A compressor,

A condenser, the basically a

warm coil that pump that
rejects the heat moves the
collected by the refrigerant
evaporator from place to
place.

An evaporator, the
Expansion valve cold coil that
restricts the flow of removes heat where
the fluid, and lowers All these components work together to remove
heat from the inside
its pressure as it unwanted heat from one place and deliver it to air is absorbed and
leaves the another place where it can be rejected. changes it from a
expansion valve. liquid to a gas.
Principles of Refrigeration
Flow of Refrigerant •Liquids absorb heat when Second Law –
Energy must flow from a higher state
changed from liquid to gas to a lower state. That is, heat must
•Gases give off heat when always flow from the warmer object
changed from gas to liquid. to a cooler object and not
from the cooler object to the
warmer object.
A major application area of thermodynamics
NAME SHARAYU V. DHAVANE
is refrigeration. “The transfer of heat from a
lower temperature region to a higher CLASS T.Y. B.ARCHITECTURE
temperature one.” SUBJECT BUILDING SERVICES-III