Central Air Conditioning
Central Air Conditioning
Buildings and large infrastructures generally have central air conditioning. A central air conditioning
unit uses a split system for its condenser and compressor. The evaporator is attached to an air
handling mechanism or a forced air furnace. The whole system is housed in a packaged unit that is
often located outdoors, such as a rooftop or an outhouse.
Cooled air is distributed to the different floors and rooms through air ducts. A tenant may raise or
lower the temperature through controls located in each room. Some buildings do not have such
temperature controls. Tenants will have to deal with the common temperature set for all floors.
There are advantages to using a centralized air conditioning system. With the unit located outdoors,
tenants are not bothered with the ambient noise that comes with a running air conditioning unit.
A sophisticated filtering system also cleans the air circulated in the whole building. Through various
return-air ducts, room air is continually pulled and filtered. Through this process, dust particles and
even microscopic pollutants are weeded out from the circulating air.
A centralized air conditioning unit also allows building administrators and engineers to control the
energy consumption and voltage requirements of tenants. With a centralized air conditioning unit,
tenants need not plug in their own stand-alone air conditioning unit.
In cooling or controlling temperatures, it is important that you can determine and dictate the total
temperature. This is because it is easier and more economical to cool rooms with consistent
temperatures. With a centralized air conditioning unit, you can do such.
Unit penyaman
udara berpusat juga membolehkan pentadbir dan jurutera bangunanuntuk
mengawal penggunaan tenaga dan
keperluan voltan penyewa. Dengan unitpenyaman udara berpusat, penyewa ti
dak perlu pasangkan mereka sendiri unitpenyaman udara bersendirian.
Dalam menyejukkan atau mengawal suhu, ia adalah penting bahawa anda
bolehmenentukan dan menentukan jumlah suhu. Ini adalah kerana ia lebih
mudah dan lebih menjimatkan untuk bilik sejuk dengan
suhu yang konsisten. Dengan unit penyamanudara berpusat, anda boleh
melakukan apa-apa.
When choosing the right brand or model for a central air conditioning unit, consider its filtering ability.
Circulating air must be kept clean and fresh. Otherwise, you will be spreading pollutants to all areas
of your building.
To give your tenants utmost convenience, you may have to provide them with the means to control
the temperature on their respective floors. You may have to work with an architect to equip each
floor with built-in controls.
Apabila memilih jenama atau model untuk unit penyaman udara pusat,
pertimbangkankeupayaan penapisan. Udara beredar mesti sentiasa
bersih dan segar. Jika tidak, anda akan menyebarkan bahan
pencemar kepada semua bidang bangunan anda.
Untuk memberikan penyewa anda kenyamanan, anda mungkin perlu
menyediakanmereka dengan cara-cara untuk mengawal suhu di
tingkat masing-masing. Anda mungkin perlu bekerja dengan arkitek untuk
melengkapkan setiap tingkat dengankawalan terbina dalam.
Central air conditioners have two separate components: the condenser and the evaporator. The
condenser unit is usually located outside the house on a concrete slab. The evaporator coil is
mounted in the plenum or main duct junction above the furnace.
Most central air conditioners are connected to a home's forced-air distribution system. Thus, the
same motor, blower, and ductwork used for heating are used to distribute cool air from the air
conditioning system. When a central air conditioner is operating, hot air inside the house flows to the
furnace through the return-air duct. The hot air is moved by the blower across the cooled evaporator
coil in the plenum and is then delivered through ducts to cool the house. When the air conditioner
works but the house doesn't cool, the problem is probably in the distribution system.
Central air conditioners are made up of two separate components: the condenser unit, located
outside the house on a concrete slab, and the evaporator coil above the furnace
Drawing courtesy of Air-Conditioning-And-Refrigeration.Com
The heart of every air conditioner system- automotive air conditioner, home window air
conditioner, or central air conditioner-is the compressor. Residential systems use a hermetically
sealed compressor unit. Hermetically sealed compressors combine an electric motor and
compressor in a single unit. Automotive air conditioning systems use a radial compressor
powered by the car engine. The compressor takes in low-pressure gas at its "Inlet," compresses
it, and discharges it as a high-pressure gas at its outlet. The pressures involved are different for
different refrigerants. For refrigerant R134a, the environmental refrigerants used in modern
automotive air conditioners, the suction side pressure is between 25 and 40 psi and the
discharge side, the high side, pressure is between 225 and 250 psi.
The condenser take in the high pressure gas, represented by the red dots in the drawing, and
changes its state to a liquid, represented by the solid red in the drawing. The change of state
occurs when the temperature of the refrigerant is 25 to 30 degrees higher than the ambient
temperature. If the outside temperature is 90 degrees, the change of state occurs when the
refrigerant is between 105 and 120 degrees. The air flowing through the condenser cools the
gas and causes it to change state from gas to liquid, the condenser fan in a home air
conditioner is powered by a small electric motor, in a car, it is the same fan that forces air
through the engine’s radiator.
The Dryer
The liquid refrigerant leaving the condenser passes through a "Dryer" on its way to the
evaporator. A dryer may be a stand-alone component as shown in this basic diagram, or it may
be part of an accumulator/dryer or receiver/dryer. Whatever configuration the dryer takes, it
serves the same purpose removing water vapor from the refrigerant. The dryer contains a
desiccant that absorbs water. The dryer is the component that is replaced every time the system
is opened up for repairs.
The metering device may be an expansion valve or an orifice tube. An expansion valve and an
orifice tube work differently but they serve the same purpose. As the liquid refrigerant passes
through the metering device, its pressure drops from around 225 psi to about 70 psi. As the
pressure decreases, the temperature of the refrigerant drops from around 110 degrees to
around 40 degrees. At 40 degrees Fahrenheit, refrigerants start to evaporate causes an even
greater drop in temperature. As warm air flows through the evaporator, the cold refrigerant gas
absorbs heat. The heated gas is returned to the compressor through the suction line
represented by the blue dots.
At the risk of having over simplified the physics of refrigeration, there you have it. Maybe I wall
do an article, or even several articles on the physics involved at some point in the future.