Liquid refrigerant flooding back to a compressor’s crankcase and mixing with the crankcase oil is a compressor’s worst nightmare. This situation, along with refrigerant migration, is the reason why a ...

Purdue University engineers have developed a second-generation smart accumulator with oil circulation ratio (OCR) sensing capabilities for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, or ...

The refrigeration compressor is designed to compress vapor only. A suction line accumulator prevents compressor damage from a sudden surge of liquid refrigerant and oil that could enter the compressor ...

Last month we discussed air-conditioning troubleshooting and how you can diagnose many of these problems yourself, including: • The need to have the old refrigerant reclaimed and the new refrigerant ...