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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology, 6th Edition

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology, 6th Edition, has been updated and revised to provide superior hands-on information needed to successfully maintain and troubleshoot today's complex heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.

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Author: Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson, John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 1456

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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology, 6th Edition, a time-honored best seller, has been updated and revised to provide superior hands-on information needed to successfully maintain and troubleshoot today's complex heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. The new sixth edition contains units updated to include advances or changes in technology, procedures, and/or equipment. Over 250 new images have been added to emphasize the practical application approach to the book. It fosters a solid foundation and understanding of environmental problems and their solutions, and displays a depth and detail of theory, diagnostics, and repair procedures that make this a fitting book for basic HVAC-R education as well as upgrading and certification training for technicians in the field.

Features:

New section on the Green Awareness movement and global warming includes key organizations and their present and future goals on how to accomplish green buildings and green mechanical rooms throughout the USA.
Updated information on technician certification and key organizations supporting either voluntary or mandatory technician certification.
Federal Mandate 13 Season Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) is covered in detail in designated chapters throughout the book.
Section on Career Opportunity has been expanded to include a comprehensive list of career opportunities available in the HVACR field.
Actual technician service calls are featured, giving chapters a real-world quality that puts readers in "service mode."

From the Preface
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology is designed and written for students in vocational-technical schools and colleges, community colleges, and apprenticeship programs. The content is in a format appropriate for students who are attending classes full-time while preparing for their first job, for students attending classes part-time while preparing for a career change, or for those working in the field who want to increase their knowledge and skills. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on the practical applications of the knowledge and skills technicians need to be productive in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. The contents of this book can be used as a study guide to prepare for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandatory technician certification examinations. It can be used in the HVACR field or closely related fields by students, technicians, installers, contractor employees, service personnel, and owners of businesses.

This text is also an excellent study guide for the Industry Competency Exam (ICE), the North American Technician Excellence (NATE), the HVAC Excellence, the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), the United Association (UA) STAR certification, and the Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) voluntary HVACR technical certification and home study examinations.

The book is also written to correspond to the National Skill Standards for HVACR technicians. Previous editions of this text are often carried to the job site by technicians and used as a reference for service procedures. "Do-it-yourselfers" will find this text valuable for understanding and maintaining heating and cooling systems.

As general technology has evolved, so has the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry. A greater emphasis is placed on digital electronic controls and system efficiency. Every central split cooling system manufactured in the United States today must have a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) rating of at least 13. This energy requirement was mandated by federal law as of January 23, 2006. SEER is calculated on the basis of the total amount of cooling (in Btu) the system will provide over the entire season, divided by the total number of watt-hours it will consume. Higher SEER ratings reflect a more-efficient cooling system. Air-conditioning and refrigeration technicians are responsible for following procedures to protect our environment, particularly with regard to the handling of refrigerants. Technician certification has become increasingly important in the industry.

Global warming has become a major environmental issue. When HVACR systems are working correctly and efficiently, they will greatly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases. Organizations like the Green Mechanical Council (GreenMech) are advocates for the HVACR industry and assist the industry in meeting with government, educational, industry, and labor interests to find solutions to the world's global-warming problem. GreenMech has created a scoring system designed to help engineers, contractors, and consumers know the "green value" of each mechanical installation. The "green value" encompasses the system's energy efficiency, pollution output, and sustainability. Realtors, building inspectors, builders, and planning and zoning officials will now have some knowledge about and guidance on how buildings and mechanical systems are performing. Green buildings and green mechanical systems are becoming increasingly popular in today's world as a way to curb global warming.

About the Authors
Bill Whitman graduated from Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire, with a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Education. He received his master's degree in School Administration from St Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont. After instructing drafting courses for three years, Mr Whitman became the Director of Vocational Education for the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, Vermont, a position he held for eight years. He spent five years as the Associate Director of Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr Whitman was the head of the Department of Industry for Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, for 18 years.
Bill Johnson has taught Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration for 21 years in various technical colleges and factory schools. A graduate of Southern Technical Institute, a branch of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, he has also served as a Service Manager for a major manufacturer for six years. Bill owned his own HVAC/R business for about 10 years and has been a member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
John Tomczyk has worked in refrigeration, heating, and air-conditioning service; project engineering; and technical writing consultation for both the academic and industrial fields. His technical articles have been featured in the Refrigeration News, Service and Contracting Journal and Engineered Systems Journal. He is currently a professor in the Refrigeration, Heating and Air-Conditioning Technology program at Ferris State University with 23 years of teaching experience, and a member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES).
Eugene Silberstein has been involved in all aspects of the HVAC/R industry from field technician and system designer to company owner, teacher, administrator, consultant and author. Mr Silberstein was an instructor at Apex Technical School in New York City, where he taught classes on basic, domestic and commercial refrigeration, basic electricity and major home appliances, commercial air conditioning and advanced air conditioning topics. In addition to teaching at the post-secondary level, Mr Silberstein is presently the Director and Professor of the HVAC/R Associates of Applied Sciences Program at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York.

Table of Contents
Section 1: Theory of Heat. Unit 1: Heat and Pressure. Unit 2: Matter and Energy. Unit 3: Refrigeration and Refrigerants. Section 2: Safety, Tools and Equipment, Shop Practices. Unit 4: General Safety Practices. Unit 5: Tools and Equipment. Unit 6: Fasteners. Unit 7: Tubing and Piping. Unit 8: System Evacuation. Unit 9: Refrigerant and Oil Chemistry and Management - Recovery, Recycling, Reclaiming, and Retrofitting. Unit 10: System Charging. Unit 11: Calibrating Instruments. Section 3: Basic Automatic Controls. Unit 12: Basic Electricity and Magnetism. Unit 13: Introduction to Automatic Controls. Unit 14: Automatic Control Components and Applications. Unit 15: Troubleshooting Basic Controls. Unit 16: Advanced Automatic Controls - Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and Pneumatics. Section 4: Electric Motors. Unit 17: Types of Electric Motors. Unit 18: Application of Motors. Unit 19: Motor Controls. Unit 20: Troubleshooting Electric Motors. Section 5: Commercial Refrigeration. Unit 21: Evaporators and the Refrigeration System. Unit 22: Condensers. Unit 23: Compressors. Unit 24: Expansion Devices. Unit 25: Special Refrigeration System Components. Unit 26: Application of Refrigeration Systems. Unit 27: Commercial Ice Machines. Unit 28: Special Refrigeration Applications. Unit 29: Troubleshooting and Typical Operating Conditions for Commercial Refrigeration. Section 6: Air Conditioning (Heating and Humidification). Unit 30: Electric Heat. Unit 31: Gas Heat. Unit 32: Oil Heat. Unit 33: Hydronic Heat. Unit 34: Indoor Air Quality. Section 7: Air Conditioning (Cooling). Unit 35: Comfort and Psychrometrics. Unit 36: Refrigeration Applied to Air Conditioning. Unit 37: Air Distribution and Balance. Unit 38: Installation. Unit 39: Controls. Unit 40: Typical Operating Conditions. Unit 41: Troubleshooting. Section 8: All-Weather Systems. Unit 42: Electric, Gas, and Oil Heat with Electric Air Conditioning. Unit 43: Air Source Heat Pumps. Unit 44: Geothermal Heat Pumps. Section 9: Domestic Appliances. (Note: CD in back of book contains Section 9.) Unit 45: Domestic Refrigerators. Unit 46: Domestic Freezers. Unit 47: Room Air Conditioners. Section 10: Chilled-Water Air Conditioning Systems. Unit 48: High-Pressure, Low-Pressure, and Absorption Chilled-Water Systems. Unit 49: Cooling Towers and Pumps. Unit 50: Operations, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Chilled-Water Air-Conditioning Systems.