Evaporator: This is the part of the refrigeration system that is doing the actual cooling. Because its function is to absorb heat into the refrigeration system (from where you don’t want it), the evaporator is placed in the area to be cooled. The refrigerant vaporizes from the heat it absorbs heat in the evaporator.

Evaporator is the machine inside the air conditioner. Heat exchanger is the machine outside the air conditioner. If heating, exchange the internal and external machines.

The evaporator works the opposite of the condenser, here refrigerant liquid is converted to gas, absorbing heat from the air in the compartment. When the liquid refrigerant reaches the evaporator its pressure has been reduced, dissipating its heat content and making it much cooler than the fan air flowing around it.

A heat exchanger is used to transfer energy from the inside of the refrigerator to the cold refrigerant. This lowers the internal energy of the inside and raises the internal energy of the refrigerant.

Two phase flow heat exchangers are widely used in air conditioning and refrigeration systems for residential, commercial and industrial applications. They have the most potential for improvements in air conditioning and refrigeration (Jung and Radermacher, 1991).

While a heat exchanger can regulate process temperatures independently, a condenser is a component of a chiller system (water-cooled or air-cooled) which functions to remove heat generated by an industrial or commercial process.

In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a heat exchanger used to condense a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling. Condensers can be made according to numerous designs, and come in many sizes ranging from rather small (hand-held) to very large (industrial-scale units used in plant processes).

However, the difference between A/C evaporator and condenser coil is exactly reversed. While the evaporator coil picks up heat from indoor air, the condenser coil releases heat into outdoor air. High-pressure liquid refrigerant leaving the condenser coil makes a u-turn and flows back to the evaporator coil.

The condenser coil usually costs about $400 to $1,200 to replace. Most HVAC pros charge in the range of $50 to $150 per hour.

The purpose of the condenser is to receive the high-pressure gas from the compressor and convert this gas to a liquid. It does it by heat transfer, or the principle that heat will always move from a warmer to a cooler substance.

Two of the main parts are the compressor and the ac condenser. The compressor is the box outside of your home and the first step in cooling the air. The compressors job is to take refrigerant gas and compress it to liquid that gets sent back inside the house and into the condenser.

The major types of condensers used are (1) water-cooled, (2) air-cooled, and (3) evaporative. In evaporative condensers, both air and water are used. Three common types of water-cooled condensers are (1) double pipe, (2) shell and tube (as shown in Fig. 6.9), and (3) shell and coil.

In a split air conditioning system—the standard central AC found in most homes—the compressor is located in the outdoor unit. Its job is to circulate the refrigerant necessary for heat exchange through the coils of the indoor and outdoor unit, and also to apply the energy to the refrigerant.

The refrigerant, a chemical compound that changes easily from liquid to a gas. When the refrigerant is pushed into the compressor, it is a low pressure gas. The compressor pushes the gas molecules together, heating them up as the pressure raises.

R134a has a boiling point of -15.34 degree Fahrenheit or -26.3 degree Celsius that makes it exist in gas form when exposed to environment.

R134a is one of a number of common refrigerants that will be banned from use in new centrifugal and positive displacement chillers as of January 1, 2024. Others include R407C and R410A, as well as a number of interim “drop-in” blends.

Due to the destructive effects of the compositions of refrigerants on the environment, the EPA has banned the use of certain refrigerants altogether. These banned refrigerants were to be replaced with new ones, and mixing refrigerants became totally illegal. They’re banned by the EPA.

R12 and R22 are both now banned by the EPA in the United States. Mixing R22 with R407C or any other refrigerant. According to the 609 EPA rule, mixing refrigerants is illegal and anybody caught doing so will be heavily fined. If your system is running on R22 most likely is using mineral oil to lubricate the compressor.

In conclusion, do not mix R-22 with R-134a refrigerants, you will ruin the charge, and possibly seriously damage or destroy your A/C system.

The answer: No. Putting R-410A refrigerant into an AC unit that was designed to use R-22 will cause the unit to die soon after it tries to run.

When you replace an air conditioner or heat pump and upgrade from R-22 to R-410A, the ideal solution is to replace your refrigerant lines. This is because the mineral oil used in R-22 systems is not compatible with the new R-410A refrigerant and oil.

No. You can’t do that. It probably wouldn’t work. Even though you put a compressor in there that’s R410A, the rest of condenser probably isn’t tested and rated for operating at R410A pressures because R410A has to operate at a higher pressure.

No, you cannot. To make a short story long, R410A and R22 are refrigerants. They are both good refrigerants and they both work, but they have to be charged in the system at different pressures. R410A is a higher pressure system and R22 is a lower pressure system.

To know which type of refrigerant your air conditioner uses, take a look at the label on the compressor unit outside. It’ll clearly tell you which type of refrigerant the unit uses. The newer type is R-410A, and the older type that I’ve been talking about is R-22, also identified as HCFC-22.

The cost to convert a central air conditioner from R-22 to R-410A can range anywhere from $2,000 to over $4,500 in the New Jersey area. The bottom line? If your AC unit is 8+ years old, it’s usually not worth the cost to convert and you should just replace the entire R-22 unit with an R-410A unit.

Mixing R22 with R407C or any other refrigerant. According to the 609 EPA rule, mixing refrigerants is illegal and anybody caught doing so will be heavily fined. If your system is running on R22 most likely is using mineral oil to lubricate the compressor.