Tower air conditioners cool a room by using a refrigerant to remove heat from the air. Essentially, a tower air conditioner functions by drawing warm air from the room, cooling it with a refrigerant, and then blowing the cooled air back into the room.
Here's a breakdown of the process:
- Warm Air Intake: The unit uses a fan to pull warm air from the room into the air conditioner.
- Cooling Process: The warm air passes over a set of cooling coils filled with a refrigerant. The refrigerant absorbs the heat from the air, causing the refrigerant to evaporate.
- Refrigerant Cycle:
- The now-hot refrigerant is sent to a compressor, which increases its pressure and temperature.
- The high-pressure, hot refrigerant then flows through a condenser coil, where it releases heat to the outside air and condenses back into a liquid.
- The liquid refrigerant then goes through an expansion valve, which reduces its pressure and temperature before returning to the evaporator coil to repeat the cycle.
- Cooled Air Output: The cooled air is then blown back into the room by another fan, lowering the overall temperature.
In summary, tower air conditioners utilize a refrigerant to cool air and circulate it back into the room.
