purposes. Nine
of the Heating Ventilating Aeb Conditioning Guide of chapters are concerned with heating application.
the ASHAE and. the Am Conditioning Refrigerating
Processing, storage, refrigeration, and distribution of food
Data Book of ASBE into a 2-volume, series which includes are described in 23 chapters; low temperature applications in
all subjects formerly presented in both. In addition the first 5 chapters, and refrigerant piping in 5 chapters.
of the series had fifteen new chapters while this second volume
Graphic illustrations, of which 385 are new, are used
has twelve.
generously to amplify the explanations in the text. Much
The 1961 Fundamentals and Equipment Volume and this text used from previous books, but not mentioned above,
1962 Applications Volume now provide a comprehensive has been amplified and improved--in addition to being re
treatment of theory and current practice in the field of vised to bring it up to date.
Heating, Refrigerating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning.
For convenience in finding technical information and
Features of this volume are methods for design of systems tabulated data a complete 16-page index on blue paper has
grouped under 13 sections as follows: I--Air Conditioning been placed ahead of the Technical Data Section. A quick
Systems, II--Heating Systems, III--Comfort Air Condition reference to chapter titles and numbers will be found inside
ing, IV--Industrial Ventilation, V--Industrial Air Condi of front cover.
tioning, VI--Refrigerated Food and Beverage Processes, Equipment needed for various types of installations b
VII--Frozen Food Processing, VIII--Refrigerated Ware readily found by means of a 22-page index precedingjthe
house Practice, DC--Refrigerated and Frosen Food Distri Catalog Data Section which contains 341 pages of information
bution, X--Low Temperature Applications, XI--Industrial pertaining to products of leading manufacturers in heating, re
Applications of Refrigeration, XII--Refrigerant Piping Sys frigerating, ventilating, and air conditioning.
tems, and XIII--General Applications.
The preparation of this volume has been made possible by
Under the above section headings, there are a total of 79 the cooperation of a large number of Society members and
chapters distributed as shown in the Table of Contents on other engineers, participating individually or as committee
pages which follow. Subjects which have been given com members, in compiling,new information based on their ex
pletely. new treatment are: (1) Central Station Systems for perience. Committees deserving special mention are ASHRAE
Air Conditioning; (2) Dual-Duct, Induction Unit, and Fan- Technical Committees on: Dairy Products, Electric.Heating,
Coil Conditioner Systems; (3} Panel-Air Systems for Air Energy Requirements Estimating, Fermentation Processes
Conditioning; (4) Heat Pump Systems for Air Conditioning; and Products, Hot Water and Steam Heating, Meat, Fish
(6) Store Air Conditioning; (6) Precision Manufacturing, and Poultry Products, and Odor Causes and ControlT^
Laboratories, and Testing; (7) library and Museum Air
Government agencies that have supplied important infor
Conditioning; (8) Hospital Air Conditioning; (9) Air Con
mation are: U. S. Department of Agriculture^
ditioning for Animals; (10) Refrigerant Piping Systems for' ment-of Interior; Bureau of Fisheries, U. 5
Ammonia; (II) Refrigerant Piping Systems--Multi-Stage Life Service, and National Bureau of Stani;
Applications; and (12) Water and Brine Piping.
cations and industries have been very gene^t