Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, 2nd Edition

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

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