refrigerant
refrigerant
Definition
re·frig·er·ant (ri frij′ər ənt)
adjective
- that refrigerates; cooling or freezing something
- reducing heat or fever
Etymology: L refrigerans, prp.
noun
- a medicine used to reduce fever
- a substance used in refrigeration; specif., any of various liquids that vaporize at a low temperature, used in mechanical refrigeration
refrigerant
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: All the refrigerants used in the GET air conditioners are CFC friendly.
- contain: Here, the heat from the water is conducted to a sealed circuit containing refrigerant, warming it up.
- utilize: External chillers Air cooled chillers utilizing hydrocarbon refrigerants are available from Swedish manufacturers such as ABB Stal and Bonus.
- develop: Some recently developed non-CFC refrigerants work within the range of the conventional small compressors but are not compatible with conventional lubricants.
- include: Examples include refrigerants for the 21st century, drug pathways and chemical concepts, and ' how lead was finally removed from gasoline ' .
- evaporate: This heat is subsequently transferred to an evaporating refrigerant in a heat exchanger.
Adjective modifier
- liquid: This boiling liquid refrigerant absorbs heat energy from the interior space through the walls of this interior coil.
- secondary: In the second stage, the wort is cooled to the fermentation temperature by a secondary refrigerant, e.g. , glycol.
- natural: After trials Nestlé International has decided to use only natural refrigerants in future systems, with CO2 / NH3 as the system of choice.
- friendly: Available in single and multi-temperature versions, it uses environmentally friendly refrigerant HFC R404a and has a corrosion resistant frame.
- alternative: Coca Cola and Unilever have just announce they will move toward such alternative refrigerants such as Greenfreeze by 2005.
- new: If you need to change the oil in a compressor to accommodate your new refrigerant it is not difficult.
Modifies a noun
- gas: In the industry, oil testing is an established principle, but testing refrigerant gas is not.
- charge: The Beast uses the plant's own refrigerant charge to carry out a deep clean.
- system: Maintaining refrigerant systems at optimum performance is also an important way of reducing the energy waste in a working plant.
- line: You may also recognize the low side by the fact that the refrigerant line is a larger diameter than the high side line.
- handler: If you are already an approved refrigerant handler and wish to renew your registration you can find a renewal form here.
- circuit: This then passes back through an evaporator exchanger in the heat pump to the refrigerant circuit.
Noun used with modifier
- hydrocarbon: External chillers Air cooled chillers utilizing hydrocarbon refrigerants are available from Swedish manufacturers such as ABB Stal and Bonus.
- replacement: Replacement refrigerants for R12 are, I believe, not 100 % reliable.
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