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
0071467882 /
9780071467889
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