Electricity and Controls for Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning - Softcover

Stephen L. Herman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0827341156 ISBN 13: 9780827341159

Publisher: Delmar Pub, 1991

Synopsis

This newly revised Second Edition provides a thorough review of basic electricity and controls, and the applications of these principles in areas of heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning. There are two new units on residential and commercial ice makers, and a thorough discussion of popular types of power systems. This book should be of interest to students taking courses in HVAC at Colleges of FE.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen L. Herman is a retired electrician and teacher with more than 30 years of experience to his credit. A seasoned author, his reader-friendly textbooks on electricity and mathematics are popular with students and instructors alike. For two decades Mr. Herman was lead instructor for the Electrical Technology Curriculum at Lee College in Baytown, Texas, where he received an Excellence in Education Award from the Halliburton Education Foundation. He also taught at Randolph Community College in Asheboro, N.C., for nine years and helped establish an electrical curriculum for Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant, Texas. His additional publications include ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, ELECTRICITY AND CONTROLS FOR HVAC/R, INDUSTRIAL MOTOR CONTROLS, UNDERSTANDING MOTOR CONTROLS, ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRICIANS, ELECTRICAL WIRING INDUSTRIAL, ALTERNATING CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, DIRECT CURRENT FUNDAMENTALS, ELECTRICAL STUDIES FOR TRADES, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES, ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS AND ROTATING MACHINES, EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRICITY FOR USE WITH LAB VOLT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPLETE LABORATORY MANUAL FOR ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS FOR ELECTRICIANS.

Review:

Basic Electricity. Control Circuits. Single-Phase Motors. Three Phase Motors. Transformers. Control Components. Troubleshooting Using Control Schematics. Ice Maker and Refrigeration Controls. Solid State Devices. Solid State Controls. Glossary. Index.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delmar Pub
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0827341156
• ISBN 13: 9780827341159
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320