ASHRAE Handbook covers diversity of refrigeration.

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Covering refrigeration equipment for applications other than human comfort, 2010 ASHRAE Handbook includes information on cooling, freezing, and storing food; industrial applications; and low-temperature refrigeration. Volume contains 2 new chapters: Chapter 3, Carbon Dioxide Refrigeration Systems, which describes history of this "natural refrigerant" and why there is renewed interest; and Chapter 50, Terminology of Refrigeration, which lists common terms used in industrial refrigeration systems.



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ASHRAE Handbook: A Reliable Resource for Refrigeration



ATLANTA - The diversity of refrigeration from ice rinks to refrigerant containment to freezing fruits and vegetables is covered in the latest Handbook volume from ASHRAE.

The 2010 ASHRAE Handbook - Refrigeration, covers the refrigeration equipment and systems for applications other than human comfort. It includes information on cooling, freezing, and storing food; industrial applications of refrigeration; and low-temperature refrigeration.

"The Handbook gives the industry a primer in a wide variety of refrigeration topics, such as storing and transporting fruit, cryosurgery, ice-skating rinks, slaughterhouses and concrete dams," said William McCartney, chair of the committee that oversaw writing of the volume. "While the Handbook is primarily a reference for the practicing engineer, the volume is also useful for anyone involved in cooling and storage of food products."

The volume contains two new chapters: Chapter 3, Carbon Dioxide Refrigeration Systems, describes the history of this "natural refrigerant" and why it is the subject of renewed interest today; Chapter 50, Terminology of Refrigeration, lists common terms used in industrial refrigeration systems.

Other changes include:

Chapter 2, Ammonia Refrigeration Systems, has added guidance on avoiding hydraulic shock, on purging water and noncondensables, as well as on hot-gas defrost and defrost control.

Chapter 6, Refrigerant System Chemistry, has added information on polyvinyl ether (PVE) lubricants and corrosion, plus updates for recent ASHRAE research on copper plating and material compatibility.

Chapter 8, Equipment and System Dehydrating, Charging, and Testing, has new table data on dehydration and moisture-measuring methods and a revised section on performance testing.

Chapter 9, Refrigerant Containment, Recovery, Recycling and Reclamation, has added a new table comparing sensitivities of various leak-detection methods and a procedure for receiver level monitoring.

Chapter 11, Refrigerant-Control Devices, has updated information on electric expansion valves and discharge bypass valves, plus revised figures on thermostatic expansion valves (TXVs) and several revised examples.

Chapter 12, Lubricants in Refrigerant Systems, has new content on pressure/viscosity coefficients, compressibility factors and lubricants' effects on system performance.

Chapter 17, Household Refrigerators and Freezers, has been reorganized and updated for revised standards and new component technologies, including variable-speed and linear compressors, and has information on new configurations and functions, such as wine cooling units, rapid-chill/freeze/thaw and odor elimination. The section on performance evaluation has been revised and integrated with the section on standards.

Chapter 25, Cargo Containers, Rail Cars, Trailers, and Trucks, has been updated with information on multitemperature compartments and air curtains.

Chapter 38, Fruit Juice Concentrates and Chilled Juice Products, has added description of storage tank sterilization.

Chapter 44, Ice Rinks, has extensive changes to the section on heat recovery and updated loads information based on ASHRAE research project RP-1289.

The cost of the 2010 ASHRAE Handbook - Refrigeration, which includes the CD is $195, in inch-pound (I-P) or the International System of Units (SI). The 2010 ASHRAE Handbook on CD, which contains both the I-P and SI editions, costs $155.

To order, contact ASHRAE Customer Service at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax 404-321-5478, or visit http://www.ashrae.org/bookstore.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.

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