Federal regulations require that persons who work with regulated refrigerants be certified. The certification exam verifies that the person has read and understands the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act.
Professional Institute is the industry’s largest provider of the certification program. More of your peers have selected our program over all others.
Why? By keeping the program simple!
This certification id REQUIRED to become BPI A/C Heat Pump Certified
Section 608 Information
Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires that persons who work with regulated refrigerants be certified. The certification exam verifies that the person has read and understands the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act.
Professional Institute is the industry’s largest provider of the certification program. More of your peers have selected our program over all others.
Information for students and technicians on the exam
Course Content
An introduction to Basic Principles of Refrigeration
Core
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
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- Ozone depletion potential
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- Substitute refrigerants & oils
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Type I Certification
Type II Certification
Type III Certification
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- Signs & Symptoms of CO Poisoning
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- Health Effects of CO Poisoning
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- How Test Instruments Calibrate CO
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- Alarms are Warning Devices
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- Changes in the UL CO Alarm Listings
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- Why Wait for the Alarm or Injury?
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- CO Combustion Testing Procedures
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Combustion
- Principles of Combustible Gases
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- Controlled Gas Fuel and Combustion
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- Advantages of Measuring O2 vs. CO2
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- Relationship between O2, CO2 excess air
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- Fuel Delivery, Air, Combustion,
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- Time, Temperature, Turbulence
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- Acceptable draft measurements
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- Combustion Testing Procedures
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- O2, CO and Stack Temperature
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Smoke Testing
- Acceptable Combustion Test Results
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- Modulating Burner Tune-up
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- Procedure for setting up a Modulating
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- Combustion Troubleshooting Guide
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Pressure Measurements
- Pressure Measurements for Buildings
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- HVAC installation, service & maintenance
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- Why More Quality Assurance Pressure
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- Societal Trends that will Increase Quality
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- Assurance Pressure Testing
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- Air Flow by Building Design
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- External Static Pressure Testing
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- Pressure Drop Across an Air Filter
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- Measuring Airflow by Device Static
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- Velocity Pressure to Air Flow Calculations
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- Worst Case Depressurization Test
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- Preparing the Building and Combustion
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- Effect of house tightness on zone tightness
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Attendees are provided a broad introduction to Combustion and Combustion Testing.
This is an excellent overview for technicians, multi-craft trades people, building managers, or anyone interested in understanding the fundamentals of combustion.
Fuels of Combustion
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- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Propane)
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Combustion
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- The chemistry of combustion
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Time - Temperature - Turbulence
Combustion Testing
- Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Excess Air
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- Electronic Flue Gas Analyzers
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- Theoretical Air Curve / Natural Gas
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- Theoretical Air Curve / Fuel Oil #2
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- Theoretical Air Curve / Propane
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