Classic presentation of the principles, applications, and design of refrigeration systems and equipment. No special background in thermodynamics, physics, or calculus is required, as the essential concepts are reviewed in the first five chapters.

Table of Content
Pressure, Work, Power, Energy
Matter, Internal Energy, Heat, Temperature
Ideal Gas Processes
Saturated and Superheated Vapors
Psychrometric Pro perties of Air
Refrigeration and the Vapor Compression Systems
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
Refrigerants
Refrigerant Flow Controls
Compressor Construction and Lubrication
Refrigerant Piping and Accessories
Defrost Methods—Low Temperature, Multiple Temperature, and Absorption Refrigeration Systems
Electric Motors and Control Circuits