Refrigeration for Pleasureboats: Installation, Maintenance and Repair, 1st Edition

Preface

Introduction

Ozone Alert and Update, 1994

One: The Refrigeration Cycle: How It Works

Two: Iceboxes: The Key to Determining What Size Refrigeration Unit You Need

Three: Refrigeration Choices

Four: Cold Plates: The Limitng Factor

Five: Compressors: The Heart of a System

Six: Condenser: Ensuring Liquidity

Seven: Expansion Valves: The Brain of a System

Eight: Putting Things Together: Avoiding Liquid Slugging, Flash Gas, Pressure Drop, Seizure, and Other Diseases of the Circulation

Nine: System Controls

Ten: Charging, Testing, Fine Tuning, and Performance Analysis

Eleven: Troubleshooting

Twelve: Compressor Overhaul

Appendix One: Summary of Unit Sizing Procedures

Appendix Two: Useful Data

Appendix Three: Useful Books

Appendix Four: Useful Addresses

Appendix Five: Abbreviated Glossary

Index