Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

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