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Develop the knowledge and skills you need to maintain and troubleshoot today's complex heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems with REFRIGERATION & AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY, Ninth Edition. This best-selling, easy-to-understand resource provides hands-on guidance, practical applications, and the solid foundation you need to understand modern HVAC service and repair, its environmental challenges, and their solutions. Focused on sustainable technology and emphasizing new technologies and green awareness, the Ninth Edition features the latest advances in the HVAC/R industry, including updated content throughout the text and more than 400 new and revised figures and images. Drawing on decades of industry experience, the authors also cover the all-important soft skills and customer relations issues that today's professionals need to master for career success. Memorable real-world examples, hundreds of vibrant photos, and unique Service Call features bring key concepts to life and help you develop the knowledge and skills to succeed in today's dynamic industry.

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology

SECTION I: THEORY OF HEAT.

1. Heat and Pressure.

2. Matter and Energy.

3. Refrigeration and Refrigerants.

SECTION II: SAFETY, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, SHOP PRACTICES.

4. General Safety Practices.

5. Tools and Equipment.

6. Fasteners.

7. Tubing and Piping.

8. Leak Detection, System Evacuation and System Clean-up

9. Refrigerant and Oil Chemistry and Management-Recovery, Recycling, Reclaiming, and Retrofitting.

10. System Charging.

11. Calibrating Instruments.

SECTION III: BASIC AUTOMATIC CONTROLS.

12. Basic Electricity and Magnetism.

13. Introduction to Automatic Controls.

14. Automatic Control Components and Applications.

15. Troubleshooting Basic Controls.

16. Advanced Automatic Controls-Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and Pneumatics.

SECTION IV: ELECTRIC MOTORS.

17. Types of Electric Motors.

18. Application of Motors.

19. Motor Controls.

20. Troubleshooting Electric Motors.

SECTION V: COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION.

21. Evaporators and the Refrigeration System.

22. Condensers.

23. Compressors.

24. Expansion Devices.

25. Special Refrigeration System Components.

26. Application of Refrigeration Systems.

27. Commercial Ice Machines.

28. Special Refrigeration Applications.

29. Troubleshooting and Typical Operating Conditions for Commercial Refrigeration.

SECTION VI: AIR CONDITIONING (HEATING AND HUMIDIFICATION).

30. Electric Heat.

31. Gas Heat.

32. Oil Heat.

33. Hydronic Heat.

34. Indoor Air Quality.

Section VII: AIR CONDITIONING (COOLING).

35. Comfort and Psychrometrics.

36. Refrigeration Applied to Air Conditioning.

37. Air Distribution and Balance.

38. Installation.

39. Residential Energy Auditing

40. Typical Operating Conditions.

41. Troubleshooting.

SECTION VIII: ALL-WEATHER SYSTEMS.

42. Heat Gain and Heat Loss in Buildings.

43. Air Source Heat Pumps.

44. Geothermal Heat Pumps.

SECTION IX: DOMESTIC APPLIANCES.

45. Domestic Refrigerators and Freezers.

46. Room Air Conditioners.

SECTION X: COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING AND CHILLED-WATER SYSTEMS

47. High-Pressure, Low-Pressure, and Absorption Chilled-Water Systems.

48. Cooling Towers and Pumps.

49. Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Chilled-Water Air Conditioning Systems.

50. Commercial Rooftop, Packaged, Variable Refrigerant Flow, and Variable Air Volume Systems.