ASHRAE Journal - February 2024 - 4
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Ginger Scoggins, P.E.
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Dennis Knight, P.E., BEMP
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CHD, HBDP, HFDP, OPMP
Ashish Rakheja
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Chandra Sekhar, CPEng., Ph.D.
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How Do Heat Pumps Work?
I
have touched on this before in previous commentaries,
but having more articles about fundamentals was
something on my mind when I started and something
that was stressed to me. With that being said, I am happy
to introduce Joel Primeau's fi rst HVAC Fundamentals
column in this month's issue.
I met Joel when he was at ASHRAE headquarters with Don Brandt
teaching HVAC Design training for a week in September.
Joel's fi rst column (page 24) hits on heat pump fundamentals and how
they work. He hits on water-source, air-source, geothermal, water-towater,
air-to-water, heat pump effi ciency and measuring the future of
heat pumps. Joel also appears with Technical Editor Rebecca Matyasovski
in the latest Hot Air podcast.
Look for more HVAC Fundamentals columns from Joel throughout
the year.
Drew Champlin
This month's issue is also fi lled with plenty of content on data centers.
Our cover article (page 34) touches on the topic of a more effi cient
redundancy strategy for data center cooling. We have a data center
column on optimizing the existing data center environment (page 8) and
another feature on direct-to-chip liquid cooling in data centers (page 52).
Check out latest ASHRAE Journal Podcast episode with Mike Gallagher
as we talk strainers and their uses in hydronic systems. Mike is a regular
contributor to our Engineer's Notebook columns. In this month's
Engineer's Notebook column, Kelley Cramm, who has also appeared as a
guest on a recent ASHRAE Journal Podcast (search and subscribe on your
favorite podcast platform), wrote on the importance of coordination
between the mechanical and electrical designers when it comes to
designing an HVAC system. You can fi nd that beginning on page 28.
By now, hopefully we have all settled in from a wintry ASHRAE Winter
Conference and AHR Expo in Chicago. It is always great to meet with
ASHRAE Journal readers and podcast listeners to hear feedback.
If you are interested in writing articles about HVAC&R fundamentals,
please email me at dchamplin@ashrae.org. If you would like to provide
feedback to an article, email letters@ashrae.org.
Thanks for reading,
Drew Champlin,
ASHRAE Journal Editor
Mission Statement: ASHRAE Journal reviews current HVAC&R technology of broad interest through publication of application-oriented articles. ASHRAE Journal's
editorial content ranges from back-to-basics features to reviews of emerging technologies, covering the entire spectrum of professional interest from design and
construction practices to commissioning and the service life of HVAC&R environmental systems.
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