Air conditioning, Textbooks, Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery 

xxiii, 1704 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm 

Section 1: Theory of heat. Introduction ; Heat, temperature, and pressure ; Matter and energy ; Refrigeration and refrigerants -- Section 2: Safety, tools and equipment, and shop practices. General safety practices ; Tools and equipment ; Fasteners ; Tubing and piping ; Leak detection, system evacuation, and system cleanup ; Refrigerant and oil chemistry and management : recovery, recycling, reclaiming, and retrofitting ; System charging ; Calibrating instruments -- Section 3: Basic automatic controls. Basic electricity and magnetism ; Introduction to automatic controls ; Automatic control components and applications ; Troubleshooting basic controls ; Advanced automatic controls : direct digital controls (DDCs) and pneumatics -- Section 4: Electric motors. Types of electric motors ; Application of motors ; Motor controls ; Troubleshooting electric motors -- Section 5: Commercial refrigeration. Evaporators and the refrigeration system ; Condensers ; Compressors ; Expansion devices ; Special refrigeration system components ; Applications of refrigeration systems ; Commercial ice machines ; Special refrigeration applications ; Troubleshooting and typical operating conditions for commercial refrigeration -- Section 6: Air-conditioning (heating and humidification). Electric heat ; Gas heat ; Oil heat ; Hydronic heat ; Indoor air quality -- Section 7: Air-conditioning (cooling). Comfort and psychrometrics ; Refrigeration applied to air-conditioning ; Air distribution and balance ; Installation ; Residential energy auditing ; Typical operating conditions ; Troubleshooting -- Section 8: All-weather systems. Heat gains and heat losses in structures ; Air source heat pumps ; Geothermal heat pumps -- Section 9: Domestic appliances. Domestic refrigerators and freezers ; Room air conditioners -- Section 10: Commercial air-conditioning and chilled-water systems. High-pressure, low-pressure, and absorption chilled-water systems ; Cooling towers and pumps ; Operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of chilled-water air-conditioning systems ; Commercial, packaged rooftop, variable refrigerant flow, and variable air volume systems -- Appendix A: Alternative heating (stoves and fireplace inserts) -- Appendix B: Temperature conversion chart -- Glossary.