I haven’t bent any copper for a few weeks now. Between the heat, a vacation, and some bad habits, the shop has barely been opened. Part of the reason is due to a recent fascination with power plants. Previously, in…
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Cannibalizing the Ebullator
I’ve moved on, in regards to what I think can be learned from the first flooded evaporator system, I have been calling “The Ebullator”. Far too many limiting features were preventing me from moving on to the next step in…
Refrigeration Test Bench – Part III
In Part I, I shared a lot of media relating to my efforts in building a refrigeration test bench. I intended to build the whole thing from a DIY approach, and utilize a York 210 – Belt Driven Air Conditioning…
Refrigeration Test Bench – Part II
In Part I, I summarized my efforts to build myself a testing platform for refrigeration projects. I cut that post short at about the point where I began doing some heavy brazing work. Also, the amount of media in that…
Tagged with: dry evaporator, ebullator, enthalpy, flooded evaporator, gravity flooded evaporator, propane, propane refrigerant, r290, refrigeration, saturated vapor, subcooling, superheating, vapor compression
Posted in Refrigeration
Posted in Refrigeration
The KillCap Catalogue
I enjoy designing vapor compression machines. It all started with a refrigerator. I have thought long and hard on how these mainstays of modern living could be improved and someday I will make some of them a reality. In the…
Tagged with: air conditioner, appropriate technology, dehumidifier, flooded evaporator, heat pump, refrigeration, refrigerator
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Hot Water, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Hot Water, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
The Great Gravity Flooded Evaporator
I’ve grown quite fond of the gravity flooded evaporator in the last year or two. It has a number of advantages over a dry type evaporator. I’ve discussed some of these in previous posts (here and here) and I will no doubt…
Modular Refrigerator Circa 1935
This curious little gem here is a modular refrigerator evaporator from a US patent granted 1935. Available here. The purpose of the invention being that it allows for the removal or replacement of a refrigerator’s evaporator coil (or at least…
Household Refrigeration 1927
Notice the individual cabinet like doors on the refrigerator and the swinging drawer at bottom. Most units were belt driven external drive in this book. There was extensive use of flooded evaporators with low side floats at this time. I…
Tagged with: flooded evaporator, ice, refrigeration, refrigerator
Posted in Old Refrigeration Texts, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Old Refrigeration Texts, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
musings on entropy 