- AIR 111 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Controls I
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Presents electron theory, magnetism, Ohm's Law, resistance, current flow, instruments for electrical measurement, A.C. motors, power distribution controls and their application. Part I of II.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- AIR 112 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Controls II
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Presents electron theory, magnetism, Ohm's Law, resistance, current flow, instruments for electrical measurement, A.C. motors, power distribution controls and their application. Part II of II.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- AIR 116 - Duct Construction and Maintenance
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Presents duct materials including sheet metal, aluminum, and fiber glass. Explains development of duct systems, layout methods, safety hand tools, cutting and shaping machines, fasteners and fabrication practices. Includes duct fittings, dampers and regulators, diffusers, heater and air washers, fans, insulation, and ventilating hoods.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- AIR 121 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration I
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Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection. Explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems. Part I of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 122 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration II
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Studies refrigeration theory, characteristics of refrigerants, temperature, and pressure, tools and equipment, soldering, brazing, refrigeration systems, system components, compressors, evaporators, metering devices. Presents charging and evaluation of systems and leak detection. Explores servicing the basic system. Explains use and care of oils and additives and troubleshooting of small commercial systems. Part II of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 128 - Principles of Shipboard Regrigeration I
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Introduces shipboard refrigeration principles and systems. Includes characteristic of refrigerants to include R-134a, R-12 and R-236f. Teaches basic theory of compressors, evaporator condensers, expansion valves, water regulating valves, evaporator pressure regulators and electric controls. Part I of II.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- AIR 129 - Principles of Shipboard Regrigeration II
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Introduces shipboard refrigeration principles and systems. Includes characteristic of refrigerants to include R-134a, R-12 and R-236f. Teaches basic theory of compressors, evaporator condensers, expansion valves, water regulating valves, evaporator pressure regulators and electric controls. Part II of II.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- AIR 133 - Air Conditioning Capacity Control Systems
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Introduces application of electronic capacity control systems for reciprocating and cetrifugal air conditioning systems. Focuses on adjusting and calibrating microprocessor control panels, changing input variables, replacing various circuit boards, adjusting keystone operators and resetting variable geometry diffusers. Includes troubleshooting operating systems using microprocessor control panels.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- AIR 138 - Small Hermetic Commercial Systems
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Introduces small hermetic air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Presents compressors, mechanical and electrical components, refrigerants, evaporators, condensers, metering devices, and filters. Includes recovery and evacuation of systems, testing and charging of systems; use of refrigeration tools, and tubing and brazing prodedures. Specializes in ice makers, packaged air conditioning, salad/display cases, refrigerators and freezers.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- AIR 139 - Centrifugal Air Conditioning Chill Water Systems
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Introduces principles of York centrifugal compressors, chill water piping systems, chill water balancing valves, hot gas valves, thermostatic control valves, electric motors, autxiliary oil pumps, jet oil pumps, chillers, condensers, and water regulating valves. Includes internal construction of speed increasing centrifugal refrigerant compressors and operation, maintenance and troubleshooting 125- and 150-ton centrifugal R-114 and R-236fa air coniditioning systems.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
- AIR 154 - Heating Systems I
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Introduces types of fuels and their characteristics of combustion; types, components and characteristics of burners, and burner efficiency analyzers. Studies forced air heating systems including troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and servicing. Part I of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-6 hours. Total 4-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 161 - Heating, Air and Refrigeration Calculations I
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Introduces fractions, decimals, sign of operations, equations, Ohm's Law, subtraction, multiplication and division of signed numbers. Teaches fundamentals of algebra, expression of stated problems in mathematical form, and solutions of equations. Part I of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 0-3 hours. Total 3-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 165 - Air Conditioning Systems I
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Introduces comfort survey, house construction, load calculations, types of distribution systems, and equipment selection. Introduces designing, layout, installing and adjusting of duct systems, job costs, and bidding of job. Part I of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 5-8 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 181 - Planning and Estimating I
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Presents fundamentals of blueprint reading as applied to the building trades. Emphasizes air conditioning distribution, designing and drawing residential and commercial systems, take-off of materials and estimating the cost of the systems. Part I of II.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- AIR 193 - Studies In
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Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.
Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits
- AIR 200 - Hydronics
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Presents design and installation of hydronic systems for heating and cooling. Includes steam heated and chilled water systems. Primarily concerns systems using water under forced circulation.
Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits
- AIR 206 - Psychrometrics
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Studies air and its properties, characteristics and measurements as they apply to human comfort. Considers control of temperature, humidity and distribution of air and air mixtures.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2-4 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 213 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Controls III
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Introduces electrical, pneumatic and electronic control circuits as applied to year-round air conditioning systems. Includes reading wiring and schematic diagrams, troubleshooting, and designing high and low voltage control systems. Prerequisite
AIR 111 AND 112. Part I of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 214 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Controls IV
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Introduces electrical, pneumatic and electronic control circuits as applied to year-round air conditioning systems. Includes reading wiring and schematic diagrams, troubleshooting, and designing high and low voltage control systems. Prerequisite
AIR 111 AND 112. Part II of II.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 235 - Heat Pumps
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Studies theory and operation of reverse cycle refrigeration including supplementary heat as applied to heat pump systems, including service, installation and maintenance.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 238 - Advanced Troubleshooting and Service
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Presents advanced service techniques on wide variety of equipment used in refrigeration, air conditioning, and phases of heating and ventilation and controls.
Lecture 2-3 hours. Laboratory 2-3 hours. Total 4-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits
- AIR 297 - Cooperative Education
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Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.
Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-6 credits
