In the U.S., approximately 75% of households depend on air conditioning to maintain comfort, making it a major consumer of electricity. Air conditioners account for about 6% of the nation’s power usage, costing homeowners around $29 billion annually. This significant energy consumption also has an environmental impact, contributing approximately 117 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
Air conditioners operate on principles similar to those of refrigerators, transferring heat from inside a building to the outside environment. The system comprises two main components: the indoor unit, which contains an evaporator coil that cools the indoor air, and the outdoor unit, which includes a condenser coil that expels the heat outside.
The process involves a compressor that circulates refrigerant between the two coils. Inside the evaporator coil, the refrigerant absorbs heat and vaporizes, cooling the indoor air. The vaporized refrigerant is then compressed and transferred to the condenser coil, where it releases the absorbed heat into the outdoor air as it condenses back into a liquid.
Historically, air conditioners used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as refrigerants. However, due to their harmful effects on the ozone layer, CFC production was discontinued in the U.S. in 1995. The subsequent refrigerants, primarily halogenated chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), have also been phased out, with HCFC-22 being banned entirely in 2020.
Today, the industry is transitioning to environmentally friendly alternatives such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and ammonia, which do not deplete the ozone layer and are increasingly becoming the standard in cooling technology.
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