This book is intended to meet the requirements of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning course taken by the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mechanical Engineering, as well as serve as a useful reference to practicing engineers. This new edition is enriched with the latest information on new refrigerants, refrigerant compressors, and applications of industrial air conditioning.

New to this edition

Greater emphasis on new refrigerants R 123 and R 134a

Detailed comparison between various refrigerants like HCFC R22 and HFCs R410A and R407C, and R123 and other centrifugal compressor refrigerants

New sections on Scroll Compressors, Installation, Service and Maintenance

Enhanced coverage on applications of industrial Air Conditioning with HVAC applications like Tunnel Ventilation, Station Air-Conditioning and Mine Ventilation

Salient features

Comprehensive coverage on thermodynamic properties of altermate and mixed refrigerants

Illustrative examples on state-of-the art design of compressors, condensers, evaporators, cooling coils, cooling towers, ice plants and cold storatges

Calculations of latent heat of vaporisation, internal energy, enthalpy and entropy

More than 300 Solved and Unsolved problems