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Air Conditioning

Clinic

Absorption

Water Chillers

One of the Equipment Series

TRG-TRC011-EN

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Absorption

Water Chillers

One of the Equipment Series

A publication of

The Trane Company—

Worldwide Applied Systems Group

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Preface

© 2000 American Standard Inc. All rights reserved

ii TRG-TRC011-EN

The Trane Company believes that it is incumbent on manufacturers to serve the

industry by regularly disseminating information gathered through laboratory

research, testing programs, and field experience.

The Trane Air Conditioning Clinic series is one means of knowledge sharing. It

is intended to acquaint a nontechnical audience with various fundamental

aspects of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. We have taken special care

to make the clinic as uncommercial and straightforward as possible.

Illustrations of Trane products only appear in cases where they help convey the

message contained in the accompanying text.

This particular clinic introduces the concept of absorption water chillers.

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