Table of contents: Type of air conditioner ↓ How an air conditioner works ↓
Type of air conditioner
- 1 evaporator body
- 2 coupler
- 3 air conditioner wire harness
- 4 cover
- 5 screw clamp
- 6 screw
- 7 nozzle area legs
- 8 connecting rod
- 9 Electric motor for driving the central flap
- 10 connecting rod
- 11 Temperature flap drive electric motor. With black lever
- 12 Electric motor for the footwell/window defrosting flap drive
- 13 temperature sensor at the outlet in the foot area
- 14 connecting rod
- 15 heater flap box
- 16 coolant heat exchanger
- 17 air duct for defrosting glass
- 18 stopper
- 19 seal
How an air conditioner works
Compressor the air conditioner is driven by the engine crankshaft via a V-belt. It creates a pressure of up to 30 bar in the cooling circuit of the unit, causing the refrigerant, which is a gas, to heat up capacitor the refrigerant is cooled by the air flowing outside (cooling air remains in the external environment). As a result, the heated refrigerant condenses, turning into a liquid. Having high pressure, it passes through throttle, causing its pressure to drop. The refrigerant then evaporates in the circuit, cooling down considerably at the same time evaporator the refrigerant takes heat from the air blown through it. As a result, the air cools. The cooled air enters the car's interior. As a result of heating in the evaporator, the refrigerant turns into gas and enters the compressor under low pressure.