ASHRAE Handbook
The ASHRAE Handbook is the four-volume flagship publication of the nonprofit technical organization ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers[a]). This Handbook is considered the most comprehensive and authoritative repository of practical knowledge on the various topics that form the field of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R).[b]
The four volumes are Fundamentals, Refrigeration, HVAC Applications ("Applications"), and HVAC Systems and Equipment ("Systems and Equipment"). Members of ASHRAE receive the current volume, in both print and CD-ROM form, each year as a basic membership benefit. An enhanced electronic version, known as ASHRAE Handbook Online is a web-based version updated annually that contains the four latest volumes as well as extra content such as calculations, demonstration videos, and spreadsheets. The various versions of the Handbook are typically available to the public via technical, and other, libraries and bookstores.[citation needed]
History
The ASHRAE Handbook has had a variety of titles.[5] It began in 1922 as the ASH&VE Guide. In 1973 it became the ASHRAE Handbook, and in 1985 separate publication of inch-pound (I-P) and international system (SI) units versions of the volumes began. The current publisher of record is W. Stephen Comstock, and the Editor is Mark S. Owen. The Handbook is published by ASHRAE from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Review and Revision
The Handbook's content is created and modified by volunteers via ASHRAE's many Technical Committees (TCs), and then edited and formatted by professional staff at ASHRAE. For example, three chapters, in three different volumes, are maintained by TC 5.3, Room Air Distribution. Each chapter within a particular volume is reviewed and revised in a repeating four-year cycle; one volume is printed each year.[6] In the summer of 2017 the new Fundamentals' volume was released. ASHRAE's Handbook Committee maintains an Authors and Revisers Guide, which can be obtained freely via the Handbook portion of the ASHRAE Web site.
While each new or revised chapter manuscript is to be reviewed for technical content by each TC voting and corresponding member before publication, there are often many other pre- and post-publication reviewers. For example, members of the Society's Handbook Committee and the College of Fellows[7] review chapters each year. Reviews, from basic comments to detailed new content, are encouraged from all users of the Handbook and may be submitted through an online commenting system.
Notes
- ^ About its name, ASHRAE says the following: 'In 2012, as part of a rebranding, ASHRAE began doing business as “ASHRAE” vs. using its full legal name of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Use of ASHRAE reflects the Society’s worldwide membership and that services will continue evolving globally.'[1]
- ^ Here is how some other sources have characterized the Handbook:
'The four-volume ASHRAE Handbook… provides the most comprehensive and authoritative reference on HVAC systems for buildings.'[2]
'ASHRAE HANDBOOK & Product Directory… has been known as the “Bible" of the industry for over fifty years.' [3]
'The standard method for determining heat losses from a structure, at least in the United States, is to consult the bible for heat flow calculations — the ASHRAE Fundamentals.' [4]: 91
'It is rare to use the analysis just presented to determine the heat loss through glass. Instead, the empirically based tables and formulae given in the ASHRAE Fundamentals are most often consulted.'[4]: 95
'The definitive works on the thermal resistance of air spaces can be found in ASHRAE Fundamentals.'[4]: 96
'The heat loss through a window is commonly determined from the conductance of that window, and the authority for this, at least in the United States, is ASHRAE Fundamentals.'[4]: 103
'ASHRAE is a leading authority on heat and moisture transfer, and air infiltration in a structure. Its Handbook of Fundamentals is considered by many to be the best source of technical information.'[4]: 156
References
- ^ "About ASHRAE". Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ^ Turner, Wayne C.; Doty, Steve (2007). Energy Management Handbook (Sixth ed.). Lilburn, GA: The Fairmont Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88173-542-0.
- ^ United States Congress, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (September 21, 1978). Consumer protection issues in the development of solar energy. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e Parkin, Robert E. (2017). Building-Integrated Solar Energy Systems. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4987-2776-1.
- ^ "The ASHRAE Centennial: 100 Years of Progress", ASHRAE Historical Committee, 1994
- ^ "ASHRAE Handbook Authors and Revisers Guide", ASHRAE Inc., August 2007
- ^ "Handbook". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-05-21. , accessed May 21, 2008
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concepts
- Air changes per hour
- Bake-out
- Building envelope
- Convection
- Dilution
- Domestic energy consumption
- Enthalpy
- Fluid dynamics
- Gas compressor
- Heat pump and refrigeration cycle
- Heat transfer
- Humidity
- Infiltration
- Latent heat
- Noise control
- Outgassing
- Particulates
- Psychrometrics
- Sensible heat
- Stack effect
- Thermal comfort
- Thermal destratification
- Thermal mass
- Thermodynamics
- Vapour pressure of water
- Absorption refrigerator
- Air barrier
- Air conditioning
- Antifreeze
- Automobile air conditioning
- Autonomous building
- Building insulation materials
- Central heating
- Central solar heating
- Chilled beam
- Chilled water
- Constant air volume (CAV)
- Coolant
- Cross ventilation
- Dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS)
- Deep water source cooling
- Demand controlled ventilation (DCV)
- Displacement ventilation
- District cooling
- District heating
- Electric heating
- Energy recovery ventilation (ERV)
- Firestop
- Forced-air
- Forced-air gas
- Free cooling
- Heat recovery ventilation (HRV)
- Hybrid heat
- Hydronics
- Ice storage air conditioning
- Kitchen ventilation
- Mixed-mode ventilation
- Microgeneration
- Passive cooling
- Passive daytime radiative cooling
- Passive house
- Passive ventilation
- Radiant heating and cooling
- Radiant cooling
- Radiant heating
- Radon mitigation
- Refrigeration
- Renewable heat
- Room air distribution
- Solar air heat
- Solar combisystem
- Solar cooling
- Solar heating
- Thermal insulation
- Thermosiphon
- Underfloor air distribution
- Underfloor heating
- Vapor barrier
- Vapor-compression refrigeration (VCRS)
- Variable air volume (VAV)
- Variable refrigerant flow (VRF)
- Ventilation
- Water heat recycling
- Air conditioner inverter
- Air door
- Air filter
- Air handler
- Air ionizer
- Air-mixing plenum
- Air purifier
- Air source heat pump
- Attic fan
- Automatic balancing valve
- Back boiler
- Barrier pipe
- Blast damper
- Boiler
- Centrifugal fan
- Ceramic heater
- Chiller
- Condensate pump
- Condenser
- Condensing boiler
- Convection heater
- Compressor
- Cooling tower
- Damper
- Dehumidifier
- Duct
- Economizer
- Electrostatic precipitator
- Evaporative cooler
- Evaporator
- Exhaust hood
- Expansion tank
- Fan
- Fan coil unit
- Fan filter unit
- Fan heater
- Fire damper
- Fireplace
- Fireplace insert
- Freeze stat
- Flue
- Freon
- Fume hood
- Furnace
- Gas compressor
- Gas heater
- Gasoline heater
- Grease duct
- Grille
- Ground-coupled heat exchanger
- Ground source heat pump
- Heat exchanger
- Heat pipe
- Heat pump
- Heating film
- Heating system
- HEPA
- High efficiency glandless circulating pump
- High-pressure cut-off switch
- Humidifier
- Infrared heater
- Inverter compressor
- Kerosene heater
- Louver
- Mechanical room
- Oil heater
- Packaged terminal air conditioner
- Plenum space
- Pressurisation ductwork
- Process duct work
- Radiator
- Radiator reflector
- Recuperator
- Refrigerant
- Register
- Reversing valve
- Run-around coil
- Sail switch
- Scroll compressor
- Solar chimney
- Solar-assisted heat pump
- Space heater
- Smoke canopy
- Smoke damper
- Smoke exhaust ductwork
- Thermal expansion valve
- Thermal wheel
- Thermostatic radiator valve
- Trickle vent
- Trombe wall
- TurboSwing
- Turning vanes
- Ultra-low particulate air (ULPA)
- Whole-house fan
- Windcatcher
- Wood-burning stove
- Zone valve
and control
- Air flow meter
- Aquastat
- BACnet
- Blower door
- Building automation
- Carbon dioxide sensor
- Clean air delivery rate (CADR)
- Control valve
- Gas detector
- Home energy monitor
- Humidistat
- HVAC control system
- Infrared thermometer
- Intelligent buildings
- LonWorks
- Minimum efficiency reporting value (MERV)
- Normal temperature and pressure (NTP)
- OpenTherm
- Programmable communicating thermostat
- Programmable thermostat
- Psychrometrics
- Room temperature
- Smart thermostat
- Standard temperature and pressure (STP)
- Thermographic camera
- Thermostat
- Thermostatic radiator valve
trades,
and services
- Architectural acoustics
- Architectural engineering
- Architectural technologist
- Building services engineering
- Building information modeling (BIM)
- Deep energy retrofit
- Duct cleaning
- Duct leakage testing
- Environmental engineering
- Hydronic balancing
- Kitchen exhaust cleaning
- Mechanical engineering
- Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing
- Mold growth, assessment, and remediation
- Refrigerant reclamation
- Testing, adjusting, balancing
organizations
- Indoor air quality (IAQ)
- Passive smoking
- Sick building syndrome (SBS)
- Volatile organic compound (VOC)
- ASHRAE Handbook
- Building science
- Fireproofing
- Glossary of HVAC terms
- Warm Spaces
- World Refrigeration Day
- Template:Home automation
- Template:Solar energy
External links
- ASHRAE's Web site