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PREFACE

This Pocket Guide was developed to serve as a ready reference for engineers whose mobility keeps them from easy access to the large ASHRAE Handbook volumes. Most of the information is taken from the four volumes of the ASHRAE Handbook series and abridged or reduced to fit the smaller page size.

Additions and changes since the sixth edition in 2005 have included updated space air diffusion data and equipment heat loads; added combustion turbines, fuel cells, and ultraviolet lamp systems.

This seventh edition of the Pocket Guide, which was first published in 1987, was again compiled by Frederick H. Kohloss; previous major contributors were Carl W. MacPhee, Griffith C. Burr, Jr., and Harry E. Rountree.