Revisions to the majority of chapters, including major updates related to thermal storage and district heating and cooling, are included in the newly published 2016 ASHRAE Handbook – HVAC Systems and Equipment.
Chapter 12, "District Heating and Cooling," has new content from ASHRAE research project RP-1267 (the new “District Heating Guide” and “District Cooling Guide”), while Chapter 51, "Thermal Storage," has new content on grid reliability, renewable-power integration, heat storage, emergency cooling, water treatment, and commissioning.
Other updates likely to impact many users include extensive revisions related to system leakage and air-dispersion systems in Chapter 19, "Duct Construction"; updates for current technology and efficiency requirements in Chapter 33, "Furnaces"; and new information on U.S. regional appliance-efficiency standards in Chapter 49, "Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps."
Other revisions and additions include:
- A new section on economic evaluation and an update on EU Directive 2004/8/EC in Chapter 7, "Combined Heat and Power Systems."
- New content on waste-heat recovery, district applications, and industrial-process heat pumps in Chapter 9, "Applied Heat Pump and Heat Recovery Systems."
- New sections on modeling and system commissioning and an updated system-design example in Chapter 18, "Variable Refrigerant Flow."
- Updates for current technology, with new information on specialized components and air curtains, in Chapter 20, "Room Air Distribution Equipment."
- New sections on series fan operation and field performance testing and added content on fan- and motor-efficiency grades and parallel multiple-fan operation in Chapter 21, "Fans."
- New content on psychrometrics, outdoor air, controls, and industrial dehumidifiers in Chapter 25, "Mechanical Dehumidifiers and Related Components."
- New information on heat pipes and desiccant and heat-wheel systems in Chapter 26, "Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Equipment."
- Revisions related to standards, controls, and the selection of fans for makeup-air units in Chapter 28, "Unit Ventilators, Unit Heaters, and Makeup Air Units."
- New data on worldwide solar-technology use and an expanded section on photovoltaic equipment in Chapter 37, "Solar Energy Equipment."
- Revisions related to general theory, screw and scroll compressors, and bearings in Chapter 38, "Compressors."
- Revised content on refrigerant selection and global-warming potential in Chapter 43, "Liquid-Chilling Systems."
- New content on vertical inline split-coupled pumps; hydronic-system pump selection; and differential-pressure control in Chapter 44, "Centrifugal Pumps."
- Updates on standards, bearing currents, and permanent-magnet motors in Chapter 45, "Motors, Motor Controls, and Variable-Frequency Drives."
- New content on control-valve sizing, electronic actuators, and ball, butterfly, flow-limiting, and pressure-independent control valves in Chapter 47, "Valves."
The 2016 ASHRAE Handbook is available in a bound print volume and in electronic format on CD-ROM and online in two editions: one using inch-pound (I-P) units of measurement, the other using the International System of Units (SI).
The cost of the bound print volume, which includes the CD-ROM, is $209 in I-P or SI. The cost of the CD-ROM, which contains both the I-P and SI editions, is $189.
The 2016 ASHRAE Handbook also is available as one of the four current volumes included in ASHRAE Handbook Online. Members can subscribe for $33 and get immediate searchable access to I-P and SI versions of all four volumes.
To order, call 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400, fax 678-539-2129, or visit www.ashrae.org/bookstore.