Overview
Main description
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.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Tools and InstrumentsChapter 2: Development of RefrigerationChapter 3: Voltage, Current, and ResistanceChapter 4: Solenoids and ValvesChapter 5: Electric Motors: Selection, Operational Characteristics, and ProblemsChapter 6: Refrigerants: New and OldChapter 7: Refrigeration CompressorsChapter 8: Condensers, Chillers, and Cooling TowersChapter 9: Working with Water-Cooling ProblemsChapter 10: EvaporatorsChapter 11: Refrigerant: Flow ControlChapter 12: Servicing and SafetyChapter 13: FreezersChapter 14: Temperature, Psychometrics, and Air ControlChapter 15: Comfort Air ConditioningChapter 16: Commercial Air-Conditioning SystemsChapter 17: Various Types of Air Conditioners and Heat PumpsChapter 18: Estimating Load and Insulating PipesChapter 19: Installing and Controlling Electrical Power for Air-Conditioning UnitsChapter 20: Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration CareersAppendix A: Some New RefrigerantsAppendix B: Electrical and Electronic Symbols Used in SchematicsAppendix C: Programming ThermostatsAppendix D: Tools of the Trade (Plus Frequently Asked Questions with Answers)
Author comments
Rex Miller is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at State University College at Buffalo and has taught technical curriculum at the college level for more than 40 years. He is the coauthor of the best-selling Carpentry & Construction, now in its fourth edition, and the author of more than 80 texts for vocational and industrial arts programs. He lives in Round Rock, Texas.
Mark R. Miller is Professor of Industrial Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler. He teaches construction courses for future middle managers in the trade. He is coauthor of several technical books, including the best-selling Carpentry & Construction, now in its fourth edition. He lives in Tyler, Texas.
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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.
