Refrigeration & AC Technology DVD Set

Eugene Silberstein
Apex Technical School

This set of five DVDs effectively presents the superior hands-on information contained in the all-new 5th Edition of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology for successful maintenance and troubleshooting of today's complex heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems.

Intended for use as a supplement to classroom lessons, these DVDs include theory-related topics and practical, step-by-step skill that combine to provide an invaluable resource.

All aspects of HVAC-R industry are covered, from basic heat theory and the pressure enthalpy chart to the laws of physics that govern the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases.

Special safety considerations are addressed throughout with dedicated coverage highlighting personal safety and dress, equipment and tool safety, and the governmental agencies that help ensure safety on the job.

A favorable blend of theory, diagnostics, and repair procedures makes this DVD set a fitting complement to basic HVAC-R education, as well as upgrading and certification training for technicians in the field.

Features:

• Each DVD contains 4 separate 20-minute videos, each covering a separate topic
• Concepts presented in the basic refrigeration process segment are designed to foster a strong foundation that will help viewers master subsequent lessons in the series
• An entire tutorial on refrigerant management, system evacuation, and charging provides a condensed yet comprehensive compilation of refrigerant-related issues paramount to industry today
• Viewers breeze through the concepts of electrical theory with the help of five complete lessons that discuss a range of electricity-related topics, from Ohm's law, to basic controls for specific HVAC-R systems
• State-of-the-art coverage of the refrigeration process includes compressors, condensers, and metering devices, as well as special system components and typical operating conditions for high, medium, and low temperature refrigeration applications
• Other topics include heating equipment and controls, commercial refrigeration, indoor air quality, refrigeration as it applies to air conditioning, domestic appliances, cooling towers, and more
• Typical operating conditions, troubleshooting, system installation, and required maintenance information to keep these systems up and running round out the comprehensive coverage.

Contents:

DVD 1:
Heat Theory/Matter and Energy
Refrigeration, Refrigerants and the Pressure-Enthalpy Chart
Safety/Tools and Equipment/Calibration/Fasteners
Tubing and Piping Operations

DVD 2:
Refrigerant Management, Evacuation and Charging
Basic Electricity, Magnetism and Circuits
Automatic Control Components/Troubleshooting
Electric Motors and Motor Components

DVD 3:
Motor Controls
Motor Troubleshooting, Relays, Contactors and Switches
Commercial Refrigeration
Refrigeration Systems Special Components and Applications
Refrigeration Typical Operating Conditions/Troubleshooting

DVD4:
Heating Part I – Control Devices
Heating Part II – System Operation
Refrigeration Applied to Air Conditioning/Typical Operation Conditions
Indoor Air Quality, Comfort, Psychrometrics and Air Conditioning Applications

DVD 5:
System Installation, Air Distribution and Balance
Air Conditioning Troubleshooting
Domestic Appliances
Chilled Water Systems
Cooling Towers
Pumps and Maintenance.

About the Author:

Eugene Silberstein, a member of ASHRAE and RSES, graduated with dual bachelor’s degrees from CCNY in New York City, New York. He has been involved in all aspects of the HVAC/R industry from field technician and system designer to company owner, teacher, administrator, consultant and author.

Mr. Silberstein was an instructor at Apex Technical School in New York City, where he taught classes on basic, domestic and commercial refrigeration, basic electricity and major home appliances, commercial air conditioning and advanced air conditioning topics. He later went on to become the chairman of the refrigeration department and the educational supervisor of that institution. In addition to teaching at the post-secondary level, Mr. Silberstein has taught air conditioning, heating and plumbing at the high school level at Nassau BOCES in Westbury, New York.

His technical credits include authoring Heat Pumps, providing technical reviews and writing educational supplements for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology, 4th and 5th Editions, writing production scripts for educational videos accompanying Electricity for Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning, 6th Edition and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology, 5th Edition, writing computerized test banks and lecture slides for Johnson Controls’ Building Environments: HVAC Systems, among others.

Mr. Silberstein is also a consulting engineer and contributor to the HOTLINE column in the HVAC industry’s Refrigeration News. He also sat on the committee that drafted the standards on which this book is based. Mr. Silberstein is currently writing other industry related books including Blueprint Reading for Electricians and is presently directing and teaching a new A.A.S. degree program in HVAC/R at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, New York.

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