1. Course Background

2. What is HVAC&R?

3. Air Conditioning

4. Design of HVAC Systems

[PowerPoint file in PDF format]

• How Air Conditioners Work (1:07) http://youtu.be/nKZ2DPvvua8
• Air Conditioning History (1:09) https://youtu.be/6NFmsU3Am7c
• Air Conditioning History (5:31) https://youtu.be/rf5okqLX-Uo

• Videos:
• HVAC Training - Basics of HVAC (10:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScVBPAitibQ
• Home Cooling System Design Issues (5:07) http://youtu.be/3r1bMdFS4NA
  
• Textbook:
  
• Wang, S. K., Lavan, Z. and Norton, P., 2000. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, Chp. 1, CRC Press, Boca Raton. [697.93 W246 a][HKU ebook]

• Useful references:
• Grondzik, W. (ed.), 2007. Air-conditioning Systems Design Manual, Second Edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA and Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA. [697.93 A298 G87] [From ScienceDirect]
• Howell, R. H., Coad, W. J. and Sauer, H. J., 2017. Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, 8th ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
• Jones, W. P., 2001. Air Conditioning Engineering, 5th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford & Boston. [697.93 J79 a] [From ScienceDirect]
• Mcdowall, R., 2007. Fundamentals of HVAC Systems, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., Atlanta, GA. [697 M13] [ebook via ScienceDirect]
• Online learning materials:
• NPTEL E-learning course -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/

• Review of basic knowledge: [NPTEL E-learning course -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/]
• Lesson 4 Review of fundamental principles – Thermodynamics : Part I
• Lesson 5 Review of fundamental principles – Thermodynamics : Part II
• Lesson 6 Review of fundamentals: Fluid flow
• Lesson 7 Review of fundamentals: Heat and Mass transfer
• How Air Conditioners Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/ac.htm
• Basic Refrigeration Cycle http://www.swtc.edu/ag_power/air_conditioning/lecture/basic_cycle.htm
• Heat pump and refrigeration cycle -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump_and_refrigeration_cycle
  
• Air conditioning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning
• 5 Smart Ways to Keep Cool of Ancient Chinese http://www.chinawhisper.com/5-smart-ways-to-keep-cool-of-ancient-chinese/
• Ice house (building) - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)
• Yakhchal - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchal
• Ancient Ice Houses of Iran http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/01/ancient-ice-houses-of-iran.html
• Iranian Ice Houses Were Early Refrigerators http://www.solaripedia.com/13/407/iranian_ice_houses_were_early_refrigerators.html
  
• Video: "YAKHCHAL, The Ancient Ice House in Iran" Excelsov's photos around Kerman-Meybod-Sirjan, Iran (2:04) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83r5yIZjyjw
  
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE)  http://www.ashrae.org
• History of Air Conditioning [ASHRAE]  http://xp20.ashrae.org/ABOUT/history.htm
• The History of Air Conditioning http://www.air-conditioners-and-heaters.com/air_conditioning_history.htm
• Willis Carrier the "father" of the modern air conditioning http://www.air-conditioners-and-heaters.com/willis_carrier.htm
• Air conditioning and refrigeration [Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century]
• Variable refrigerant flow - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_refrigerant_flow