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HVAC Controls Operation & Maintenance Third Edition
Guy W. Gupton, Jr.
THE FAIRMONT PRESS, INC. Lilburn, Georgia
MARCEL DEKKER, INC. New York and Basel
iii ©2002 by The Fairmont Press. All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gupton, Guy W., 1926HVAC controls: operation & maintenance/Guy W. Gupton, Jr.-3rd ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-88173-394-6 1. Heating--Control. 2. Ventilation--Control. 3. Air conditioning-Control. I. Title. TH7466.5 .G87 2001 697--dc21 00-066249 HVAC controls operation & maintenance/Guy W. Gupton, Jr. ©2002 by The Fairmont Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published by The Fairmont Press, Inc. 700 Indian Trail, Lilburn, GA 30047 tel: 770-925-9388; fax: 770-381-9865 http://www.fairmontpress.com Distributed by Marcel Dekker, Inc. 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 tel: 212-696-9000; fax: 212-685-4540 http://www.dekker.com Printed in the United States of America
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Table of Contents Chapter 1
Basic Functions of HVAC Systems and Control Systems
Chapter 2
HVAC Equipment-to-Control Interactions
Chapter 3
Operating and Maintaining HVAC Control Systems
Chapter 4
The Mathematics of Control Systems: Controller Equations
Chapter 5
Performance Prediction in HVAC Contr