Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Second Edition - Paperback
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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
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.
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