After Cooling

Author: Eric Dean Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982111313
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
This “ambitious [and] delightful” (The New York Times) work of literary nonfiction interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world. In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning history, climate science, road trips, and philosophy to tell the story of the birth, life, and afterlife of Freon, the refrigerant that ripped a hole larger than the continental United States in the ozone layer. As he traces the refrigerant’s life span from its invention in the 1920s—when it was hailed as a miracle of scientific progress—to efforts in the 1980s to ban the chemical (and the resulting political backlash), Wilson finds himself on a journey through the American heartland, trailing a man who buys up old tanks of Freon stockpiled in attics and basements to destroy what remains of the chemical before it can do further harm. Wilson is at heart an essayist, looking far and wide to tease out what particular forces in American culture—in capitalism, in systemic racism, in our values—combined to lead us into the Freon crisis and then out. “Meticulously researched and engagingly written” (Amitav Ghosh), this “knockout debut” (New York Journal of Books) offers a rare glimpse of environmental hope, suggesting that maybe the vast and terrifying problem of global warming is not beyond our grasp to face.

Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

Author: Beth Ann Fennelly
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609480
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Book Description
“A surprisingly maximalist portrait of a life.” —New York Times Book Review The 52 micro-memoirs in genre-defying Heating & Cooling offer bright glimpses into a richly lived life, combining the compression of poetry with the truth-telling of nonfiction into one heartfelt, celebratory book. Alternatingly wistful and wry, ranging from childhood recollections to quirky cultural observations, these micro-memoirs build on one another to shape a life from unexpectedly illuminating moments.

Heating and Cooling

Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780783538976
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Step-by-step guide to show you how to do the job yourself with the latest techniques, materials, and safety advice, from performing simple maintenance on heat pumps and central air conditioners to installing a programmable thermometer.

Cooling Time

Author: C.D. Wright
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619320150
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
C. D. Wright takes her title from a line of legal defense, peculiar to Texas courts, in which it is held that if a man kills before having had time “to cool” after receiving an injury or an insult he is not guilty of murder. Cooling Time is a new type of book, an unruly vigil that is an interconnected memoir-poem-essay about contemporary American poetry. Ever focused on possibilities, Wright demonstrates that “the search for models becomes a search for alternatives,” and thereby defines the terms by which poets can chart their own course. These are some of the things I have touched in my life that are forbidden: paintings behind velvet ropes, electric fencing, a vault in an office, gun in a drawer, my brother’s folding money, the poet’s anus, the black holes in his heart—where his life went out of him. Tell me, what is the long stretch of road for if not to sort out the reasons why we are here and why we do what we do, from why we are not in the other lane doing what others do. Poetry is like food remarked one of my first teachers, freeing me to dislike Rocky Mountain Oysters and Robert Lowell. The menu is vast, the list of things I don’t want in my mouth relatively short. C.D. Wright, author of nine books of poetry, teaches at Brown University. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with poet Forrest Gander.

Home Heating & Cooling

Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN: 9780809462445
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
Lubricating the fan motor, servicing the power cord, discharging the capacitors, servicing capacitors, servicing the thermostat, servicing the selector switch, testing the compressor, servicing the overload protector, testing the fan motor, replacing the fan motor, turning off power and servicing breakers and fuses, identifying wires for correct reconnection, troubleshooting with a multitester, testing continuity, testing voltage, testing a capacitor, working with wire, installing crimp connectors, identifying capacitors, discharging capacitors.

Laser Cooling and Trapping

Author: Harold J. Metcalf
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146121470X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates with some basic knowledge of optics and quantum mechanics, this text begins with a review of the relevant results of quantum mechanics, before turning to the electromagnetic interactions involved in slowing and trapping atoms and ions, in both magnetic and optical traps. The concluding chapters discuss a broad range of applications, from atomic clocks and studies of collision processes, to diffraction and interference of atomic beams at optical lattices and Bose-Einstein condensation.

Renewable Heating and Cooling

Author: Gerhard Stryi-Hipp
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1782422188
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Renewable Heating and Cooling: Technologies and Applications presents the latest information on the generation of heat for industry and domestic purposes, an area where a significant proportion of total energy is consumed. In Europe, this figure is estimated to be almost 50%, with the majority of heat generated by the consumption of fossil fuels. As there is a pressing need to increase the uptake of renewable heating and cooling (RHC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview on the topic. Part One introduces key RHC technologies and discusses RHC in the context of global heating and cooling demand, featuring chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, and solar cooling technologies. Part Two explores enabling technologies, special applications, and case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC, along with case studies in China and Sweden. Users will find this book to be an essential resource for lead engineers and engineering consultants working on renewable heating and cooling in engineering companies, as well as academics and R&D professionals in private research institutes who have a particular interest in the subject matter. - Includes coverage on biomass, solar thermal, and geothermal renewable heating and cooling technologies - Features chapters on solar thermal process heat generation, deep geothermal energy, solar cooling technologies, and special applications - Presents case studies with detailed coverage of thermal energy storage, hybrid systems, and renewable heating for RHC - Explores enabling technologies and special applications

Solar Heating and Cooling Systems

Author: Ioan Sarbu
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128116633
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
Solar Heating and Cooling Systems: Fundamentals, Experiments and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of this modern energy issue from both a scientific and technical level that is based on original research and the synthesis of consistent bibliographic material that meets the increasing need for modernization and greater energy efficiency to significantly reduce CO2 emissions. Ioan Sarbu and Calin Sebarchievici present a comprehensive overview of all major solar energy technologies, along with the fundamentals, experiments, and applications of solar heating and cooling systems. Technical, economic, and energy saving aspects related to design, modeling, and operation of these systems are also explored. This reference includes physical and mathematical concepts developed to make this publication a self-contained and up-to-date source of information for engineers, researchers, and professionals who are interested in the use of solar energy as an alternative energy source. - Includes learning aims, chapter summaries, problems and solutions to support the theories presented - Puts a specific emphasis on the practical application of the technologies in heating and cooling systems - Contains calculating equations for the energy and economic index of solar systems

Heating and Cooling Essentials

Author: Jerry Killinger
Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
ISBN: 9781566374354
Category : Air conditioning
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Activities are designed to help students review content and develop critical thinking skills. A wide variety of activities is provided for various learning styles.

Transmission and Distribution Electrical Engineering

Author: Colin Bayliss
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080468136
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1039

Book Description
Dramatic power outages in North America, and the threat of a similar crisis in Europe, have made the planning and maintenance of the electrical power grid a newsworthy topic.Most books on transmission and distribution electrical engineering are student texts that focus on theory, brief overviews, or specialized monographs. Colin Bayliss and Brian Hardy have produced a unique and comprehensive handbook aimed squarely at the engineers and planners involved in all aspects of getting electricity from the power plant to the user via the power grid. The resulting book is an essential read, and a hard-working reference for all engineers, technicians, managers and planners involved in electricity utilities, and related areas such as generation, and industrial electricity usage.* An essential read and hard*working ref