Applications

Water Cooled Refrigerant Condenser

  • Water source heat pumps
    *condenser (cooling mode)
  • Computer room air condensing units
  • Swimming pool water heaters
  • Marine application - condensing units
  • Water cooled condensing units
  • Water cooled ice machines
  • Soft ice cream machine
  • Low-temperature cascade units
  • Refrigerant recovery units
  • Potable water heating (double wall only)

Water to Refrigerant Evaporator

  • Water source heat pumps
    *evaporator (heating mode)
  • Water or fluid cooled chillers
  • Refrigerated air dryers

Miscellaneous

  • One way dedicated heat pump
  • Liquid - liquid heat exchangers
  • Refrigerant subcoolers
  • Refrigerant desuperheaters (double wall)

Glossary of Terms

Refrigeration cycle
Vapor compression cycle used in air conditioning, heat pump, and refrigeration systems.
Heat pump
Device which pumps heat from a low temperature energy source to a higher temperature energy sink, generally for space heating or domestic water heating. Also called “reverse cycle air conditioner.”
Dedicated heat pump
One that operates in one cycle only; also called “one-way” heat pump.
Condensing unit
Compressor-condenser package used for split systems with separate evaporator.
Condenser
Device used in an air conditioning, heat pump, or refrigeration system to convert high pressure refrigerant vapor to liquid while heating a fluid, generally water, glycol, or air.
Evaporator
Device used in an air conditioning, heat pump, or refrigeration system to convert a low pressure mixture or refrigerant vapor and liquid to pure vapor while cooling (chilling) a fluid, generally water, glycol, or air.
Subcooling
Condition where liquid temperature is lower than the saturated liquid temperature corresponding to the liquid pressure.
Superheat
Condition where vapor temperature is higher than the saturated vapor temperature corresponding to the vapor pressure.
Heat of compression
Heat added to refrigerant during work of compression, i.e., the heat equivalent of compressor work.
Saturated condensing temperature
Saturated refrigerant vapor temperature corresponding to condenser inlet pressure, normally measured at compressor discharge.
Saturated suction temperature
Saturated refrigerant vapor temperature corresponding to pressure at compressor inlet (suction).