About This Book
The Carrier System Design Manual, Part 3: Piping Design is a comprehensive technical reference guide of more than 100 pages, published by the Carrier Air Conditioning Company. It serves as an essential resource for HVAC engineers and building designers, offering practical data, formulas, and system layouts for designing air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration piping systems.
Core Chapters and Topics
The manual is organized into four main sections, each addressing a different medium or configuration type:
- General Piping Design: Covers fundamental piping principles, including material selection, service limitations, thermal expansion and contraction, vibration isolation, and proper support spacing.
- Water Piping: Addresses sizing, friction loss calculations, layout guidelines, and pressure drop considerations for chilled water and condenser water loops.
- Refrigerant Piping: Details line sizing rules, oil return requirements, and layout recommendations for both vapor and liquid refrigerant lines.
- Steam Piping: Outlines specifications, sizing methods, and condensate drainage strategies for low- and high-pressure steam distribution systems.
Key Engineering Elements
- Friction Loss Charts: Graphical references for calculating pressure drops across a variety of pipe materials.
- Layout and Slope Guidelines: Practical rules for preventing water hammer, air pockets, and trapped condensate.
- Worked Examples: Step-by-step calculations demonstrating how to apply key formulas to real-world building scenarios.
Practice Tests Using This Book
This book is required or recommended for 1 licensing exam. Our practice tests include questions based on this material.