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Principles of Refrigeration

Principles of Refrigeration

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Principles of Refrigeration

• Pressure, work, power, and energy
• Matter, internal energy, heat, temperature
• Thermodynamic processes
• Saturated and superheated vapors
• Psychrometric properties of air
• Refrigeration and the vapor compression system
• Cycle diagrams and the simple saturated cycle
• Actual refrigerating cycles
• Survey of refrigeration applications
• Cooling load calculations
• Evaporators
• Performance of reciprocating compressors
• System equilibrium and cycling controls
• Condensers and cooling towers
• Fluid flow, centrifugal liquid pumps water and brine piping
• Refrigerant
• Refrigerant flow controls
• Compressor construction and lubrication
• Refrigerant piping and accessories
• Defrost methods, low-temperature systems, and multiple temperature installations
• Electric motors and control circuits