Refrigeration & air conditioning technology / Bill C. Whitman ... [et al.]

Includes index.

Section 1 : Theory of heat. Introduction -- Heat, temperature, and pressure -- Matter and energy -- Refrigeration and refrigerants -- Section 2 : Safety, tools and equipment, and shop practices. General safety practices -- Tools and equipment -- Fasteners -- Tubing and piping -- Leak detection, system evacuation, and system cleanup -- Refrigerant and oil chemistry and management : recovery, recycling, reclaiming, and retrofitting -- System charging -- Calibrating instruments -- Section 3 : Basic automatic controls. Basic electricity and magnetism -- Introduction to automatic controls -- Automatic control components and applications -- Troubleshooting basic controls -- Advanced automatic controls : direct digital controls (DDCs) and pneumatics -- Section 4 : Electric motors. Types of electric motors -- Application of motors -- Motor controls -- Troubleshooting electric motors -- Section 5 : Commercial refrigeration. Evaporators and the refrigeration system -- Condensers -- Compressors -- Expansion devices -- Special refrigeration system components -- Applications of refrigeration systems -- Commercial ice machines -- Special refrigeration applications -- Troubleshooting and typical operating conditions for commercial refrigeration -- Section 6 : Air-conditioning (heating and humidification). Electric heat -- Gas heat -- Oil heat -- Hydronic heat -- Indoor air quality -- Section 7 : Air-conditioning (cooling). Comfort and psychrometrics -- Refrigeration applied to air conditioning -- Air distribution and balance -- Installation -- Residential energy audit -- Typical operating conditions -- Troubleshooting -- Section 8 : All-weather systems. Heat gains and heat losses in structures -- Air source heat pumps -- Geothermal heat pumps -- Section 9 : Domestic appliances. Domestic refrigerators and freezers -- Room air conditioners -- Section 10 : Commercial air-conditioning and chilled-water systems. High-pressure, low-pressure, and absorption chilled-water systems -- Cooling towers and pumps -- Operation, maintenanc

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