HVAC Controls: Operation and Maintenance (3rd Edition) by Guy W. Gupton

HVAC Controls: Operation and Maintenance (3rd Edition) by Guy W. Gupton

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Now in it's newly updated third edition, this handbook was written to serve as a complete and concise reference for those engaged in the operation and maintenance of automatic control systems serving building heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems. The full range of topics pertinent to the effective operation of all types of HVAC control systems currently in use today are explored, including equipment-to-control interactions, control system set-up and functions, local loop to building automation system interfaces, performance prediction and assessment, operational parameters, and maintenance and testing. The third edition includes a new chapter covering the installations and procedures required to update an existing pneumatic control system to a hybrid pneumatic and direct digital system by adding DDC signal sensing and control algorithms to existing pneumatic actuators on dampers and valves.

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Addresses technology changes taken place in the automated temperature control industry. The full range of topics pertinent to the effective operation of all types of HVAC control systems currently in use today are explored.

Table of *******s

Ch. 1 Basic Functions of HVAC Systems and Control Systems 1
Ch. 2 HVAC Equipment-to-Control Interactions 21
Ch. 3 Operating and Maintaining HVAC Control Systems 71
Ch. 4 The Mathematics of Control Systems: Controller Equations 83
Ch. 5 Performance Prediction in HVAC Control Systems 111
Ch. 6 HVAC Control System Set-Up 125
Ch. 7 Maintaining Electric and Electronic Control Systems 149
Ch. 8 Maintaining Pneumatic Control Systems 153
Ch. 9 Maintaining Local Loop to BAS Interfaces 171
Ch. 10 HVAC Control System Checkout Procedures 193
Ch. 11 Fine Tuning Program for Pneumatic Control Systems 203
Ch. 12 Troubleshooting ATC Systems 225
Ch. 13 Tools & Fixtures for ATC System Operation and Maintenance 233
Ch. 14 Training Control System Operating and Maintenance Personnel 255
Ch. 15 Operating Direct Digital Control Systems 265
Ch. 16 Testing Direct Digital Control Systems 273
Ch. 17 A Short Course in Psychrometrics 277
Glossary of Terms 289
Index 325
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Practical Machinery Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance (Practical Professional)  by Cornelius Scheffer Ph.D MEng , Paresh Girdhar B.Eng (MechEng)

 

This practical book provides a detailed examination of the detection, location and diagnosis of faults in
rotating and reciprocating machinery using vibration analysis. The basics and underlying physics of
vibration signals are first examined. The acquisition and processing of signals are then reviewed
followed by a discussion of machinery fault diagnosis using vibration analysis. Hereafter the important
issue of rectifying faults that have been identified using vibration analysis is covered. The book is
concluded by a review of the other techniques of predictive maintenance such as oil and particle
analysis, ultrasound and infrared thermography. The latest approaches and equipment used together
with current research techniques in vibration analysis are also highlighted in the text.
We would hope that you will gain the following from this book:
• An understanding of the basics of vibration measurement
• The basics of signal analysis
• Understanding the measurement procedures and the characteristics of vibration signals
• Ability to use Data Acquisition equipment for vibration signals
• How to apply vibration analysis for different machinery faults
• How to apply specific techniques for pumps, compressors, engines, turbines and motors
• How to apply vibration based fault detection and diagnostic techniques
• The ability to diagnose simple machinery related problems with vibration analysis
techniques
• How to apply advanced signal processing techniques and tools to vibration analysis
• How to detect, locate and diagnose faults in rotating and reciprocating machinery using
vibration analysis techniques
• Ability to identify conditions of resonance and be able to rectify these problems
• How to apply basic allied predictive techniques such as oil analysis, thermography,
ultrasonics and performance evaluation.
Typical people who will find this book useful include:
• Instrumentation & Control Engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers & Technicians
• Control Technicians
• Electrical Engineers
• Electricians
• Maintenance Engineers & Technicians
• Process Engineers
• Consulting Engineers
• Automation Engineers

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Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide (Plant Engineering) by Ricky Smith ,R. Keith Mobley President and CEO of Integrated Systems Inc

Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide (Plant Engineering)  by Ricky Smith ,R. Keith Mobley President and CEO of Integrated Systems Inc

This book addresses, in a simplistic manner, the proper principles and
techniques in “Best Maintenance Practices—Mechanical.”
If these principles and techniques are followed, they will result in a serious
reduction in “self-induced failures.” This book is a tool that should be carried
and referenced by all mechanical maintenance personnel.
A number of surveys conducted in industries throughout the United States
have found that 70% of equipment failures are self-induced.
Maintenance personnel who are not following what are termed “Best
Maintenance Repair Practices” substantially affect these failures. Between
30% and 50% of the self-induced failures are the result of maintenance
personnel not knowing the basics of maintenance. Maintenance personnel
who, although skilled, choose not to follow best maintenance repair practices
potentially cause another 20% to 30% of those failures. The existence
of this problem has been further validated through the skills assessment
process performed in companies throughout the state of Georgia. This program
evaluated the knowledge of basic maintenance fundamentals through
a combination of written, identification, and performance assessments of
thousands of maintenance personnel from a wide variety of industries.
The results indicated that over 90% lacked complete basic fundamentals
of mechanical maintenance. This book focuses on the “Best Maintenance
Repair Practices” necessary for maintenance personnel to keep equipment
operating at peak reliability and companies functioning more profitably
through reduced maintenance costs and increased productivity and
capacity.

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Maintenance Engineering Handbook 6th Ed By addebook • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: Engineer Get in Amazon Maintenance Engineering Handbook 6th Ed Maintenance Engineering Handbook By Lindley Higgins, Keith Mobley

Maintenance Engineering Handbook
By Lindley Higgins, Keith Mobley

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Number Of Pages:
Publication Date: 2002-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0071394524
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780071394529
Binding: Unbound

If your question’s about maintenance, your answer’s in here. No matter what the equipment procedure, technology or facility, the Fifth Edition of the Maintenance Engineering Handbook, edited by Lindley Higgins, will give you more practical information, cost-cutting techniques and just plain good ideas that you’ll find anywhere else. Because ours is the only Handbook that covers every type of plant and factory, plus refineries, hospitals, schools and offices–and gives you the hard-won wisdom of 55 different expert contributors. Steamline your functions and improve efficiency with: effective systems to reduce breakdowns and downtime; a company-wide standardization program; new record-keeping systems that cut expenses; latest labor-saving computer applications; a 5-step program for simplifying repetitive operations; maintenance routines for all types of mechanical, electrical and service equipment; and much, much more.


Summary: Great reference work for the professional maintenance engineer
Rating: 4
This book contains over 1500 pages of figures and often dense text. It is the only book of its kind that I know of written clearly for the degreed maintenance and facilities engineer. This book is an edited work by several dozen authors who are all leading maintenance practitioners and experts in their field. The book covers both management and technical issues associated with the maintenance of the modern physical plant.
In reference to management issues, the chapter entitled “Operating Policies of Effective Maintenance” successfully deals with the strategic decisions that Maintenance managers must make, including issues such as whether or not to outsource, shift coverage, whether to decentralize or centralize maintenance, and the use of standard practice sheets and work instructions. The chapter on “Operating Practices to reduce Maintenance Work” provides a basic yet well-formulated introduction to concepts of predictive and preventive maintenance. There is fairly comprehensive coverage of how best to provide incentive payments for maintenance workers, which may or may not be applicable in certain industrial situations.
The Chapters “An Introduction to the Computer in Maintenance” and “Computerized Planning and Scheduling” run the risk of being out of date before the book has long been published. However, the principles that these chapters cover remain somewhat timeless, and also provide a useful starting point for those wishing to understand more about these aspects. Newer younger grads in the field will probably already know this material. The Chapters entitled “Maintenance Stores and Inventory Control” and “Maintenance Storerooms” are very well written. They are particularly valuable since this topic gets relatively little attention from maintenance professionals, and these chapters show their importance.
The chapter entitled “Work Measurement” should give even experienced planners new ways to look at how they estimate job durations, and the chapter entitled “Work Simplification” introduces standard industrial engineering techniques to maintenance personnel, who often are industrial engineers by training, but sometimes are not. The tools discussed include charting tools and techniques that assist planners in identifying ways to make repair tasks quicker and simpler. Planners will also benefit from reading the chapter “Estimating Repair and Maintenance Costs”.
The chapters on the technical aspects of maintenance are also well-written, and could be useful both as a reminder for engineers about some fundamental concepts, as well as providing useful information for craftspeople to assist with troubleshooting and ensuring that sound maintenance quality standards are implemented. There is also a very useful introduction to the three main predictive maintenance technologies – vibration analysis, oil analysis and thermography. These sections would equip anyone with a mechanical engineering background to be able to know what questions to ask of experts in these fields.
There is a small section entitled “Sanitation and Housekeeping” that may not be relevant to maintenance engineers or tradespeople, but it is included in keeping with the book’s high standard of completeness.
There are a few areas of maintenance engineering that are not covered in this book. In particular, reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and its derivatives are not covered. Reliability modeling techniques such as Weibull Analysis and Root Cause Analysis get mentioned in one brief paragraph in the chapter on vibration analysis, which is a rather odd place for the subject. With all of the recent emphasis on Six Sigma, maybe the thinking was that this would better be handled on a book on that subject. Among the technical sections, there are some fairly common equipment types that are not covered. For example, there is no coverage of the maintenance of hydraulic systems, boilers, PLC’s, or distributed control systems.
In spite of these few shortcomings, this is certainly an excellent reference for the maintenance engineer for most facets of the job including planning, financial, organizational, and hands-on technical aspects. The table of contents is as follows:

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Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity by Ugural A.C. and Fenster S.K

Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity by Ugural A.C. and Fenster S.K



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