Automotive Air Conditioning

SECTION 1 AIR-CONDITIONING THEORY
1. Introduction to air conditioning, metric conversions and refrigerant handling regulations
2. Climate change
3. The human body and heat
4. The refrigeration circuit
5. Refrigerants
6. Retrofitting – using a different refrigerant
7. Receiver dryers, accumulators, moisture and its removal
8. Service valves and manifold and gauge sets
9. Leak detection
10. Compressors
11. Expansion valves
12. Electrical and other system controls
13. Engine cooling, heating and air-conditioning ducting
14. Electronic climate control (ECC)

SECTION 2 SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS
2.1 System-diagnosis flow charts
2.2 System-diagnosis charts
2.3 System-diagnosis problem sheets
2.4 Pressure/temperature charts
2.5 Temperature-pressure exercises
2.6 System-diagnosis exercises

SECTION 3 SERVICE PROCEDURES
3.1 Service procedure 1 Connecting the manifold and gauge set to the air-conditioning system
3.2 Service procedure 2 Performance testing the system
3.3 Service procedure 3 Purging the system and recovering the refrigerant
3.4 Service procedure 4 Evacuation of the system
3.5 Service procedure 5 System oil compensation
3.6 Service procedure 6 Charging the system
3.7 Service procedure 7 Leak testing the system
3.8 Service procedure 8 Testing and adjusting the thermostatic switch
3.9 Service procedure 9 Testing the expansion valve – TX valve or FOT
3.10 Service procedure 10 Servicing the Sanden SD compressor
3.11 Service procedure 11 Servicing the Sanden TR70/90 compressor
3.12 Service procedure 12 Servicing the TRF/TRS090 and the TRF/TRS105 Sanden compressors