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Automotive Air Conditioning: Australia and New Zealand, 3rd Edition | AU/NZ

Jeff Green, Roger Green

  • Copyright 2013
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Automotive Air Conditioning: Australia and New Zealand 3rd Edition by Jeff Green/Roger Green
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Overview

Automotive Air Conditioning: Australia and New Zealand is a text book for professional training and covers in three parts air conditioning theory, system diagnosis and service procedures.

Now in full colour, this 3rd edition covers sustainability, growing environmental concerns and recent changes to refrigerants and their legislative requirements.

The 3rd edition now covers the following units of competency from the AUR05 Training Package:

• AURT222670A Service A/C systems

• AURT322666A Repair/retrofit A/C systems

• AURT322645A Overhaul air conditioning system components

• AURC270103A Apply safe work practices

• AURT366108A Carry out diagnostic procedures

• AURT202166B Repair cooling system

• AURT223104A Assemble and install refrigeration systems/components

• AURT366308A Carry out advanced diagnostic procedures

• AURT202170A Inspect and service cooling – pressure and boiling

• AURT271781A Implement and monitor environmental regulations in the automotive mechanical industry

• AURE218708A Carry out repairs to single electrical circuits

• BSBSUS201A Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

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Meet the Authors

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Jeff Green

Jeff recently retired after 27 years of teaching with TAFE NSW as an automotive teacher, with 42 years of industry experience. He has specialised for over 23 years in the teaching and training of the automotive air conditioning courses. He also developed the Certificate II qualification in air-conditioning through the Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC). Jeff drafted the first code of practice for the Vehicle Air-conditioning Specialists of Australia (VASA).

Roger Green

Roger Green is currently Head Teacher of Automotive and Auto Electrical at St George TAFE College at Kogarah, a position he has held for 12 years. Roger has over 22 years experience as a Teacher in TAFE NSW and has specialised in Automotive Air Conditioning for 18 years of that time. Roger is at the forefront of recent changes in design and new refrigerants in the Air Conditioning Industry. He has a Diploma in Teaching (Tech.), a Graduate Diploma in Computer-based-learning, and is a member of both the Institute of Automotive of Mechanical Engineers (IAME) and Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia (SAE-A).

What's New

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  • Full colour
  • Information on NEW refrigerants and legislative requirements in the region
  • Coverage of sustainability now required for all training qualifications
  • Stronger emphasis on analysis, diagnosis and replacement rather than repair

Features

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  • Text is easier for students to read and navigate as now in full colour
  • Practical text with fill in system diagnosis exercises
  • Clear and easy to understand, full colour system diagnosis charts in Section 2
  • Comprehensive service procedures make this text a useful ongoing resource for students

Table of Contents

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SECTION 1 AIR-CONDITIONING THEORY
1. Introduction to air conditioning, metric conversions and refrigerant handling regulations
2. Climate change
3. The human body and heat
4. The refrigeration circuit
5. Refrigerants
6. Retrofitting – using a different refrigerant
7. Receiver dryers, accumulators, moisture and its removal
8. Service valves and manifold and gauge sets
9. Leak detection
10. Compressors
11. Expansion valves
12. Electrical and other system controls
13. Engine cooling, heating and air-conditioning ducting
14. Electronic climate control (ECC)

SECTION 2 SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS
2.1 System-diagnosis flow charts
2.2 System-diagnosis charts
2.3 System-diagnosis problem sheets
2.4 Pressure/temperature charts
2.5 Temperature-pressure exercises
2.6 System-diagnosis exercises

SECTION 3 SERVICE PROCEDURES
3.1 Service procedure 1 Connecting the manifold and gauge set to the air-conditioning system
3.2 Service procedure 2 Performance testing the system
3.3 Service procedure 3 Purging the system and recovering the refrigerant
3.4 Service procedure 4 Evacuation of the system
3.5 Service procedure 5 System oil compensation
3.6 Service procedure 6 Charging the system
3.7 Service procedure 7 Leak testing the system
3.8 Service procedure 8 Testing and adjusting the thermostatic switch
3.9 Service procedure 9 Testing the expansion valve – TX valve or FOT
3.10 Service procedure 10 Servicing the Sanden SD compressor
3.11 Service procedure 11 Servicing the Sanden TR70/90 compressor
3.12 Service procedure 12 Servicing the TRF/TRS090 and the TRF/TRS105 Sanden compressors

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  • ISBN-10: 0170242633
  • ISBN-13: 9780170242639
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