Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration, 2E
Rex Miller, Mark R. Miller
A Complete,
Up-to-Date Guide to AC and Refrigeration
Fully revisited to cover the latest
techniques, tools, refrigerants, and equipment, Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration, Second Edition, provides a
thorough introduction to the basic principles and practices of the
AC and refrigeration industry.
Step-by-step instructions, along with more
than 800 photographs and illustrations, demonstrate efficient,
cost-effective, and current methods for choosing, installing,
maintaining, troubleshooting, servicing, and repairing today's
cooling and climate control systems.
Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer, a professional technician, or a
student, you'll find the task-simplifying details you need for any
project.
Learn all
about:
- Tools,
instruments, and specialized equipment
- Development of
refrigeration
- Voltage,
current, and resistance
- Solenoids and
valves
- Electric
motors
- Refrigerants
- Refrigeration
compressors
- Condensers,
chillers, and cooling towers
- Water-cooling
problems
- Evaporators
- Refrigerant
flow control
- Servicing and
safety
- Freezers
- Temperature,
psychrometrics, and air control
- Comfort air
conditioning
- Commercial
air-conditioning systems
- Various types
of air conditioners and heat pumps
- Estimating
load and insulating pipes
- Electrical
power for air conditioners
-
Air-conditioning and refrigeration careers
- New
refrigerants
- Electrical and
electronic symbols used in schematics
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Contents:
Chapter 1. Tools, Instruments, and
Specialized Equipment
Chapter 2. Development of Refrigeration
Chapter 3. Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Chapter 4. Solenoids and Valves
Chapter 5. Electric Motors: Selection, 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, Psychrometrics, 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. Insulating Power for Air Conditioners
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)
Appendix E. Generic Substitute Names Used in SNAP Listings
Glossary
Index
About the Authors:
Rex Miller
is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at
State University of New York-College at Buffalo, where he taught
technical curriculums for more than 40 years.
He has authored or co-authored more than 100
texts for vocational and industrial arts programs, including
McGraw-Hill’s Carpentry & Construction, now in its fifth
edition
Mark R. Miller
is a professor of technology and coordinator for
the industrial management programs in the Department of Human
Resource Development & Technology at the University of Texas at
Tyler.
He teaches technology courses for future
middle managers and has authored or co-authored more than 35
technical books and numerous technical articles
Softcover
624 Pages
Copyright 2012
Test Equipment
007176139X
/ 9780071761390
0071467882 /
9780071467889
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