Moving heat from the inside to the outside

Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps · The Basics · printed page 210 (PDF page 211)

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Moving Heat from Inside to Outside Heat Transfer – from Inside to Outside During Air Conditioning Air Conditioning – Basics

Text in the illustration

inside
outside
indoor coil
warm air from inside house
refrigerant grabs heat and moves it outside where it's dumped into the air
outdoor coil
warm air discharged outside house
cooled refrigerant flowing through piping
our primary goal is to discharge warm air from inside to the exterior

Generated explanation

The illustration shows indoor and outdoor air-conditioning coils connected by refrigerant piping across a dashed inside–outside boundary. Red arrows show warm indoor air entering the indoor coil and refrigerant carrying absorbed heat toward the outdoor coil. At the outdoor coil, red arrows indicate warm air discharged outside the house. Blue arrows on the lower piping show cooled refrigerant returning toward the indoor coil. This is a simplified heat-transfer diagram, with no installation defects depicted.

Components

indoor coil outdoor coil refrigerant piping

Materials

refrigerant

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