BUiD Library: MENG 444 Refrigeration Plants: Reading list

MENG 444 Refrigeration Plants

Department: BSc in Electro-Mechanical Engineering

Module Description: This module is designed to introduce the student to the refrigerant potential of HVAC systems. This includes the refrigerants, compressors, condensers, evaporators, axillaries, controls, constant volume and VAV air distribution systems, district cooling, thermal storage and cooling using co- & tri-generation integrated cooling systems.

Module texts

Dincer, I. (2017). Refrigeration systems and applications. 3rd edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons.

Recommended readings

Wang, S. K. (2001). Handbook of air conditioning and refrigeration. 2nd edn. New York: McGraw-Hill
Haines, R. W. and Myers, M. E. (2010). HVAC systems design handbook. 5th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Whitman, W. C. (2013). Refrigeration and air conditioning technology. 7th edn. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar, Cengage Learning.
Stoecker, W. F. (1998). Industrial refrigeration handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Grondzik, W. T. and Kwok, A. G. (2015). Mechanical and electrical equipment for buildings. 12th edn. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Bradshaw, V. (2006). The building environment : active and passive control systems. 3rd edn. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
Kreider, J. F. et al. (2017). Heating and cooling of buildings : principles and practice of energy efficient design. 3rd edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
Eicker, U. (2009). Low energy cooling for sustainable buildings. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.: Wiley.
Lechner, N. (2015). Heating, cooling, lighting : sustainable design methods for architects. 4th edn. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (2020). ASHRAE handbook : HVAC systems and equipment. SI edn. Atlanta: ASHRAE.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (2009). ASHRAE handbook 2009 : fundamentals. Allanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (2018). ASHRAE handbook : refrigeration. SI edn. Atlanta: ASHRAE.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (2015). ASHRAE handbook : heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning applications. SI edn. Atlanta, GA: ASHRAE.