This book is ideal for diploma-level students, ITI trades, and first-year engineering undergraduates. It’s also useful for HVAC technicians starting out.
Where other books show a perfect cycle, Ananthanarayanan shows wet compression, dry compression, and liquid slugging. He explains what happens when liquid refrigerant enters a compressor (spoiler: it breaks). The PDF’s ability to zoom in on his p-h chart diagrams is superior to the tiny print in the physical book. This book is ideal for diploma-level students ,
The search for the "PDF" version of this book highlights a shift in how engineering students study. The digital version of Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning offers several advantages for the modern learner: He explains what happens when liquid refrigerant enters
Professor R. Viswanathan (IIT Madras) has a full HVAC course on YouTube. The syllabus matches Ananthanarayanan's book chapter-for-chapter. Use the PDF as your reference text, and NPTEL as your video lecture. The digital version of Basic Refrigeration and Air