Condenser
The condenser component is the part of refrigerator that expels heat energy which has been picked up by the evaporator.
The condenser looks very similar to the evaporator with coiled pipes and perpendicular fins. It is situated in the high pressure area of the refrigerated system. The compressor pumps vapour into the condensor at high pressure. As the surrounding medium (air) is cooler than the hot vapour, heat energy is passed into the air from the condenser tubes. A fan is often used to help dispell heat through convection.
Heat is also extracted as the liquid cools to condensation temperature. Latent Heat energy is released as the refrigerant changes from vapour to liquid.
The high pressure liquid leaves the condenser and travels to the metering device (TXV) (CAP TUBE).
It can then begin the cycle of extracting new heat via the evaporator.
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