Building services and equipment. Volume 2 / Frederick E. Hall.
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2014.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 Pipe sizing for hot-and cold-water installations""; ""Design principles""; ""Effective length of pipe""; ""Determination of pipe diameter""; ""Pipe sizing for multi-storey buildings""; ""Tabulation""; ""Pipe sizing for hot-water systems""; ""Relative discharging power of pipes""; ""Thomas Box formula""; ""Chapter 2 Electrical terms and calculations""; ""Definition of terms""; ""Electrical calculations""; ""Chapter 3 Supply and distribution of electricity""
- ""The public supply of electricity""""The National 'Grid' system""; ""Regional Electricity Companies""; ""Supply to small buildings""; ""Supply controls""; ""Protection against excess current""; ""Earthing""; ""Bonding of services""; ""Conductor and cable rating""; ""Domestic cable sizing""; ""Methods of wiring""; ""Distribution systems""; ""Single-phase power circuits""; ""Emergency supplies""; ""Chapter 4 Electrical installations in large buildings""; ""Distribution principles""; ""Floor ducts""; ""Chapter 5 Site electricity, space heating, telephones""; ""Site electricity""
- ""Electric space heating""""Telephone installations""; ""Chapter 6 Gas supply and distribution""; ""Gas supply""; ""Gas services in buildings""; ""The gas refrigerator""; ""Chapter 7 Gas controls, safety devices, heating and flues""; ""Gas cocks""; ""Pressure governor""; ""Thermostats""; ""Gas igniters""; ""Flame-failure device""; ""Gas space heating""; ""Flues for gas appliances""; ""Calculation of gas consumption""; ""The condensing gas boiler""; ""Chapter 8 Sprinklers, risers and hose reel installations""; ""Fire-fighting equipment""; ""Sprinkler systems""; ""Classification of fire risks""
- ""Dry and wet risers""""Hose-reel installations""; ""Chapter 9 Portable and fixed extinguishers â€" detectors""; ""Portable fire extinguishers""; ""Fixed extinguisher installations""; ""Automatic fire detectors""; ""Alarms""; ""Fire dampers""; ""Pressurisation of escape routes""; ""Automatic fire ventilation""; ""Control of smoke in covered shopping centres""; ""Chapter 10 Burglar alarms""; ""Principles""; ""Elements of installation""; ""Detection devices""; ""Chapter 11 Lifts and escalators""; ""Lifts""; ""Electric lifts""; ""Details of lifts""; ""Paternosters""; ""Oil-hydraulic lifts""
- ""Builder's work""""Escalators""; ""Travelators (moving pavements)""; ""Chapter 12 Service ducts""; ""Planning""; ""Fire risk""; ""The common trench""; ""Chapter 13 Daylighting, permanent supplementary artificial lighting""; ""Daylighting""; ""Daylight factor""; ""Integration of daylight with electric light (PSALI)""; ""Chapter 14 Artificial lighting""; ""Principles""; ""Design of lighting""; ""Lamps and light fittings""; ""Lighting controls""; ""Appendix SI units (International system of units)""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""