The Condenser

Once the high-pressure, high-temperature vapour is pumped from the compressor, it travels to the second component within the circuit, knowns as the condenser.

Aided by a motorised fan, the function of the condenser is to reject the heat from the refrigerant as it passes through the condenser coil and reduce the high-pressure, high-temperature refrigerant vapour to a cooler liquid state.

(Water-cooled condensers use water instead of air to remove heat.)

The basic function of the condenser is to:

• Reject latent heat from the space being cooled.
• Change the state of the refrigerant from a vapour to a liquid.