Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering (Paperback)

Paperback. Understand the Systems. Work Through the Calculations. Make Better Engineering Decisions. Refrigeration and air conditioning engineering brings together heat transfer, airflow, equipment, controls, and energy use. Understanding each topic is important. Knowing how they work together is what makes the knowledge useful. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering connects the fundamentals with practical HVAC system design, load calculations, equipment selection, and troubleshooting. It is written for engineering students, early-career engineers, HVACR technicians, and working professionals who want a clear, structured technical reference. The book takes you from refrigeration cycles and psychrometrics to complete air conditioning, heat pump, hydronic, and commercial refrigeration systems. Explanations, worked examples, and technical diagrams help you follow the calculations and understand the reasons behind design and operating decisions. Inside, you will learn about: - Engineering Fundamentals: Thermodynamics, heat transfer, moist air properties, psychrometric processes, and vapor-compression refrigeration cycles.- Refrigeration Equipment: Refrigerants, compressors, condensers, evaporators, expansion devices, and refrigerant piping.- HVAC Design Calculations: Cooling and heating loads, airflow, duct sizing, pressure losses, and equipment selection.- Systems and Applications: Air conditioning systems, heat pumps, variable refrigerant flow systems, chillers, cooling towers, hydronic circuits, and cold storage.- Controls and Operation: Sensors, building automation, control sequences, commissioning, testing, and fault diagnosis.- Maintenance and Energy Performance: Troubleshooting methods, preventive maintenance, system optimization, and practical considerations for improving efficiency. Conversion tables, checklists, a glossary, and an index support study and everyday reference.Move From Learning Individual Components to Understanding the Complete System.Use this book to work through engineering problems, review essential principles, understand equipment choices, and approach system faults with a more organized method. Whether you are studying HVAC engineering or building your practical knowledge of refrigeration systems, this reference helps you connect the calculations on the page with the equipment and conditions they describe. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …