The modern air conditioning system cools an indoor space by using the refrigeration cycle. This refrigeration cycle works by controlling the level of energy in the system’s refrigerant: Some parts of ...

Nothing beats walking into a cozy, warm home on a frigid winter day, or a cool, comfortable one when outdoor temps are through the roof. Sometimes, it even feels magical. After all, all you are ...

The condenser is the most underrated component in an air conditioning or refrigeration system. Besides being a simple heat exchanger, the condenser has to desuperheat, condense, and subcool ...

This may not sound like much, but such improvement can be very valuable. In this first part of a two-part series, we will examine basic ideas behind the importance of condenser heat transfer, and in ...

A heat pump doesn't generate heat; it transfers it from one place to another. It's an appliance with a bright future in an ...

While there is an industry-wide understanding that compromised condenser tubes reduce unit performance in the short term, the long-term effects of this neglect can be detrimental, forcing unplanned ...

In a single reaction, synthetic chemists sometimes can run through hundreds of liters of water, possibly without realizing it. The culprit is their solvent condenser, a piece of glassware that uses ...

I asked my neighbor who hoses off his air conditioner condenser every spring why he does it. “Because my dad always told me I had to,” he said. Conventional wisdom like what my neighbor’s dad imparted ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Between April 24 and May 19, while Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is powered down for its 18-month refueling outage, a number of maintenance projects will be performed. Along with ...