Radiant heating and cooling handbook - Watson, Richard D.; Chapman, Kirby S. (New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002)
SECTION 1-Introduction to Radiant Systems -- Chapter 1-Examples of Radiant Systems The Natural Thermal Environment Application of Natural Principles -- Chapter 2-Advantages of Using Radiant Systems Occupant Thermal Comfort Radiant Characteristics and Applications Radiant Energy and Operating Cost -- Chapter 3-How to Use this Book Section and Chapter Overview -- SECTION 2-Fundamentals of Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics -- Chapter 1-The Energy Balance The Control Volume and Associated Thermodynamic Processes Putting It All Together-The Conservation Equations -- Chapter 2-Conduction and Convection Heat Tranfer Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction Newton's Law of Cooling -- Chapter 3-Radiation Heat Transfer Wavelengths, Microns, and the Electromagnetic Spectrum Emission and Radiation Laws Radiation Properties Calculation Techniques The Radiative Transfer Equation Solution Techniques for the RTE References -- Chapter 4-Multimodal Heat Tranfer Solution Techniques -- Chapter 5-Psychmetrics and Mixtures
Includes bibliographical references (pages B.1-B.72) and index.
Keywords: Heat -- Transmission -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Heat -- Radiation and absorption -- Handbooks, manuals, etc