Samuel C. M. Sugarman

Sugarman C0nsulting provides:

In-House Workshops

TAB, HVAC, EM Books

Home Study Courses

EPA  Section 608  Training and Testing 

AEE CEM Training and Testing

 CTAB  Professional Achievement Certification  

   Books For Your Consideration:

Heating,Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems

Test and Balance    Energy Management

Testing and Balancing HVAC Air and Water Systems (Hardback)

HVAC Fundamentals (Hardback)

HVAC Systems: Operation, Maintenance & Optimization (Paperback)

CTAB Testing-Adjusting-Balancing HVAC Systems (CD or Binder)

CTAB Testing-Adjusting-Balancing HVAC Systems

A graphic text for the visual learner

My latest testing and balancing (TAB) book is a graphic technical manual for the visual learner. It is written in short descriptive form with hundreds of photos, diagrams, schematics, TAB forms, charts, and graphs. This comprehensive TAB book is over 350 pages and can be purchased either as a CD or in an 8.5" x 11" loose-leaf binder format. Use it as a stand-alone book or as a supplement to my best-selling hardcover TAB books, Testing and Balancing HVAC Air and Water Systems.

CTAB Testing-Adjusting-Balancing HVAC Systems

Table of Contents

Chapter and Page

General Balancing Procedures
Preliminary Air Balancing Procedures
Basic Air Balance Procedures Common to All Systems
Proportionally Balancing Constant Volume Low Pressure Systems
Balancing Constant Volume Systems
Balancing Variable Air Volume Systems
Setting Outside Air & Changing Fan Speeds
Balancing Return Air & Toilet Exhaust Systems
Fans, Fan Performance Curves & Duct System Curves
Testing & Balancing Fume Hood Systems
Testing & Balancing Clean Rooms
HVAC Commissioning
Basic Water Balance Procedures
Centrifugal Pumps, Pump Performance Curves & Pipe System Curves
Analog & Digital Automatic Controls
Fluid Flow, Psychrometric & Refrigeration Terminology
Air Systems: Distribution, Components & Terminology
Water Systems: Distribution, Components & Terminology
Fan Pump, Drive, Motor & Electrical Terminology
Instruments & Instrument Terminology
Equations                                                                                                                                                                ConversionTables                                                                                                                          Index

 

Mr. Sugarman has provided HVAC&R training for many organizations such as AEE, ARS, ASHRAE, EPA and NEMI and has updated the second edition of HVAC Fundamentals to cover the latest technology advances and terminology. This book covers the full range of HVAC systems used in today's facilities. You'll find all the details necessary to clearly understand how HVAC systems operate. Comprehensive in scope, the book separates out each of the major HVAC system components and controls for air, water, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, clearly illustrating the way each system, subsystem, control or component contributes to providing the desired indoor environment. You'll learn why one component or system may be chosen over another with respect to design, application, energy conservation, indoor air quality, and cost. The second edition also adds a brand new chapter on psychrometrics. Fully examined are heat flow fundamentals, as well as the heat flow calculations used in selecting equipment and determining system operating performance and costs. Fluid flow fundamentals and equations, and basics of system testing and verification of system performance are also covered.

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Compiled by a top consultant, Sam Sugarman has led over 250 HVAC seminars and in-house training programs, this manual helps you make sure that your HVAC systems provide maximum performance at minimum cost. You'll see how to test HVAC components, measure system operation, and take all the right steps to: reduce component stress and corrosion to minimize replacement cost...prevent redundancy in existing systems so you don't spend precious energy dollars for nothing...correct design and installation flaws that make it impossible for HVAC systems to run at peak efficiency...increase HVAC system safety to protect all workers and occupants from injury and adverse conditions...train technicians, mechanics, and operators to work more productively and independently.

Featuring hundreds of easy ways to improve HVAC performance, including how to: adjust fans, set pump flow, reduce simultaneous heating and cooling, adjust air outlets and inlets, measure velocity pressure, determine velocity head, balance systems, relieve pressure, reduce thermal losses, regulate air flow, stop valve chattering, correct system effect, improve heat transfer, increase boiler efficiency, change water volume, minimize horsepower requirements, stop leaks, prevent freeze-up of coils, and much more.

Testing and Balancing

HVAC Air and Water

Systems, Third Edition

CONTENTS

General Balancing Procedure
 Preliminary Air Balancing Procedures
Basic Air Balance Procedures Common to All Systems
Proportionally Balancing Constant Volume Low Pressure Systems
Balancing Constant Volume Systems
Balancing Variable Air Volume Systems
Setting Outside Air & Changing Fan Speeds
Balancing Return Air & Toilet Exhaust Systems
Fans, Fan Performance Curves & Duct System Curves
Testing & Balancing Fume Hood Systems
Testing & Balancing Clean Rooms
HVAC Commissioning
Basic Water Balance Procedures
Centrifugal Pumps, Pump Performance Curves & Pipe System Curves                                                Fluid Flow, Psychrometric & Refrigeration Terminology
Air Systems: Distribution, Components & Terminology
Water Systems: Distribution, Components & Terminology
Fan Pump, Drive, Motor & Electrical Terminology
Instruments & Instrument Terminology
Equations                                                                                                                                                                ConversionTables

Index                                                                                                                                              Index