Handbook 1998: Refrigeration. Chapter 0 - Contents and preface. (1 of 51)

Publication Year

1998

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Covers equipment and systems for particular applications, processes and cold storage facilities. The Refrigeration System Practices section has chapters on liquid overfeed, practices for halocarbon refrigerants, ammonia, moisture and contaminant control, and lubricants. Food Storage and Equipment covers thermal properties of foods, freezing times, commodity storage, microbiology, refrigeration loads, refrigerated facility design, precooling fruits, vegetables and cut flowers, and industrial food freezing. The Food Refrigeration section covers the requirements of all food types. Application chapters cover transpiration, biomedical, piping insulation, ice manufacture, ice rinks, concrete dams, refrigeration in the chemical industry, and low temperature applications. Refrigeration equipment chapters cover absorption, force-circulation, component balancing, refrigerant control devices, retail food store equipment, household refrigerators and freezers, and automatic ice makers. Updated content includes line-sizing tables for new refrigerants.

Document History

This document is part of a larger document, Handbook 1998: Refrigeration, which has been split into parts for ease of use.

ISBN

9781883413545

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