VISUAL DICTIONARY XVIII

Question 1

what is a system or process for simultaneously controlling the temperature, humidity, purity, distribution, and motion of the air in an interior space especially one capable of cooling?

Answer 1

AIR CONDITIONING

Question 2

What is any device or apparatus for controlling, esp. lowering the temperature and humidity of a space?

Answer 2

AIR CONDITIONER

Question 3

What do you call a factory assembled air conditioner having a fan, filters, compressor, condenser, and evaporator coils for cooling?

Answer 3

PACKAGED AIR CONDITIONER

Question 4

What is a refrigeration process in which cooling is affected by the vaporization and expansion of a liquid refrigerant?

Answer 4

COMPRESSIVE REFRIGERATION

Question 5

What is a valve that reduces the pressure and evaporation temperature of a refrigerant as it flows to the evaporator?

Answer 5

EXPANSION VALVE

Question 6

What is a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, such as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration?

Answer 6

REFRIGERANT

Question 7

What is the component of a refrigeration system in which the refrigerant absorbs heat from a cooling medium and changes from a liquid to a gas?

Answer 7

EVAPORATOR

Question 8

What is a pump or other machine for reducing the volume and increasing the pressure of a gas in a refrigeration system?

Answer 8

COMPRESSOR

Question 9

What is a device for reducing a vapor or gas to liquid or solid form?

Answer 9

CONDENSER

Question 10

What is a fluid agent for reducing the temperature of a system below a specified value by conducting away the heat produced in the operation of the system?

Answer 10

COOLANT

Question 11

What is a medium or environment for the absorption or dissipation of unwanted heat?

Answer 11

HEAT SINK

Question 12

What is a device that uses a compressible refrigerant to transfer heat from one reservoir to another, with the process being reversible so that it can be used for both heating and cooling a building?

Answer 12

HEAT PUMP

Question 13

What is a refrigeration process that uses a generator and an absorber instead of a compressor to transfer heat?

Answer 13

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION

Question 14

What is a device for transferring the heat of a fluid flowing on one side of a barrier to a fluid flowing to another?

Answer 14

HEAT EXCHANGER

Question 15

What is the component of an absorption-refrigeration system that uses a saline solution to draw water vapor from the evaporator, cooling the remaining water in the process?

Answer 15

ABSORBER

Question 16

What is the component of an absorption-refrigeration system that uses a heat source to remove excess water vapor from a saline solution?

Answer 16

GENERATOR

Question 17

What is an air-conditioning system that treats air at the central location and distributes the conditioned air to an entire building by means of fans and ductwork?

Answer 17

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING

Question 18

Acronym for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning

Answer 18

HVAC

Question 19

What is a structure, usually on the roof of a building, in which heat is extracted from water that has been used for cooling?

Answer 19

COOLING TOWER

Question 20

What is a fan for supplying air at a moderate pressure, as to supply force drafts in a heating or air-conditioning system?

Answer 20

BLOWER

Question 21

What is a device for maintaining or increasing the amount of water vapor in the air of a room or building?

Answer 21

HUMIDIFIER

Question 23

What do you call the conditioned air delivered by an air conditioning system to the serve spaces?

Answer 23

SUPPLY AIR

Question 24

What is a room containing one or more chillers and pumps for air-conditioning a building?

Answer 24

CHILLED WATER PLANT

Question 25

What is the device employing the compressive refrigeration cycle to chill the water used in cooling a building?

Answer 25

CHILLER