The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has four handbooks: Fundamentals, Refrigeration, HVAC

Systems & Equipment, and HVAC Applications. One handbook is published each year, replacing the oldest handbook edition (i.e. 2008 replaces 2004 this year).

ASHRAE's 2006 handbook (Refrigeration).

Table of Contents: Refrigeration System Practices 1. Liquid Overfeed Systems 2. System Practices for Halocargbon Refrigerants 3. System Practices for Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide Refrigerants 4. Secondary Coolants in Refrigeration Systems 5. Refrigerant System Chemistry 6. Control of Moisture and Other Contaminants in Refrigerant Systems 7. Lubricants in Refrigerant Systems 8. Refrigerant Containment, Recovery, Recycling, and Reclamation Food Storage and Equipment 9. Thermal Properties of Foods 10. Cooling and Freezing Times of Foods 11. Commodity Storage Requirements 12. Food Microbiology and Refrigeration 13. Refrigeration Load 14. Refrigerated Facility Design 15. Methods of Precooling Fruits, Vegetables, and Cut Flowers Food Refrigeration 16. Industrial Food Freezing Systems 17. Meat Products 18. Poultry Products 19. Fishery Products 20. Dairy Products 21. Eggs and Egg Products 22. Deciduous Tree and Vine Fruit 23. Citrus Fruit, Bananas, and Subtropical Fruit 24. Vegetables 25. Fruit Juice Concentrates and Chilled Juice Products 26. Beverages 27. Processed, Precooked, and Prepared Foods 28. Bakery Products 29. Chocolates, Candies, Nuts, Dried Fruits, and Dried Vegetables Distribution of Chilled and Frozen Food 30. Cargo Containers, Rail Cars, Trailers, and Trucks 31. Marine Refrigeration 32. Air Transport Industrial Applications

33. Insulation Systems for Refrigerant Piping 34. Ice Manufacture 35. Ice Rinks 36. Concrete Dams and Subsurface Soils 37. Refrigeration in the Chemical Industry Low-Temperature Applications 38. Cryogenics 39. Ultralow-Temperature Refrigeration 40. Biomedical Applications of Cryogenic Refrigeration Refrigeration Equipment 41. Absorption Cooling, Heating, and Refrigeration Equipment 42. Forced-Circulation Air Coolers 43. Component Balancing in Refrigeration Systems 44. Refrigerant-Control Devices 45. Factory Dehydrating, Charging, and Testing Unitary Refrigeration Equipment 46. Retail Food Store Refrigeration and Equipment 47. Food Service and General Commercial Refrigeration Equipment 48. Household Refrigerators and Freezers General Chapter 49. Codes and Standards

ASHRAE's 2007 handbook (HVAC Applications).

Table of Contents: COMFORT APPLICATIONS 1. Residences 2. Retail Facilities 3. Commercial and Public Buildings 4. Places of Assembly 5. Hotels, Motels, and Dormitories 6. Educational Facilities 7. Health Care Facilities 8. Justice Facilities 9. Automobiles and Mass Transit 10. Aircraft 11. Ships INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 12. Industrial Air Conditioning 13. Enclosed Vehicular Facilities 14. Laboratories 15. Engine Test Facilities 16. Clean Spaces

17. Data Processing and Electronic Office Areas 18. Printing Plants 19. Textile Processing Plants 20. Photographic Materials 21. Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Libraries 22. Environmental Control for Animals and Plants 23. Drying and Storing Selected Farm Crops 24. Air Conditioning of Wood and Paper Product Facilities 25. Power Plants 26. Nuclear Facilities 27. Mine Air Conditioning and Ventilation 28. Industrial Drying Systems 29. Ventilation of the Industrial Environment 30. Industrial Local Exhaust Systems 31. Kitchen Ventilation ENERGY-RELATED APPLICATIONS 32. Geothermal Energy 33. Solar Energy Use 34. Thermal Storage BUILDING OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 35. Energy Use and Management 36. Owning and Operating Costs 37. Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing 38. Operation and Maintenance Management 39. Computer Applications 40. Building Energy Monitoring 41. Supervisory Control Strategies and Optimization 42. HVAC Commissioning GENERAL APPLICATIONS 43. Building Envelopes 44. Building Air Intake and Exhaust Design 45. Control of Gaseous Indoor Air Contaminants 46. Design and Application of Controls 47. Sound and Vibration Control 48. Water Treatment 49. Service Water Heating 50. Snow Melting and Freeze Protection 51. Evaporative Cooling 52. Fire and Smoke Management 53. Radiant Heating and Cooling 54. Seismic and Wind Restraint Design 55. Electrical Considerations 56. Room Air Distribution 57. Integrated Building Design 58. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive Incidents 59. Codes and Standards The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has four handbooks: Fundamentals, Refrigeration, HVAC Systems & Equipment, and HVAC

Applications. One handbook is published each year, replacing the oldest handbook edition (i.e. 2008 replaces 2004 this year).

2008 handbook (HVAC Systems & Equipment)

Table of Contents: AIR-CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEMS 1. HVAC System Analysis and Selection 2. Decentralized Cooling and Heating 3. Central Cooling and Heating 4. Air Handling and Distribution 5. In-Room Terminal Systems 6. Panel Heating and Cooling 7. Combined Heat and Power Systems 8. Applied Heat Pump and Heat Recovery Systems 9. Design of Small Forced-Air Heating and Cooling Systems 10. Steam Systems 11. District Heating and Cooling 12. Hydronic Heating and Cooling System Design 13. Condenser Water Systems 14. Medium- and High-Temperature Water Heating Systems 15. Infrared Radiant Heating 16. Ultraviolet Lamp Systems 17. Combustion Turbine Inlet Cooling AIR-HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS 18. Duct Construction 19. Room Air Distribution Equipment 20. Fans 21. Humidifiers 22. Air-Cooling and Dehumidifying Coils 23. Desiccant Dehumidification and Pressure-Drying Equipment 24. Mechanical Dehumidifiers and Related Components 25. Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Equipment 26. Air-Heating Coils 27. Unit Ventilators, Unit Heaters, and Makeup Air Units 28. Air Cleaners for Particulate Contaminants 29. Industrial Gas Cleaning and Air Pollution Control Equipment HEATING EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS 30. Automatic Fuel-Burning Equipment 31. Boilers 32. Furnaces 33. Residential In-Space Heating Equipment 34. Chimney, Vent, and Fireplace Systems 35. Hydronic Heat-Distributing Units and Radiators 36. Solar Energy Equipment

COOLING EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENTS 37. Compressors 38. Condensers 39. Cooling Towers 40. Evaporative Air-Cooling Equipment 41. Liquid Coolers 42. Liquid-Chilling Systems GENERAL COMPONENTS 43. Centrifugal Pumps 44. Motors, Motor Controls, and Variable-Speed Pumps 45. Pipes, Tubes, and Fittings 46. Valves 47. Heat Exchangers PACKAGED, UNITARY, AND SPLIT-SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 48. Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps 49. Room Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners GENERAL 50. Thermal Storage 51. Codes and Standards

2009 handbook (Fundamentals)

Table of Contents: PRINCIPLES 1. Psychrometrics 2. Thermodynamics and Refrigeration Cycles 3. Fluid Flow 4. Heat Transfer 5. Two-Phase Flow 6. Mass Transfer 7. Fundamentals of Control 8. Sound and Vibration INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 9. Thermal Comfort 10. Indoor Environmental Health 11. Air Contaminants 12. Odors 13. Indoor Environmental Modeling LOAD AND ENERGY CALCULATIONS 14. Climatic Design Information 15. Fenestration 16. Ventilation and Infiltration 17. Residential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations

18. Nonresidential Cooling and Heating Load Calculations 19. Energy Estimating and Modeling Methods HVAC DESIGN 20. Space Air Diffusion 21. Duct Design 22. Pipe Sizing 23. Insulation for Mechanical Systems 24. Airflow Around Buildings BUILDING ENVELOPE 25. Heat, Air, and Moisture Control in Building AssembliesFundamentals 26. Heat, Air, and Moisture Control in Building AssembliesMaterial Properties 27. Heat, Air, and Moisture Control in Insulated AssembliesExamples MATERIALS 28. Combustion and Fuels 29. Refrigerants 30. Thermophysical Properties of Refrigerants 31. Physical Properties of Secondary Coolants (Brines) 32. Sorbents and Desiccants 33. Physical Properties of Materials GENERAL 34. Energy Resources 35. Sustainability 36. Measurement and Instruments 37. Abbreviations and Symbols 38. Units and Conversions 39. Codes and Standards