Stanford, Herbert W.

HVAC water chillers and cooling towers : fundamentals, application, and operation / Herbert W. Stanford, III. - New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003 - vi, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Mechanical engineering ; 156 . - Mechanical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; 156 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Water chillers : pt. 1. Fundamentals: Refrigeration machines ; Chiller configurations -- pt. 2. Design and application: Chilled water system elements ; Chiller controls ; Thermal storage ; Special chiller considerations -- pt. 3. Operation and maintenance: Chiller operation and maintenance ; Buying a chiller -- Cooling towers : pt. 4. Fundamentals: Cooling tower fundamentals ; Cooling tower components -- pt. 5. Design and application: Tower configuration and application ; Cooling tower controls ; Condenser water treatment ; Special tower considerations -- pt. 6. Operation and maintenance: Cooling tower operation and maintenance ; Buying a cooling tower ; In-situ tower performance testing -- Appendices: A. Design ambient wet bulb temperatures ; B. Draft specifications ; C. References and resources.

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