RAC

SERVICING 1
basic
(NC II)
concept of
refrigiration
Castillo, Ericka R.
BSME 2-1
 HISTORY OF
REFRIGIRATION
 Jacob Perkins
American inventor
The refrigerator idea came
from Oliver Evans, an American
inventor and friend of Perkins.
Evans never built it, so Perkins was
given permission to pursue it.Perkins
received the first patent for the
vapor-compression refrigeration
cycle in 1835.
 DEVELOPMENT IN
TERMS OF:

commerce
SUPERMARKET
development of GROCERIES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
refrigiration PROCESSING PLANTS
medical
HOSPITALS
LABORATORIES
invention
PAVED WAY TO AIR
CONDITIONING
 LAWS OF REFRIGIRATION

HEAT TRAVELS FROM HIGHER HEAT FLOW

TO LOWER TEMPERATURE
Conduction of heat occurs when
thermally agitated atoms and molecules
jostle one another mechanically Heat flow is the movement of
transferring the vibrational motion from heat (energy) from the interior
a hot region to a cold region. There is no of Earth to the surface.
physical movement of the material itself.
Some materials are good conductors and
the rate of heat flow through them is high.
 LAWS OF REFRIGIRATION
EVAPORATION PROCESS
Evaporation is a process taking
place in the evaporator at the
constant pressure. In this the liquid
refrigerant absorbs heat and
converted to vapor refrigerant at
low pressure. These low-pressure
vapors are supplied to the
compressor.
CONDENSATION PROCESS
The condenser removes heat from
the hot refrigerant vapor gas vapor
until it condenses into a saturated
liquid state, a.k.a. condensation.
After condensing, the refrigerant is
a high-pressure, low-temperature
liquid, at which point it's routed to
the loop's expansion device.
 thermal laws
Liquids absorb heat when changing from liquid
to vapor state. Liquid bring warmth in the
process of transition from vapor to liquid
The temperature at which a change of state occurs is in a
constant process of changes, provided the pressure remains
constant.
Heat flows only from the body, that is at a higher
temperature to a body that is at a low temperature (hot,
cold).
The metal parts of the boiling and condensing units use
metals, which have high thermal conductivity (copper, brass,
aluminum).
Thermal energy and other forms of energy are
interchangeable. For example, electricity can be converted
into heat, heat to electrical energy; and heat into mechanical
energy.