1)Year 2, First Semester
a)Chapter One: Review of Refrigeration Cycle
i)Basic refrigeration cycle
ii)Saturation, superheat and subcooling
iii)Compressors
iv)Metering devices
v)evaporators
b)Chapter Two: Compressors
i)Reciprocating
ii)Scroll 2 stage
iii)Hermetic and semi-hermitic
iv)Rotary types, how they work, applications
c)Chapter Three: Refrigerants and Lubricants
(1)Applications and required lubricants
(2)CFCs, HCFCs, chemical strength
(3)Safety and handling
(4)EPA certification
(5)Recovery and recycle
d)Chapter Four: Refrigerant Handling Certification
e)Chapter Five: Condensers
(1)Air cooled
(2)Water cooled
(3)Evaporative
f)Chapter Six: Metering Devices
i)Capillary tubes
ii)Fixed orifice/plate
iii)Thermostatic expansion valves (TXV)
iv)Electronic expansion valves (EXV)
g)Chapter Seven: Accessories
i)Receivers
ii)Accumulators
iii)Service valves/access ports
iv)Suction/liquid line heat exchangers
v)Low ambient controls
vi)Reversing valves (defrost, heat pump)
vii)Relief valves
viii)High/low pressure control
ix)Vibration eliminators
x)Crankcase heater
h)Chapter Eight: Evaporators
i) Types (plate, fin) and applications
ii) Latent and sensible heat removal
iii) Superheat
iv) Direct expansion and flooded
v) Pressure drop
vi) Moisture removal
vii) Defrost applications
i)Chapter Nine: Evacuation and Charging
i)Leak testing methods
ii)Troubleshooting
iii)Recovery
iv)Vacuum pumps
v)Dehydration
vi)Safety
j)Chapter Ten: Heating
i)Types of heating appliances
ii)Components, burners and valves
iii)Boilers: water and stream
iv)Sequence of operation
v)Pumps
vi)Venting
vii)Gas pipe capacity
viii)Ignition devices
ix)Combustion process and testing
x)Code and safety
xi)Carbon monoxide
xii)Electric and strip
xiii)Radiant
xiv)Venting
xv)Combustion and secondary air
xvi)Gas manifolds
xvii)Temperature controls
xviii)Safety and Limit controls
xix)Sequence of operation
k)Chapter Eleven: Electrical
i)Ohms law review and application
ii)Transformers, voltage, line vs load
iii)Types of wire and wire sizes
iv)Circuits and schematics
v)Relays
vi)Capacitors
vii)XFMR
viii)Logic
ix)Sources: single and 3 phase
x)Switches and loads
xi)Contactors
xii)Troubleshooting/testing
xiii)Starters
xiv)Overload protectors/overcurrent protection (fuses & circuit breakers)
xv) Overcurrent/fuses
xvi)Grounding
xvii)Breakers
xviii)OCPDs
xix)Bonding
xx) Sizing
xxi)Disconnects and wire sizing
l)Chapter Twelve: Electrical Troubleshooting
i)Symptoms, possible causes and a...