A running engine produces heat, which expands its metal body, thereby increasing its compression ratio. This is true for ...

The condenser is the most underrated component in an air conditioning or refrigeration system. Besides being a simple heat exchanger, the condenser has to desuperheat, condense, and subcool ...

An international research group led by China’s Zhejiang University has developed a proof-of-concept compression-assisted adsorption thermal battery (CATB) prototype, using solar thermal collectors.

Diesel engines do their hardest work in the toughest jobs, from highway semis to construction equipment, and the reason they ...

OPEN DOOR: A high CTOA could mean that the refrigerator or freezer is rejecting a lot of heat out of the condenser as a result of additional heat being absorbed in the evaporator, which could occur ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...