Heating and Ventilating Buildings: A Manual for Heating Engineers and Architects

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J. Wiley & sons, 1900 - Heating - 408 pages

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Contents

Use of Thermometers
13
Specific Heat
14
Latent Heat
15
Reflection and Transmission of Radiant Heat
16
Diffusion of Heat
17
Conduction of Heat
18
Convection or Heating by Contact
19
Systems of Warming
20
CHAPTER II
21
Diffusion of Gases
24
CO
25
ARTICLE PAGE 25 NitrogenArgon
27
Determination of Humidity of the Air
29
Amount of Air Required for Ventilation
31
Influence of the Size of the Room on Ventilation
34
Force for Moving the Air
35
Measurements of the Velocity of Air
37
The Flow of Air and Gases
40
The Effect of Heat in Producing Motion of Air
43
The Inlet for Air
44
The Outlet for Air
48
Ventilationflues
49
Summary of Problems of Ventilation
50
Dimensions of Registers and Flues
52
CHAPTER III
54
Loss of Heat from Walls of Buildings
55
Heat Required for Purposes of VentilationTotal Heat Re quired 59
59
CHAPTER IV
60
Heat Emitted by Radiation
61
Heat Removed by Convection Indirect Heating
63
Total Heat Emitted
64
Material of Radiators
67
Methods of Testing Radiators
69
Measurement of Radiating Surface
73
Effect of Painting Radiating Surfaces
74
Results of Tests of Radiating Surface
75
Tests of Indirect Heating Surfaces
79
Conclusions from Radiator Tests
83
Probable Efficiency of Indirect Radiators
84
CHAPTER V
87
Pipe Fittings
92
Valves and Cocks
98
Airvalves
102
Expansion Joints
105
CHAPTER VI
107
Vertical Pipe Steam Radiators
109
Castiron Steam Radiator
110
Hotwater Radiator
113
Direct Indirect Radiator 69 Indirect Radiators 70 Proportion of Parts of a Radiator PAGE 87 87 89 92 98 102 105 107 107 109 110 112 116
116
CHAPTER XIII
118
STEAMHEATING BOILERS AND HOTWATER HEATERS 71 General Properties of SteamExplanation of Steam Tables
120
General Requisites of Steam Boilers
121
Boiler Horsepower
122
Relative Proportions of Heating to Grate Surface
123
Horizontal Tubular Boiler 77 Classification of Boilers
129
Locomotive and Marine Boilers
131
79a Vertical Boilers
132
Watertube Boilers 81 Hotwater Heaters
133
Classes of Heatingboilers and Heaters
136
Heatingboilers with Magazines
141
Heatingboilers for Soft Coal
142
CHAPTER VIII
143
Setting of Heatingboilers
147
The Safetyvalve
149
Appliances for Showing the Level of the Water in Boiler
152
Methods of Measuring Pressure
153
Thermometers
156
Blowoff Cocks or Valves
157
Expansion Tank
158
Explosions of Hotwater Heaters
176
CHAPTER IX
178
Systems of Piping
180
Systems of Piping Used in Hot water Heating
185
Combination Systems of Heating
188
Pipe Connections Steamheating Systems
191
Pipe Connections Hotwater Heating Systems
193
Position of Valves in Pipes
195
Piping for Indirect Heaters
196
Comparisons of Pipe Systems
197
DESIGN OF STEAM AND HOTWATER SYSTEMS 117 General Principles
201
Amount of Heat and Radiating Surface Required for Warm ing
202
ARTICLE PAGE 119 The Amount of Surface Required for Indirect Heating
209
Summary of Approximate Rules for Estimating Radiating Surface
215
121
217
122
222
123
224
Size of Return Pipes Steam Heating
227
Size of Pipes for Hotwater Radiators
228
Size of Ducts and Ventilating Flue for Conveying Air
232
126
235
128
236
130
237
Heating of Workshops and Factories
245
131
247
132
249
133
251
Combined High and Lowpressure Heating Systems
255
135
256
136
257
Reducing Valves
258
Transmission of Steam Long Distances
260
CHAPTER XII
268
General Form of a Furnace
270
141
272
142
275
Pipes for Heated Air
276
The Areas of Registers or Openings into Various Rooms
278
Circulating Systems of Hot Air
280
Combination Heaters
281
General Directions for Operating a Furnace
282
FORCEDBLAST SYSTEMS OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ARTICLE PAGE 149 General Remarks
283
Ducts or FluesRegisters
284
Blowers or Fans
289
Heating Surface Required
291
Size of Boiler Required
292
Systems of Ventilation without Heating
298
Heating with Refrigerating Machines
299
Cooling of Rooms
300
CHAPTER XIV
301
Formulæ and General Considerations
304
Construction of Electrical Heaters
306
Connections for Electrical Heaters
309
CHAPTER XV
310
Regulators Acting by Change of Pressure
311
Regulators Operated by Direct Expansion
315
Regulators Operated with MotorGeneral Types
316
Pneumatic Motor System
318
Saving Due to Temperature Regulation
320
CHAPTER XVI
322
General Requirements
323
Form Proposed by the National Association of Manufacturers of Heating Apparatus
326
Form of Uniform Contract
336
ARTICLE PAGE
340
Duty of the Architect
347
LITERATURE and REFERENCES
353
TABLES
359
INDEX
401
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