Gas installation technology / R.D. Treloar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treloar, Roy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gas-fitting.

Gas appliances--Installation.

Gas appliances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<b>Roy Treloar</b> has been involved with the mechanical service industry since leaving school in 1973, becoming a full time lecturer, teaching plumbing in 1985. He is currently the curriculum development manager for the Professional Training Centre at Colchester Institute where he is responsible for various plumbing, heating, gas and electrical training and assessment programmes. Roy is author of several books, including two highly successful textbooks, <i>Plumbing</i>, and <i>Plumbing Encyclopaedia</i>, both published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Contents:

Gas Installation Technology; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part 1 The Gas Industry; The Gas Industry; Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme for Individual Gas Fitting Operatives (ACS); Required ACS Assessments and Flowcharts; Legislation Affecting the Gas Installer 1; Legislation Affecting the Gas Installer 2; Industry Documents and British Standards; Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations; Part 2 Gas Utilisation; Gas: Its Origin; Characteristics and Properties of Gases; Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG); The Combustion Process

Air Requirements for CombustionProducts of Combustion; The Gas Flame; Flame Pattern and Characteristics; Atmospheric Burners; Pre-mix Burners; Gas Pressure and Flow; Gas Pressure Readings; Quick Reference Guide to Taking Pressures; Estimating a Suitable Pipe Size; Domestic Natural Gas Pipe Sizing; Commercial Pipe Sizing; Determining Existing Losses Due to Pipe Size; Gas Rates and Heat Input; Quick Reference Tables: Gas Rate/Heat Input; The Physical Laws Relating to Gas; Measurement of Gas 1; Measurement of Gas 2; Part 3 Gas Controls; Quarter Turn Gas Control Valves

Screw Down Gas Control ValvesSpring Loaded Gas Control Valves; Electrically Operated Gas Control Valves; Heat Operated Gas Control Valves; Pressure Operated Controls Valves; Low and High Pressure Cut-off Devices; Pressure Regulators; LPG Regulators 1; LPG Regulators 2; Flame Supervision Devices; Testing Flame Supervision Devices; Thermostatic Control; Multi-functional Gas Valve 1; Multi-functional Gas Valve 2; Ignition Devices; Vitiation Sensing Devices; Pressure and Flow Proving Devices; Part 4 Installation Practices; Polyethylene Pipe Jointing; Copper Pipe Jointing; Mild Steel Pipe Jointing

Semi-rigid and Flexible Pipe ConnectionsGas Service Pipework; Connections to High Rise Buildings; Gas Meter Installations; Commercial Gas Installations; Internal Installation Pipework; Pipework Laid in Floors; Pipework in Walls; Pipework Support and Allowance for Movement; Timber Framed Dwellings; LPG Supply; LPG Cylinder Installation; Storage and Transportation of LPG Cylinders; LPG Bulk Tank Installation; Gas Supplies from a Bulk Tank Installation; LPG Vapour Take-off Capacity; Pipe Sizing LPG Installations; Part 5 Tightness Testing; Tightness Testing and Purging; Testing Equipment

Tightness Testing with Air (Domestic)Tightness Testing Natural Gas Installations with System Volumes 0.035 m3 (i.e. Domestic); Purging Natural Gas Systems with a Volume 0.035 m3 (i.e. Domestic); Tightness Testing and Purging with LPG (Domestic); Strength Testing for Commercial Pipework; Commercial Tightness Testing; Direct Purging Commercial Pipework; Commercial Purging Procedure; Indirect Purging Using Nitrogen (N2); Part 6 Flues and Chimneys; Flue/Chimney Classification; Chimney/Flue Material and Specification; Natural Draught Open Flue Systems; Installation of an Open Flue Chimney

Minimum Open Flue Heights 1

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786612549144

9786610213078

9781282549142

1282549146

9781444319828

1444319825

9781280213076

1280213078

9781405146821

1405146826

OCLC:

609422908