What is refrigeration and air conditioning technology?
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It’s true the compressor is the “heart” of the HVAC and does the most work. However, we caution you to remember many system problems don’t originate in the compressor. When you suffer early compressor failure, it often means there is another problem that has gone unnoticed.
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There are certain standards that should be adhered when choosing the materials used in the construction of refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems. Refrigeration systems contain pressurized fluid and there are safety standards that must be adhered to, and there are certain legal requirements.
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Equipment Regulations the main duties are placed on the user/owner of the system. They are a clear and practical means of legislating for safe practices in refrigeration. Loss of refrigerant can have a direct impact on global warming and will eventually cause inefficient and unreliable operation.
The cooling effect of a central refrigerating system can be distributed by a heat-transferring liquid or secondary refrigerant. Where the working temperatures are always above 0°C, such as in air-conditioning, water is commonly used.
All modern air conditioning systems, even small window package units, are equipped with internal air filters. These are generally of a lightweight gauze-like material, and must be replaced or washed as conditions warrant. For example, a building in a high dust environment, or a home with furry pets, will need to have the filters changed more often than buildings without these dirt loads.
Failure to replace these filters as needed will contribute to a lower heat exchange rate, resulting in wasted energy, shortened equipment life, and higher energy bills; low air flow can result in iced-over evaporator coils, which can completely stop airflow.
Additionally, very dirty or clogged filters can cause overheating during a heating cycle, which can result in damage to the system or even fire.
Because an air conditioner moves heat between the indoor coil and the outdoor coil, both must be kept clean. This means that, in addition to replacing the air filter at the evaporator coil, it is also necessary to regularly clean the condenser coil.
Failure to keep the condenser clean will eventually result in harm to the compressor because the condenser coil is responsible for discharging both the indoor heat and the heat generated by the electric motor driving the compressor. HVAC is significantly responsible for promoting energy efficiency of buildings as the building sector consumes the largest percentage of global energy.
At temperatures below this, nonfreezing liquids are used. Water can be cooled safely to near freezing point, using evaporators, which have the refrigerant inside, with space for ice to form on the outside of the surface without causing damage.
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An ideal reversible cycle based on the two temperatures of the system can be drawn on a temperature–entropy basis. In this cycle a unit mass of fluid is subjected to four processes after which it returns to its original state.
The compression and expansion processes take place at constant entropy. A constant entropy process is a reversible or an ideal process. Work is transferred into the system during compression and out of the system during expansion.
Heat is transferred across the boundaries of the system at constant temperatures during evaporation and condensation. In this cycle the net quantities of work and heat are in proportions, which provide the maximum amount of cooling for the minimum amount of work.
Two-stage systems use the same refrigerant throughout a common circuit, compressing in two stages. By using separate compressors for each stage, the second-stage displacement can be adjusted to accommodate an extra cooling load, side load, at the intermediate pressure. Compression in two stages within a single machine can be accomplished with multi cylinder compressors.
The liquid refrigerant is returned to another heat exchanger where it is allowed to evaporate, hence the heat exchanger is often called an evaporating coil or evaporator. As the liquid refrigerant evaporates it absorbs heat from the inside air, returns to the compressor, and repeats the cycle. In the process, heat is absorbed from indoors and transferred outdoors, resulting in cooling of the building.
In variable climates, the system may include a reversing valve that switches from heating in winter to cooling in summer. By reversing the flow of refrigerant, the heat pump refrigeration cycle is changed from cooling to heating or vice versa. This allows a facility to be heated and cooled by a single piece of equipment by the same means, and with the same hardware.
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