HVAC Systems: Project Choices, Peer Review, and Research Tools - Prof. Jeffrey A. Siegel, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Architecture

Information on project choices, peer review, and research tools for students studying hvac systems. It includes details on how to identify peer-reviewed journals using web of science and engineering index, as well as guidelines for recognizing peer-reviewed publications. The document also lists some examples of peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications in the field of hvac and outlines the objectives of studying hvac processes.

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Administrative
Send me your Project choices by Wednesday at
5 pm
References for project
Peer review & literature searching
Web of Science
Journals
Citation searches
Very quickly locate seminal articles
UT library
Research Tools, Databases and Indexes to Articles
W
Web of Science
AKA Science Citation Index
(Almost) everything is peer reviewed
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Administrative

  • Send me your Project choices by Wednesday at

5 pm

  • References for project
    • Peer review & literature searching

Web of Science

  • Journals
    • Citation searches
    • Very quickly locate seminal articles
  • UT library
    • Research Tools, Databases and Indexes to Articles
    • W
    • Web of Science
  • AKA Science Citation Index
  • (Almost) everything is peer reviewed

Engineering Index

  • Journals and conference proceedings
    • Including ASHRAE Transactions
    • Watch out for non-peer reviewed material
  • UT library
    • Research Tools, Databases and Indexes to Articles
    • E
    • Engineering Index
    • Also goes by Engineering Village, EI Compendex, etc.

Peer Review

  1. If there is "journal" in the title it is likely PR, if there is "magazine" in the title it is not. If there is "proceedings" in the title it is from a conference and may or may not be PR, but even if it is, it is considered to be worse than an archival (i.e. available through the library) publication.
  2. If the page numbers continuously throughout a volume (usually a year), then it is likely PR.
  3. If the magazine is intended for non-academics and non-researchers then it is probably not PR. Converse is also true.
  4. If it has advertisements (other than a few really targeted ones at the beginning or the end of each issue), then it is probably not PR.
  5. If most of the articles are written by people with PhDs, then it is probably PR.
  6. If there are instructions for authors, then it is probably PR. It will likely say so.
  7. If articles are written by publication staff, then it is not PR.
  • When all else fails, than look it up on the internet and it will most likely say.

What goes on in a typical HVAC

system?

Adiabatic mixing

  • Governing equation

Sensible heating

Dehumidification by Cooling

Evaporative Cooling (aka air washing)

Condition Line for a Space

Single-Zone Systems

  • Zone – any space with a thermostat

Air conditioning

Evaporative Cooler

Air-to-air heat exchanger