Types of Refrigeration: Gas Cycle Refrigeration
Just as the vapors are used for cooling in the vapor compression cycle and vapor absorption cycle, the gas is used for cooling in gas refrigeration …
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Willis Haviland Carrier: The Inventor of Air-Conditioning
Willis Haviland Carrier is credited with being the inventor of the modern air-conditioning. Let us see how he discovered this field very important for …
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Basic Introduction to the Triple Point for Water
Can water really exist in a form that is a liquid, steam, and ice all at once? And how is this feature useful in the creation of thermometers? The …
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Cyclic Process of Refrigeration: (Vapour) Vapor Compression Cycle
The vapor compression cycle is the mostly widely used method of refrigeration in the modern applications. Your household refrigerator, water cooler, …
Continue ReadingMethods of Refrigeration: (Vapour) Vapor Absorption Cycle
The various processes of the vapor absorption cycle are similar to the one in vapor compression cycle, only the method of compression of the …
Continue ReadingMethods of Refrigeration: Ice Refrigeration, Dry Ice Refrigeration
This article describes what is refrigeration, and common methods of refrigeration like ice refrigeration and dry ice refrigeration. Refrigeration is …
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Introduction to the Thermal Properties of Water
Why do icebergs float in water? Why do pipes burst in the winter? How is it that life can exist in arctic seas? The answers lie in the thermal …
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Introduction to Thermal Expansion
Have you ever wondered why you can loosen the metal lid of a jar by applying hot water? The answer involves a special thermodynamic property of solids …
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Thermal Constraints in Pro-Mechanica: Part 5 of a FEA Tutorial
Like structural constraints in structural FEA, we can simulate thermal constraints in thermal FEA using pro mechanica.
Continue ReadingWhat is Tandem-MAG Welding? Synchronized Pulsed Welding.
Tandem-MAG welding is a process of joining of metal by keeping the two welding arcs or wires within close distance and to work in the same weld pool …
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