| List of examples | p. x |
| List of case studies | p. xv |
| Preface to the second edition | p. xvii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xix |
| Introduction | p. xxi |
| Thermal comfort and assessment | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 2 |
| Heat energy and temperature | p. 2 |
| Thermometry | p. 3 |
| Types of thermometer | p. 4 |
| Heat loss from the human body | p. 5 |
| Physiological responses | p. 10 |
| Thermal assessment | p. 11 |
| Thermal comfort criteria | p. 17 |
| Temperature profiles | p. 24 |
| Chapter closure | p. 25 |
| Heat conduction | p. 26 |
| Introduction | p. 27 |
| Heat conduction at right angles to the surface | p. 27 |
| Surface conductance | p. 31 |
| Heat conduction in ground floors | p. 36 |
| Heat conduction in suspended ground floors | p. 38 |
| Thermal bridging and non-standard U values | p. 41 |
| Non-standard U values, multi-webbed bridges | p. 43 |
| Radial conductive heat flow | p. 46 |
| Chapter closure | p. 53 |
| Heat convection | p. 54 |
| Introduction | p. 54 |
| Rational formulae for free and forced heat convection | p. 57 |
| Temperature definitions | p. 59 |
| Convective heat output from a panel radiator | p. 61 |
| Heat output from a freely suspended pipe coil | p. 63 |
| Heat transfer from a tube in a condensing secondary fluid | p. 64 |
| Cooling flux from a chilled ceiling | p. 66 |
| Heat flux off a floor surface from an embedded pipe coil | p. 68 |
| Heat transfer notes | p. 70 |
| Chapter closure | p. 71 |
| Heat radiation | p. 72 |
| Introduction | p. 73 |
| Surface characteristics | p. 73 |
| The greenhouse effect | p. 76 |
| Spectral wave forms | p. 76 |
| Monochromatic heat radiation | p. 77 |
| Laws of black body radiation | p. 78 |
| Laws of grey body radiation | p. 80 |
| Radiation exchange between a grey body and a grey enclosure | p. 81 |
| Heat transfer coefficients for black and grey body radiation | p. 82 |
| Heat radiation flux I | p. 83 |
| Problem solving | p. 84 |
| Asymmetric heat radiation | p. 96 |
| Historical references | p. 97 |
| Chapter closure | p. 97 |
| Measurement of fluid flow | p. 98 |
| Introduction | p. 98 |
| Flow characteristics | p. 99 |
| Conservation of energy in a moving fluid | p. 100 |
| Measurement of gauge pressure with an uncalibrated manometer | p. 101 |
| Measurement of pressure difference with an uncalibrated differential manometer | p. 102 |
| Measurement of flow rate using a venturi meter and orifice plate | p. 104 |
| Measurement of air flow using a pitot static tube | p. 111 |
| Chapter closure | p. 114 |
| Characteristics of laminar and turbulent flow | p. 115 |
| Introduction | p. 115 |
| Laminar flow | p. 116 |
| Turbulent flow | p. 119 |
| Boundary layer theory | p. 121 |
| Characteristics of the straight pipe or duct | p. 125 |
| Determination of the frictional coefficient in turbulent flow | p. 126 |
| Solving problems | p. 127 |
| Chapter closure | p. 135 |
| Mass transfer of fluids in pipes, ducts and channels | p. 136 |
| Introduction | p. 137 |
| Solutions to problems in frictionless flow | p. 137 |
| Frictional flow in flooded pipes and ducts | p. 144 |
| Semi-graphical solutions to frictional flow in pipes and ducts | p. 160 |
| Gravitational flow in flooded pipes | p. 162 |
| Gravitational flow in partially flooded pipes and channels | p. 170 |
| Alternative rational formulae for partial flow | p. 176 |
| Flow of natural gas in pipes | p. 180 |
| Flow of compressed air in pipes | p. 181 |
| Vacuum pipe sizing | p. 183 |
| Chapter closure | p. 184 |
| Natural ventilation in buildings | p. 185 |
| Introduction | p. 186 |
| Aerodynamics around a building | p. 186 |
| Effects on cross-ventilation from the wind | p. 191 |
| The stack effect | p. 194 |
| Natural ventilation to internal spaces with openings in one wall only | p. 198 |
| Ventilation for cooling purposes | p. 200 |
| Fan assisted ventilation | p. 205 |
| Further reading | p. 206 |
| Chapter closure | p. 206 |
| Regimes of fluid flow in heat exchangers | p. 207 |
| Introduction | p. 208 |
| Parallel flow and counterflow heat exchangers | p. 209 |
| Heat transfer equations | p. 212 |
| Heat exchanger performance | p. 219 |
| Cross flow | p. 225 |
| Further examples | p. 228 |
| Chapter closure | p. 232 |
| Verifying the form of an equation by dimensional analysis | p. 233 |
| Introduction | p. 233 |
| Dimensions in use | p. 234 |
| Appendix closure | p. 238 |
| Solving problems by dimensional analysis | p. 239 |
| Introduction | p. 240 |
| Establishing the form of an equation | p. 240 |
| Dimensional analysis in experimental work | p. 243 |
| Examples in dimensional analysis | p. 244 |
| Appendix closure | p. 262 |
| Renewable energy systems | p. 263 |
| Introduction | p. 263 |
| Wind turbines | p. 264 |
| Hydro power | p. 267 |
| Marine turbines | p. 275 |
| Solar irradiation and the solar constant | p. 277 |
| Photovoltaics | p. 281 |
| Biomass | p. 282 |
| Combined heat and power | p. 285 |
| Fuel cell CHP | p. 287 |
| References and further reading | p. 289 |
| Appendix closure | p. 290 |
| Towards sustainable building engineering | p. 291 |
| Introduction | p. 291 |
| Thermodynamics and sustainability | p. 292 |
| The laws of thermodynamics | p. 294 |
| Power supplies | p. 297 |
| Products and systems | p. 297 |
| The building footprint | p. 300 |
| Scenarios for building services | p. 300 |
| Further reading | p. 302 |
| Appendix closure | p. 303 |
| Bibliography | p. 304 |
| Index | p. 305 |
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