"What is the function or purpose of an individual component IE. condenser in the air conditioning system"
Question:"What is the function or purpose of an individual component ie. condenser or evaperator in the air conditioning system"
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too lengthy to explain and unless you are familiar with cooling systems you wouldnt have a clue....
AC works on what is termed a Rankin cycle. This uses a refrigerant that converts from a liquid to a gas at the correct temperatures and pressures when run though a compressor to condense the gas to a liquid, this makes it hot so the compressor and air coils are outside to dissipate the heat. The hot liquid then travels inside where it passes through an orifice allowing it to expand into a gas as the pressure is much lower on the other side of the orifice. This is the evaporator where the cold gas absorbs heat from the air flowing over it. The gas goes back outside to start over again.
A condenser condenses a gas into a liquid, and the evaporater converts a liquid into a gas.
Basically an evaporator picks up the heat from your house through the refrigerant and the condenser rejects the heat that was picked up and it starts over again. There is a lot more that goes on but that is as basic as I can get.
"Evaporation" is the conversion of a liquid into a gas which occurs after the liquid absorbs heat, measured in British Thermal Units ( BTU's ). An example is heating a pot of water on a range till the water "boils", i.e., "evaporates".
The refrigerant in an window air-conditioner will absorb heat at a low temperature,, say 40 degrees, and the heat absorbed will cause the liquid refrigerant to evaporate into a gas.
Converting a gas into a liquid is "condensation". For this to occur, the gas , to condense, must be exposed to a surrounding temperature that is lower than the temperature of the gas.
In an AC unit, the refrigerant in gas-form is circulated thru a coil surrounded by the outdoor air. When the gas is "compressed" , it's temperature is raised. If the outdoor air is 80 degrees, the gas will be compressed to 120 degrees. The 80-degree outdoor air will absorb the 120 degree heat of the gas, and the gas will condense back to a liquid form.
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