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How AC Cooling Works

Air conditioners are one of those modern amenities it’s hard to imagine living without. Whether it’s air conditioning in your home or portable cooling, life would be very difficult without them. Read on for a short primer on how they work.

Most air condition uses fan coil units to cool the air around you. Modern technology has made other versions as well, but let’s look at how fan coils work.

The coils in your unit are metal pips wrapped around to maximize their surface area. Whereas a straight pipe might only be a foot long, wrapping it around can make it multiple feet that fit in the same amount of space. This is important when it comes to air conditioning.

When it comes time for cold air, these pipes are chilled. This alone might cool some of the room, but not enough. So a fan is added which helps disperse the cold environment produced by the coils.

How the coils get cooled depends on the unit. Traditionally, it took nothing more than cold water. This water would be cooled by chemical means and then pumped through the coils. More modern units handle the cooling process inside the machine. Chemicals like Freon are used to create cold pipes. Then the fan kicks in to disperse the cold air and the leftover material is dumped into the atmosphere.

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Article submitted by MovinCool. The company makes portable room air conditioner products and is one of the largest advanced automotive technology, systems and components manufacturers on the planet.