Basic Refrigeration 101

HRP Training

If you are in the heat transfer business, you can benefit from broadening your useful knowledge of refrigeration. This may improve your efficiency on the job, make you more flexible in your job duties, increase your value to your company and yourself, and make you a better contributor to our industry. This course will exposure you to new resources, reinforce heat transfer doctrines and provide a better understanding of: ♦ Basic Refrigeration Terms ♦ Basic Refrigeration Theory ♦ Basic Refrigeration Cycle ♦ Basic Refrigeration Components ♦ Components’ Purposes ♦ Components’ Functions ♦ Components’ Recognition

Episodes

In this 5th episode, we will cover the refrigeration process in more detail. This is an entry-level presentation of materials for novice and beginning listeners who want to learn: • Refrigeration Process • 3 Conditional States of Refrigerants

Sep 30, 2008

1 min

Heat Sponge

In this 4th episode, we will cover how refrigeration works. This is an entry-level presentation of materials for novice and beginning listeners who want to learn: • How refrigeration works • The heat sponge analogy

Aug 29, 2008

7 min

Phase Change

In this 3rd episode, we will cover the affects of heat on phase change at an entry-level presentation of materials for novice and beginning listeners who want to learn: * Pressure temperature relationships * How heat affects change of state or phase * Latent vs. sensible heat

Feb 22, 2008

8 min

Heat Factors

In this second episode, we will cover the characteristics of heat at an entry-level for novice and beginning listeners who want to learn: ♦ How heat transfers or flows from one object to another ♦ What factors influence the rate of heat transfer

Sep 27, 2007

7 min

Basic Refrigeration

This episode will cover refrigeration basics including some fundamental definitions and terminology of entry-level materials for novice and beginning listeners who want to learn: What is refrigeration? What is cooling? What is heat? How is heat measured? What's the difference between temperature and heat content?

Aug 28, 2007

6 min