HVAC The Handbook of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning for Design and Implementation
Ph.D., PE
Deputy Director of Engineering, New York City Capital Projects, New York City Housing Authority and Industry Professor, Polytechnic University,
Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Graduate School Polytechnic University,
PE
Mechanical Engineer, Department of Citywide Administrative Services
2007 Industrial Press Inc., New York, NY.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vedavarz, Ali.
HVAC: handbook of heating ventilation and air conditioning / Ali Vedavarz, Sunil Kumar, Muhammed Hussain.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8311-3163-2
ISBN 13 978-0-8311-3163-0
I. Heating Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Ventilation Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Air conditioning Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Buildings Environmental engineering Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Kumar, Sunil. II. Hussain, Muhammed Iqbal. III. Title.
TH7011.V46 2006
697 dc22
2006041837
Cover Photo: Image published with kind permission of CVRD and Bluhm Engineering.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ali Vedavarz received his master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Vedavarz is a member of ASME and ASHRAE and has published technical papers in ASME journals. Dr. Vedavarz is a licensed Professional Engineer...