Saturation , Superheat, Subcooling
Saturation : PSIG converted to
temperature/Boiling Point/ Evaporation Point
Condensing Point/Change of State
Latent Heat/Liquid & Vapor both
exist
Pressure converts to a saturated temperature
119 PSId to 41 F
converts a saturation temperature of
316 PSId converts to a saturation temperature of 99 F
41 F
°
99 %Vapor /1 % Liquid
41 F
° Saturation
25 %
50 %
Liquid/75 % Vapor
Liquid/50 % Vapor
Saturation /Change of State
25% Liquid/75 % Vapor
Vapor > Liquid
-
Superheat is sensible heat added to vapor above saturation
Superheated refrigerant in a
liquid state is
superheated into a vapor form .
(Boil)
°
72 F
1.
Can you breathe superheated Vapor ? If the room temperature is
The air we breathe is 78 % Nitrogen /21 % Oxygen 72 F
°
Oxygen would be
What is the OF superheated 3699
boiling point of oxygen ? 297 of
-
-298 F
o
means it would become
liquid oxygen
above it's saturation
What is the of point
boiling nitrogen ? 320F
-
point
.
97 F
°
72 Fo
Subcoding
I
is sensible heat removed from a liquid Nitrogen is
superheat
below saturation. 394 "
F above its
Of saturation point .
You want to have the
Compressor pumping superheated
. The
Vapor low temperature
refrigerant
heate320e
is cooling the
compressor .
Coming out of the compressor it can be super it's saturation
.
point
