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Informationen zum Autor David E. Watkins IEng, FCIPHE, FSoPHE, MASHRAE, AffCIBSE, MIfL RP, is a highly experienced public health engineer with extensive knowledge of both UK and overseas public health and mechanical pipework services engineering. He has worked on numerous projects in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas, including a period of secondment to BAA's design team for Heathrow Terminal 5. David is currently working as an independent consulting engineer and lectures on engineering services at various colleges and institutions. Klappentext Water based heating systems are efficient, flexible, versatile and offer many advantages over other heating systems. These advantages (fast response, good controllability, efficient zonal heating and largely silent operation) all require that initial design, installation, commissioning and maintenance be carried out to a high standard by competent engineers. Heating Services in Buildings provides the reader with a detailed and thorough understanding of the principles and elements of heating buildings using modern water based heating systems. A key theme of the book is that there is little difference, in the approach to the design and engineering, between domestic and commercial installations. The author's detailed but highly practical approach to the subject ensures there is sufficient information for students from both a craft background and those with more academic backgrounds to understand the material. This approach is complemented by straightforward, easy-to-use diagrams. Heating Services in Buildings supports a range of educational courses, including degree level building services engineering; NVQ Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Building Services Engineering; City & Guilds supplementary heating course and the Heating Design and Installation Course accredited by the European Registration Scheme (ERS). Zusammenfassung This book provides a complete guide, from basic principles, to all the elements of modern water based heating systems. It presents material systematically so that each topic builds on the previous material, giving students a detailed and thorough understanding of the principles of heating buildings using water based systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xvii 1 Introduction to Heating Services 1 2 Wet Heating Systems 5 3 Materials 55 4 Heat and Heat Transfer 97 5 Heat Emitters 108 6 Underfl oor Heating 140 7 Heat Requirements of Buildings 165 8 Heat Emitter Selection and Sizing 194 9 Pipe Sizing 206 10 Electricity 226 11 Controls, Components and Control Systems 242 12 Oil Firing 278 13 Natural Gas Firing 316 14 Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas Firing (LPG) 345 15 Alternative Fuels and Energy 356 16 Combustion, Flues and Chimneys 383 17 Combustion Effi ciency Testing 442 18 Circulating Pumps 454 19 Domestic Hot Water 482 20 Solar Energy for Water Heating 513 21 Water Treatment 542 22 District Heating 559 23 Expansion of Pipework 571 24 Regulations, Standards, Codes and Guides 591 25 Testing and System Commissioning 608 26 Operating Costs and Whole Life Costing 622 Appendices 631 Appendix 1 Comparative table of sheet metal gauges 632 Appendix 2 Temperature comparison at atmospheric pressure 634 Appendix 3 Mesh/micron rating 635 Appendix 4 Copper tube BS EN1057 (introduced 15/8/96, Formerly BS2871) 636 Appendix 5 Dimensional tolerances of low carbon mild steel tube conforming to BS EN10255, 2004. Formerly BS1387 637 Appendix 6 Hydrostatic data 638 Appendix 7 Composition of copper alloys (common) 639 Appendix 8 Composition of soft solders 640 Appendix 9 SI prefi xes 641 Appendix 10 Light gauge stainless steel tube austeni...
