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Q: How does the heat pump resemble a refrigeration system?
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The system whiches runs as refrigeration system used for air condition purposes in the summer and which can be modified to run in reverse in cooler weather is called?

A heat pump.


Flow diagram of chilled water system?

You are probably referring to Absorption refrigeration. Try Google.


Does your ac need freon to run the heater in your home?

Only if you have a heat pump system which is basically an air conditioner which can run in reverse, absorbing heat from outdoors and discharging it indoors via the refrigeration cycle.


Is a heat pump and heat exchanger the same thing?

No they are not. In fact a heat pump contains within it a heat exchanger/coil. A heat pump is reverse refrigeration. A heat exchange, exchanges heart from a heat source to a conditioned space (the area you want heated). While a heat pump uses a heat exchanger to supply heat to the conditioned space. Reverse refrigeration uses the air conditioner in reverse(you know how heat comes if the back of yhe air conditioner, well when it's in reverse that heat is used to heat a home in winter months.


How do you recover refrigerant in a refrigeration system?

Use a vacuum pump that pulls it into a tank.


How many btus does a 3 ton heat pump use?

3 tons of refrigeration = 36,000 BTU's


A component in a refrigeration system having a magnetic coils is considered a?

Both the fan and pump have coils.


Can you pump down a heat pump system in heat mode just as you would do in the cool mode?

No, the energy in a heat pump system must be transfered to another heat pump system because the first law of thermodynamics say that energy cannot be created nor destroyed


Can a vacuum pump remove any type of foreign matter that enters a refrigeration system?

yes


Can a heat pump thermostat be used on non heat pump air conditioning system?

yes it can but everytime you want heat you have to put it on Emergency Heat..


What is the difference between heat engine and heat pump?

Heat Engine is the system that converts the Heat energy into mechanical work while Heat pump converts the work into heat


What has the author Malcolm George McNerlin written?

Malcolm George McNerlin has written: 'Mixture composition changes in refrigeration and heat pump systems'