ELEMENT HEATING COND EVAP
In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to compress a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling. In so doing, the latent heat is released by the substance and transferred to the surrounding environment. For example, a refrigerator uses a condenser to get rid of heat extracted from the interior of the unit to the outside air. Condensers are typically air cooled or water cooled. A "condensing unit" may refer to the entire refrigeration system including the compressor.
A heating element converts electrical energy into heat through the process of Joule heating. Electric current through the element encounters resistance, resulting in heating of the element. This process is independent of the direction of current.
An evaporator is a device used in a process to turn the liquid form of a chemical substance such as water into its gaseous form (vapor). The liquid is evaporated, or vaporized, into a gas form of the targeted substance in that process.
One kind of evaporator is a kind of radiator coil used in a closed compressor driven circulation of a liquid coolant. That is called an air-conditioning system (A/C) or refrigeration system allowing a compressed cooling chemical, such as R-22 (Freon) or R-410A, to evaporate/vaporize from liquid to gas within the system while absorbing heat from the enclosed cooled area (for example, a refrigerator or indoor room) in the process. This works in the closed A/C or refrigeration system with a condenser radiator coil that exchanges the heat from the coolant into the ambient environment.
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