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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Rex Miller, Mark R. Miller

BE AN AC AND REFRIGERATION ACE- NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PRESENT LEVEL OF SKILL!

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration helps you understand today's cooling and climate control systems-so expertly that you can use it as the foundation for a career! Clear instructions-with over 800 photographs and illustrations-offer step-by-step guidance to learning the trade for students, professionals, and homeowners who want to do their own installations or repairs.

LEARN WITH THE PROS

Written by experienced teachers Rex and Mark R. Miller-whose Carpentry & Construction has been a building classic for more than 25 years-Air Conditioning and Refrigeration has all the task-simplifying details you need for any project.

In the popular Miller style, this complete and current guide helps:

• New and student technicians - Build on-the-job skills and the knowledge needed to succeed in a fast-growing, lucrative field.
• AC and refrigeration pros - Refine and update skills, with full information on the latest cost-cutting technologies, refrigerants, and tools.
• Do-it-yourselfers and homeowners - Make expert equipment and tool choices and achieve superior results, economically.
• Service personnel, technicians, contractors, engineers, and facility managers - Find up-to-date information on codes, standards, safety tips, and methods.
• Anyone who needs clear, illustrated, step-by-step instructions - for efficient, cost-effective, and current methods in choosing, installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, servicing, and repairing today's AC and refrigeration equipment.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Tools and Instruments
Chapter 2: Development of Refrigeration
Chapter 3: Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Chapter 4: Solenoids and Valves
Chapter 5: Electric Motors: Selection, Operational Characteristics, and Problems
Chapter 6: Refrigerants: New and Old
Chapter 7: Refrigeration Compressors
Chapter 8: Condensers, Chillers, and Cooling Towers
Chapter 9: Working with Water-Cooling Problems
Chapter 10: Evaporators
Chapter 11: Refrigerant: Flow Control
Chapter 12: Servicing and Safety
Chapter 13: Freezers
Chapter 14: Temperature, Psychometrics, and Air Control
Chapter 15: Comfort Air Conditioning
Chapter 16: Commercial Air-Conditioning Systems
Chapter 17: Various Types of Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Chapter 18: Estimating Load and Insulating Pipes
Chapter 19: Installing and Controlling Electrical Power for Air-Conditioning Units
Chapter 20: Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Careers
Appendix A: Some New Refrigerants
Appendix B: Electrical and Electronic Symbols Used in Schematics
Appendix C: Programming Thermostats
Appendix D: Tools of the Trade (Plus Frequently Asked Questions with Answers)

About the Authors:

Rex Miller is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at State University College at Buffalo, and has taught technical curriculums at the high school, technical school, and college level for more than 40 years. He is the co-author of John Wiley's Refrigeration: Home and Commercial and Air Conditioning: Home and Commercial. He is also co-author of McGraw-Hill's best selling Carpentry & Construction and the Electrician's Pocket Manual... author of more than 100 texts for vocational schools and industrial arts programs at all levels.

Mark R. Miller is Professor and Head of Industrial Technology at University of Texas in Tyler, and has taught technical curriculums at high school, technical school and college level for more than 20 years. He is the co-author of Adel's Refrigeration: Home and Commercial and Air Conditioning: Home and Commercial and is the author of more than 30 texts for the trades and technical programs

Softcover
602 Pages

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