文档介绍：ASHRAE Research: Improving the Quality of Life
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Condi- annually, enabling ASHRAE to report new data about material
tioning Engineers is the world’s foremost technical society in the properties and building physics and to promote the application of
fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration. Its innovative technologies.
members worldwide are individuals who share ideas, identify the The chapters in ASHRAE Handbooks are updated through the
need for and support research, and write the industry’s standards for experience of members of ASHRAE mittees and
testing and practice. The result of these efforts is that engineers are through results of ASHRAE Research reported at ASHRAE meet-
better able to keep indoor environments safe and productive while ings and published in ASHRAE special publications and in ASH-
protecting and preserving the outdoors for generations e. RAE Transactions.
One of the ways that ASHRAE supports its members’ and indus- For information about ASHRAE Research or to e a mem-
try’s need for information is through ASHRAE Research. Thou- ber contact, ASHRAE, 1791 Tullie Circle, Atlanta, GA 30329; tele-
sands of individuals panies support ASHRAE Research phone: 404-636-8400; .
The 2000 ASHRAE Handbook
The 2000 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Systems and Equipment • Chapter 23, Air-Heating Coils, provides a broader scope of the
describes both binations of equipment and ponents types of heating coils and their selection and application.
or assemblies that perform a particular function either individually • Chapter 24, Air Cleaners for Particulate Contaminants, discusses
or bination. The information helps the system designer select the new ASHRAE Standard for testing of air-cleaning
and operate equipment, although it does not describe how to design devices and includes new sections on residential air cleaners and
components. bioaerosols.
Major topic areas inc