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Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration on CD-ROM

Course materials will be sent to you. (Text and manual also available - contact our office)

About this Course

Teach yourself how to troubleshoot and repair air-conditioning equipment. These step-by-step instructions come with over 325 original graphics, full-color, interactive areas, animation, and voice-over. It's loaded! You can select an area of study from the table of contents and start or stop anytime. This CD is FUN and can maintain a student's interest. The knowledge gained from this CD is immediately transferable to on-the-job skills. This CD is self-loading, and computer literacy is not required.

What You Will Learn

Chapter One

Fundamentals

• How Heat Travels
• Explain a Btu
• Define Specific Heat
• "Ton of Refrigeration"
• 3 Physical States of Matter
• How a Substance Changes State

Chapter Two

Sensible vs. Latent Heat

• Sensible vs. Latent Heat
• 5 Changes of State
• Superheat and Subcooling
• 5 Refrigeration Applications
• Define Saturation Point
• Fahrenheit and Celsius

Chapter Three

Gas Laws

• Pressure and Boiling Points
• Read the Compound Gauge
• Explain High Pressure Gauge
• Measuring Vacuums
• Perfect and Partial Vacuum
• Use of the Saturation Card

Chapter Four

Condensers

• Check Floating Head Pressures
• 5 Causes of Hi-Head Pressures
• Controlling Head Pressure
• Safety Controls
• Water-Cooled Systems
• Water-Cooling Towers

Chapter Five

Accessories

• Gauge Manifold/Service Valves
• Evacuation Procedures
• How to Charge a System
• Purpose of Filter-Driers
• Purpose of Sight Glasses
• Suction Accumulator

Chapter Six

Refrigerants

• Recognize Refillable, Nonrefillable Cylinders
• Azeotropic Refrigerants
• Zeotropic Refrigerants
• Understand EPA Identification
• Avoid Refrigerant Hazards

Chapter Seven

Working with Refrigeration

• Purge System with Nitrogen
• Leak Detection
• Methods for Leak Detection
• Using Vacuum Pumps
• Charging System/Refrigerant
• Recovery/Recycle Procedures

Chapter Eight

Zeotropes

• Understand Zeotropic Blends
• Using Lubricants
• Fractionation and Temp. Glide
• Bubble and Dew Point
• Use Lubricants for Refrigerant Blends

Chapter Nine

Refrigerant Controls

• Refrigerant Controls
• Capillary Tube Filter-Drier
• Operation of TEV
• Adjust Superheat Setting
• Advantages of a Resistor
• Mounting Thermal Bulb

Chapter Ten

Compressors

• Types of Compressors
• Reciprocating Compressors
• How Valve Plate Operates
• Operation of Unloaders
• How to Use Compressor Oil
• Using Lubrications Properly

Chapter Eleven

Systems

• Know and Use Hand Valves
• Pressure Regulators
• Recognize Centrifugal Chillers
• Heat Pumps and Reversing Valve
• Solenoid Valve Operation
• Hot Gas Bypass Systems

Fees

$59.00 - Textbook-Heating & Cooling Essentials
$249.00 - CD-ROM-AC & Refrigeration
$499.00 - Complete set of "Electricity for N.-E." and "A/C and Refrig." (2 CDs & 3 Manuals)
$49.00 - Lab Manual-Heating & Cooling Essentials

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