Introduction to Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: Methods of refrigeration conventional and non-conventional; Units of refrigeration; C.O.P. and refrigeration efficiency.
Air Refrigeration: Bell Coleman and Brayton cycles; Simple Bootstrap and other aircraft refrigeration systems
Vapour compression Refrigeration: Carnot vapour compression cycle; Simple vapour compression cycle. Effect of subcoding, superheating and pressure on cycle performance; Actual vapour compression cycle; Multistage compression and cascade refrigeration cycles.
Vapour absorbtion Refrigeration: Working principles; COP comparision with vapour compression refrigeration systems; Actual aqua ammonia vapour refrigeration system; Lithium Bromide water absorbtion system; Electrolux refrigeration system. Application of absorbtion refrigeration system, system based on waste heat utilisation
Other Refrigeration System: Principle and applications of steam jet refrigeration system, Performance; vortex tu8be refrigeration, thermoelectric refrigeration systems
Refrigerants; Desirable properties of a refrigerants: Primary and Secondary refrigerants: various refrigerants and their properties; Alternatives the chloroflorohydro carbons.
Air Conditioning: Psychrometry, Psychometric relations, psychometric chart of various processes, Appartatus dew point. By pass in contact factors. man comfort, factor effecting human comfort, comfort chart.
Cooling and Heating Load Calculations: Design conditions: Sensible and latent loads; Sensible heat ratio; Structural, electrical, infilteration and ventilation gains; Occupancy heat gains; Heating and Cooling load estimates winter and summer design condition, air quality and temperature requirement.
ary and central air-conditioning system: Summer, winter and all year conditioning airwashes.
Distribution and Duct systems:Distribution of air in conditioned space et location, return and exhaust grills. Duct materials and sizing, design of ly and return air ducts.
Solar radiation: Direct & Diffuse radioations, Sun earth angles direct solar radiation on a vertical horizontal & incilined surface empirical methods to evaluate heat transfer through walls and roofs.
 

List of Recommended Books:

1. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, C.P.Gupta

2. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Ballarey

3. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, C.P.Arora

4. Modern Air Conditioning-Practice, Narman E.Harris, Tata McGraw Hill.