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Mobile Air Conditioning systems

Details

This is a 2 day training and assessment course (or can be incorporated into the 5 day Basic Refrigeration Course) for 4 – 8 candidates with the City & Guilds 5101 assessments at the end.

Day One Is taken up with training theory and equipment demonstration
Day Two Is taken up with candidate practice followed by practical assessments and written tests
This course can only be held at our Training Centre in Doncaster.

Benefits

This course is aimed at anyone with a technical aptitude who requires the City & Guilds 5101 Unit 1 Refrigerant Handling for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems. The environmental and legal implications regarding Safe Refrigerant Handling makes this course essential for persons directly or indirectly connected with motor vehicle air conditioning system servicing and repair.

Contents

Environmental Impact:

• Introduction
• Purpose of Automotive Air Conditioning
• Fluorocarbons
• Oxygen
• Ozone Layer
• Ultra Violet Radiation
• CFC’s & HCFC’s
• Effect of CFC’s & HCFC’s on the Ozone Layer
• The Damage done
• Global Warming (The “Greenhouse Effect”)

Fluorocarbon Controls & Alternatives:

• The Montreal Protocol
• European Union Regulations
• Ozone Depletion Potentials of Fluorocarbons
• Global Warming Potentials of Fluorocarbons
• HFC’s
• The Kyoto Protocol

Legislation and Regulations:

• COSHH and Fluorocarbon Refrigerants
• Management of Health & Safety at Work
• Regulations (1999)
• Environmental Protection Act
• British Standard
• Institute of Refrigeration
• Refrigerant Cylinder Safety
• Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Pressure
• Vessel Regulations (2004)

Refrigerant Recovery & Handling:

• Identification of Common Refrigerants
• Standing Pressure Test
• Definitions
• Options for re-use of Refrigerants
• Refrigerant Recovery
• Using Recovery Units
• Determining Cylinder Contents
• Oil Injection

Refrigeration Theory:

• Refrigeration Theory
• Vapour Compression Refrigeration Cycle
• Trinary Switches

Refrigeration Practices:

• Testing Refrigerant for Contamination
• Pressure Testing
• Leak Detection Methods
• Evacuation & Dehydration
• Methods of Evacuation and Dehydration
• Refrigerant Charging
• Compressor PAG Oil Colour Chart