Not Yet Published, Available
11/01/2006
Description:
Student technicians of truck air
conditioning or truck-trailer refrigeration will appreciate the
easy-to-follow language this book employs in conveying the
foundational concepts of mobile refrigeration. Written in an
understandable, straightforward style that integrates the
technical jargon used in today’s HVAC and truck-trailer
refrigeration field, this book delivers extensive information on
HVAC and mobile refrigeration technology. State-of-the-art
coverage includes a section on thermodynamics that serves as the
basis for both truck HVAC systems and mobile refrigeration
equipment. General truck technology as well as specialty product
information is accompanied by logical photo sequences for
maintenance tasks that technicians perform everyday in the
field.
Features:
- a detailed section on truck-trailer refrigeration
includes specific information on transport refrigeration
equipment in use today, not found in any other text of its
kind
- features coverage of supplemental truck heating and
cooling, a concern as governments try to regulate the amount
of emissions being produced by the trucking industry
- useful as a one-stop, user-friendly resource provides
all relevant material in one complete book
- ASE and NATEF correlations are provided in each chapter
where applicable.
- To help put classroom theory into shop practice, each
MDT Series title will be offered with a companion Job Sheets
manual. The Job Sheets have been thoughtfully designed by
experienced instructors to assist users in gaining job
preparedness skills and mastering specific technical
competencies required for success as a professional diesel
technician. While designed to support the MDT Series, the
manuals are also useful on their own, or with any
comprehensive or area-specific diesel technology text. The
manuals reference the NATEF Task List and consist of a set
of Job Sheets for each of the following areas:
Electrical/Electronic Systems; Heating Ventilation & Air
Conditioning Brakes; Suspension and Steering; Hydraulics
Diesel Engines; Drive Train Preventative Maintenance
Inspection
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