Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1536
ISBN-13: 9781111644475
Copyright date: 2013
Notes: "25th anniversary" - cover, t.p.
Table of contents: title: Section 1 : Theory of heat.; title: Introduction; title: Heat, temperature, and pressure; title: Matter and energy; title: Refrigeration and refrigerants; title: Section 2 : Safety, tools and equipment, and shop practices.; title: General safety practices; title: Tools and equipment; title: Fasteners; title: Tubing and piping; title: Leak detection, system evacuation, and system cleanup; title: Refrigerant and oil chemistry and management : recovery, recycling, reclaiming, and retrofitting; title: System charging; title: Calibrating instruments; title: Section 3 : Basic automatic controls.; title: Basic electricity and magnetism; title: Introduction to automatic controls; title: Automatic control components and applications; title: Troubleshooting basic controls; title: Advanced automatic controls : direct digital controls (DDCs) and pneumatics; title: Section 4 : Electric motors.; title: Types of electric motors; title: Application of motors; title: Motor controls; title: Troubleshooting electric motors; title: Section 5 : Commercial refrigeration.; title: Evaporators and the refrigeration system; title: Condensers; title: Compressors; title: Expansion devices; title: Special refrigeration system components; title: Applications of refrigeration systems; title: Commercial ice machines; title: Special refrigeration applications; title: Troubleshooting and typical operating conditions for commercial refrigeration; title: Section 6 : Air-conditioning (heating and humidification).; title: Electric heat; title: Gas heat; title: Oil heat; title: Hydronic heat; title: Indoor air quality; title: Section 7 : Air-conditioning (cooling).; title: Comfort and psychrometrics; title: Refrigeration applied to air conditioning; title: Air distribution and balance; title: Installation; title: Residential energy audit; title: Typical operating conditions; title: Troubleshooting; title: Section 8 : All-weather systems.; title: Heat gains and heat losses in structures; title: Air source heat pumps; title: Geothermal heat pumps; title: Section 9 : Domestic appliances.; title: Domestic refrigerators and freezers; title: Room air conditioners; title: Section 10 : Commercial air-conditioning and chilled-water systems.; title: High-pressure, low-pressure, and absorption chilled-water systems; title: Cooling towers and pumps; title: Operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of chilled-water air-conditioning systems; title: Commercial packaged rooftop, variable refrigerant flow and variable air volume systems; title: Appendix A : Alternative heating (stoves and fireplace inserts); title: Appendix B : Temperature conversion chart; title: Glossary