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- From: lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bruce G. Bostwick)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: How do I start working on my A/C?
- Message-ID: <77713@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 17:36:51 GMT
- References: <1992Aug3.190028.12355@afit.af.mil> <1992Aug10.124354.1@pa881a.inland.com> <BsutzG.3r1@news.udel.edu>
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- In article <BsutzG.3r1@news.udel.edu> iseman@chopin.udel.edu (Stephen Early) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug10.124354.1@pa881a.inland.com> nason@pa881a.inland.com writes:
- >>>
- >>
- >>Assuming your in Engineering school, the theory in not too difficult.
- >>Refrigerant is exposed to low pressure, boils, and therefor absorbs heat.
- >
- >WHAT!, NO NO NO.
- >
- >First of all, refrigerant exposed to low pressure will cool.
- >
- >Second, if a substance boils it certainly does NOT absorb heat-it gives heat
- >off.
-
- Sorry, but he's right. Remember we're talking about HEAT here. When
- you boil a liquid, the boiling process draws heat that would otherwise
- have increased the temperature of the liquid. This can be
- demonstrated by boiling a pan of water on your stove -- you SUPPLY
- heat to the boiling water with the gas flame (or heating element for
- you electric folks) and the water boils instead of heating up. You
- can prove that it is absorbing heat by turning the flame off -- the
- water stops boiling and cools off, rather than heating up and melting
- the pan as it would if the process generated heat.
-
- Yes, refrigerant exposed to low pressure will cool, because the liquid
- which is then superheated with respect to its vapor pressure will
- boil, absorbing heat from the container. It will then release this
- heat when compressed as it condenses.
-
- Remember the 'evaporator' is on the INSIDE of the car and the
- 'condenser' is on the OUTSIDE..
-
-
-
- --
- <BGB>
- lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu / "I can't complain,
- (really Bruce Bostwick) / but sometimes I still do"
- from the great state of TEXAS / --Joe Walsh--
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