Principles of refrigeration.

Format:

book

Title:

Principles of refrigeration.

Author:

Dossat, Roy J.; Horan, Thomas J.

Year:

2002

Language:

English

Publisher:

Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, 2002

Description:

X, 454 p. : ill.

Call number:

PENTA.646.5 DOSS 02 (PENTA)

ISBN:

9780130272706
0130272701

Summary:

I. INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION AND FOOD PRESERVATION. 1. Introduction to Refrigeration. 2. Food Preservation. 3. Preservation and Storage Processes. II. INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES OF REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS. 4. Mass, Motion, Force, and Work. 5. Internal Properties of Matter. 6. Properties of Vapors. 7. Gas Laws. 8. Ideal Gas Processes. III. INTRODUCTION TO THE IDEAL AND REAL REFRIGERATION PROCESSES. 9. The Refrigeration Cycle. 10. The Theoretical Saturated Vapor-Compression Cycle. 11. The Actual Vapor-Compression Cycle. IV. REFRIGERATION SYSTEM COMPONENTS. 12. Characteristics of Refrigerants. 13. Refrigerants. 14. Evaporators. 15. Selecting Evaporators. 16. Compressor Operating Characteristics. 17. Compressor Design. 18. Compressor Lubricating Oils. 19. Condensers. 20. Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers. 21. Refrigerant Expansion Valves. 22. Additional Types of Refrigerant Metering Devices. 23. Refrigeration System Piping. 24. Secondary System Components. 25. System Balancing. 26. Staged and Absorption Refrigeration Systems. Answer Key. Index.

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