subject: Air Conditioning System - How Does It Work? [print this page] Whether you live in a spot where it is hot all year, or you simply love spending the hot summers camped within where it is dark and cool, you'll find that you've got a lot to thank your air conditioner for! For years, an air conditioner was a mark of luxury, but nowadays, most of the people consider them a prerequisite and a fact of existence!
Whether you life in a apartment building where there are several air compressors to go around or you have a wall unit that sits in your window, take a look at how these great machines work and how you are getting the cool air that you love!
The first thing that you need to think about when you are thinking about how an air conditioner works is what goes into making it work. What are the moving parts that create the flow of air? When you pop open an air conditioner, the first thing that you will notice is that there is a compressor, two sets of coils that are filled with a coolant and an expansion valve.
When folk think about the way in which the their air-conditioning units work, they suspect that cold air simply being blown into their home. The truth of the affair is that hot air is being taken from their home, cooled, and then pumped back in.
When you start up your air conditioner, the coolant, known as Freon, starts moving. At this point, it is a gas, and it will enter the compressor. The action of the compressor will force the Freon gas to heat, and then it will be released into the first coil. Because of the high pressure shape that the gas has been put into, it will move along the path of the coil. This is typically located along the outside of the building. As it travels, the gas will begin to cool into as a fan will start and cause the outside air to absorb the heat.
At this point, the liquid Freon is fairly cool, and it will enter the expansion valve, where it is converted back into a gas. The Freon gas will be released into the second set of coils, which is located on the inside of the building. The air around it will be released into the building, forcing the air to cool.
This cycle repeats until the home or room is at the temperature that it is meant to be. It will stop when it reaches that temperature, and when the heat starts to rise again, it will kick on.
