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What is the difference between an air conditioner and a refrigerator?
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1.Refrigeration removes the heat from the enclosed space where as AC cools the air and the circulates in the enclosed space
2.Refrigeration does not cater to latent heat load i.e it does not have any control over humidity whereas AC caters both latent as well as sensible load so it has temperature as well as humidity control
3.Refrigeration has no control over air quality whereas AC has filters to improve air quality
4.Refrigeration does not involve circulation of air as it only works on heat absorption for phase change of refrigerant in vapour cycle where as AC cools the air in air handling unit (AHU) and then circulates it through the space .
5.Refrigerants used in AC are not Fluro Carbons are these have a higher Global warming and Ozone depletion potential i.e these are harmful to humans in case of leakage
6.Refrigeration does not cater to Human comfort i.e it is mostly used for storage and you wont find comfort in refrigerated space because of extremely low temp and humidity change . On other hand AC keeps a control of both humidity and temperature as per the comfort graph made by organisation which fix standard in this case its ASHRAE.
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