We got a call from a homeowner after his HVAC service company threw up their hands and said they could do no more to get the cooling system to work. They had recently replaced two failed compressors ...

The small hermetic compressors in ordinary household refrigerators or freezers usually have a permanently welded circular steel shell, which can seal the working gas inside the system. There is no way ...

New compressors would allow the company to pipe higher volumes of gas - fracked in Pennsylvania - at greater pressure through an aging pipeline system to Westchester County NY. New compressors would ...

The hottest temperature point in a refrigeration or air conditioning system is on the back of the compressor’s discharge valve, as shown in Figure 1. However, since this point cannot be measured by a ...

Moving hydraulic fluid through a system requires either a pump or compressor. Both achieve this goal, but through different operating methods. Pumps have the ability to move liquids or gases.

Years ago, it was common for shops to have a central power source that drove all the tools through a system of belts, wheels and driveshafts. The power was routed around the work space by mechanical ...