Evaporators absorb heat from the conditioned space by evaporating low-pressure refrigerant. They provide sensible and latent cooling as air passes over cold coils.
Governing FormulaQ_evap = m_dot * (h_out - h_in)
Knowledge Check
10 Questions
1.What is the primary purpose of evaporators?
2.Which practice improves reliability when analyzing evaporators?
3.What is a common engineering concern in evaporators?
4.Why are psychrometric properties used in evaporators?
5.What should be compared when validating a evaporators result?
6.What can happen when system parameters are poorly selected in evaporators?
7.Which engineering habit is important when documenting evaporators?
8.What does higher system efficiency usually indicate in evaporators?
9.Why should physical engineering judgment still be applied to evaporators results?
10.Which factor can most directly affect the performance of evaporators?