Tuesday, January 20, 2009

CALCULATING PROPER SUPERHEAT ADJUSTMENT

Now, with less refrigerant in the evaporator, the vapor leaving the evaporator will be superheated. If, in this example, the superheated vapor leaving the evaporator rises to 50°F (10° superheat), then the temperature of the charge in the bulb will also rise to 50°F.

At a temperature of 50°F, the charge has a pressure (pushing on the diaphragm) of 47 psig.

We now see that the 10° superheat created a pressure differential between the charge and the evaporator equal to:

charge 47 psig

evaporator -37 psig

10 psig

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