Manual H gives you a one-stop reference on residential and small commercial heat pump systems-- basic principles, equipment, installation, operation, applications and system design--with a wealth of step-by-step examples and design calculations.

Topics include:

• Equipment selection, siz­ing, and operating costs
• Air-to-air, water-to-air, air-to-water, water-to-water, fossil fuel hybrid, earth coupled, and reclaim water loop equipment
• Multi-zone, split-coil heat pump systems
• VAV heat pump systems
• Heat pump operating cycles and controls
• Effïciency descriptors (COP and HSPF)
• Thermal and economic balance points
• Supplementary and emergency heat
• Heat sources and heat sinks