Refrigeration and air conditioning technology / William C. Whitman ... [et al.].

Heat and Pressure -- Matter and Energy -- Refrigeration and Refrigerants -- General Safety Practices -- Tools and Equipment -- Fasteners -- Tubing and Piping -- System Evacuation -- Refrigerant and Oil Chemistry and Management -- Recovery, Recycling, Reclaiming, and Retrofitting -- System Charging -- Calibrating Instruments -- Basic Electricity and Magnetism -- Introduction to Automatic Controls --Automatic Control Components and Applications -- Troubleshooting Basic Controls -- Advanced Automatic Controls -- Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and Pneumatics -- Types of Electric Motors -- Application of Motors -- Motor Controls -- Troubleshooting Electric Motors -- Evaporators and the Refrigeration System -- Condensers -- Compressors -- Expansion Devices -- Special Refrigeration System Components -- Application of Refrigeration Systems -- Commercial Ice Machines -- Special Refrigeration Applications -- Troubleshooting and Typical Operating Conditions for Commercial Refrigeration -- Electric Heat -- Gas Heat -- Oil Heat -- Hydronic Heat -- Indoor Air Quality -- Comfort and Psychrometries -- Refrigeration Applied to Air Conditioning -- Air Distribution and Balance -- Installation -- Controls --Typical Operating Conditions -- Troubleshooting -- Electric, Gas, and Oil Heat with Electric Air Conditioning -- Air Source Heat Pumps -- Geothermal Heat Pumps -- Domestic Refrigerators -- Domestic Freezers -- Room Air Conditioners -- High-Pressure, Low-Pressure, and Absorption Chilled-Water Systems -- Cooling Towers and Pumps -- Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Chilled-Water Air-Conditioning Systems.