vapour-compression refrigeration system
1Refrigeration — Commercial refrigeration Ice is used to refriger …
2refrigeration — /ri frij euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of refrigerating. 2. the state of being refrigerated. [1425 75; late ME refrigeracion < L refrigeration (s. of refrigeratio). See REFRIGERATE, ION] * * * Process of removing heat from an enclosed …
3Timeline of low-temperature technology — and cryogenic technology (Refrigeration down to (–150 °C, –238 °F or 123 K) and cryogenics [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/k468837771683266/ Low temperature technology] ] Timeline1000s* 1000s Avicenna invented the refrigerated coil, which… …
4James Harrison (engineer) — James Harrison (April 1816 September 3 1893 was a Scottish newspaper printer, journalist, politician and pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration.Early lifeHe trained as a printing apprentice in Glasgow and worked in London before… …
5Gas compressor — A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. Compressors are similar to pumps: both increase the pressure on a fluid and both can transport the fluid through a pipe. As gases are… …
6Evaporative cooler — An evaporative cooler, photographed in Rocky Ford, Colorado, used in the drier parts of the American West to provide economical cooling …
7Activated carbon — Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions …
8Heat exchanger — An interchangeable plate heat exchanger Tubular heat exchan …
9Heat pipe — A heat pipe is a heat transfer mechanism that can transport large quantities of heat with a very small difference in temperature between the hotter and colder interfaces. Inside a heat pipe, at the hot interface a fluid turns to vapour and the… …
10Thermosiphon — (alt. thermosyphon) refers to a method of passive heat exchange based on natural convection which circulates liquid in a vertical closed loop circuit without requiring a conventional pump. Its intended purpose is to simplify the pumping of liquid …
