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Why is it important to cool the condenser?
The Condenser Coil and Fan As the refrigerant passes through the fins of the coils, the condenser fan blows across them, which helps to easily dispel the heat to the outdoors. Once most of the heat has been expelled, the refrigerant can cool back down into a liquid state.
How do you measure condenser temperature?
The actual condensing temperature is the actual TD plus the ambient temperature: Actual Condensing Temperature = (Actual T.D.) + (Ambient) = 18.4 + 95 = 113.4°F.
What is the purpose of the condenser in the air conditioning system?
A condenser (or AC condenser) is the outdoor portion of an air conditioner or heat pump that either releases or collects heat, depending on the time of the year. Both split air conditioner and heat pump condensers are made of the same basic parts.
What is the temperature of a condenser?
(The condensing temperature in any system is figured off of the condensing pressure using a pressure-temperature chart.) Condenser splits can range from 15 degrees to 30 degrees, depending on whether the condenser is a standard-, mid-, or high-efficiency unit.
How does condenser release the heat of the system?
In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a heat exchanger used to condense a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling. In so doing, the latent heat is released by the substance and transferred to the surrounding environment.
What’s the difference between a condenser and a compressor?
The compressor “squeezes” the gas. It actually changes the gas refrigerant into a liquid, which is used throughout the A/C system to eventually produce cold air. The condenser is responsible for taking the pressurized gas from the compressor and changing it into a liquid vapor.
How do I know my condenser capacity?
– The formula for the capacity of condenser is given by C=Ad When A is the area of each plate and d is the distance between the plates.
What causes high condenser temperature?
High condensing temperatures – this is normally caused by low evaporating pressures which lead to higher compressor discharge temperatures. Possible causes include: dirty condenser.
What is the principle of condenser?
The purpose of the condenser is to receive the high-pressure gas from the compressor and convert this gas to a liquid. It does it by heat transfer, or the principle that heat will always move from a warmer to a cooler substance.
How does the condenser work in a refrigeration system?
The condenser is the refrigeration circuit high side component, which allows the hot high-pressure refrigerant gas to loose its latent heat of condensation to the environment. This loss of heat causes the gas to condense into high-pressure liquid that can piped to the metering device.
Why is the thermometer placed above the surface of water?
The bulb of thermometer is kept above the surface of water while determining the boiling point of water because if the thermometer bulb is dispense into the water then the thermometer will measure the temperature of water not the temperature of water at the boiling state. Why is the thermometer not placed directly in the liquid?
What happens when the bulb of the thermocouple is too high?
If the bulb of the thermometer or tip of the thermocouple is placed too high in the condenser, then the hot vapors are likely to condense before they reach the thermometer. This will result in the recorded temperature being lower than the actual boiling temperature of the vapor.
Why is the thermometer placement important in distillation?
A: •Placing the thermometer too high will lead to a low value for boiling point – be sure all the mercury in the bulb is below the sidearm of the still head. Inadequately clamping the apparatus can be dangerous.