ASHRAE Technical Committee 8.3 - Absorption and Heat Operated Machines

HANDBOOK

CHAPTERS FOR WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE:

Fundamentals - Chapter 1
Chapter Title:  Thermodynamics and Refrigeration Cycles
Section Title:  Absorption Refrigeration Cycles
Last Reviewed:  2008 for 2009 edition
Next Release:  2009

Refrigeration - Chapter 41
Chapter Title:  Absorption Cooling, Heating, and Refrigeration Equipment
Last Reviewed:  2005 for 2006 edition (no changes from 2002)
Next Release:  2010


OTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO THIS COMMITTEE:

Fundamentals - Chapters 19 & 20
Chapter Title:  Refrigerants & Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants
Topics:  Ammonia/Water and Water/Lithium Bromide properties
Last Reviewed:  2004 for 2005 edition
Current Status:  The thermodynamic properties for ammonia/water have been updated.   New functions with extended ranges for the thermodynamic properties of LiBr/water will be incorporated into the 2009 edition.

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last updated on 17-Oct-2008

Handbook Chair:
Don Erickson  «email»
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