An Elementary Introduction to Heat Capacity
Why do you burn your tongue on the filling and not the crust when you bite into your favorite hot pie? The mystery is solved by examining heat …
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Comparison of Vapor Compression Cycle and Gas Cycle Refrigeration
The vapor compression cycle is most commonly used for refrigeration and air-conditioning systems for the domestic and industrial applications. Let us …
Continue ReadingLubricating Oil Additive for Engines and Machines
PTFE is an abbreviation of Poly-Tetra-Fluoro- Ethylene and a white polymer with outstanding properties. The structure of molecules is round and looks …
Continue ReadingPro-Mechanica Tutorial on Structural Constraints
This Pro Engineer Mechanica tutorial discusses FEA structural constraints in detail.
Continue ReadingTypes of Refrigeration: Gas Cycle Refrigeration
Just as the vapors are used for cooling in the vapor compression cycle and vapor absorption cycle, the gas is used for cooling in gas refrigeration …
Continue ReadingWillis Haviland Carrier: The Inventor of Air-Conditioning
Willis Haviland Carrier is credited with being the inventor of the modern air-conditioning. Let us see how he discovered this field very important for …
Continue ReadingBasic Introduction to the Triple Point for Water
Can water really exist in a form that is a liquid, steam, and ice all at once? And how is this feature useful in the creation of thermometers? The …
Continue ReadingCyclic Process of Refrigeration: (Vapour) Vapor Compression Cycle
The vapor compression cycle is the mostly widely used method of refrigeration in the modern applications. Your household refrigerator, water cooler, …
Continue ReadingMethods of Refrigeration: (Vapour) Vapor Absorption Cycle
The various processes of the vapor absorption cycle are similar to the one in vapor compression cycle, only the method of compression of the …
Continue ReadingMethods of Refrigeration: Ice Refrigeration, Dry Ice Refrigeration
This article describes what is refrigeration, and common methods of refrigeration like ice refrigeration and dry ice refrigeration. Refrigeration is …
Continue ReadingIntroduction to the Thermal Properties of Water
Why do icebergs float in water? Why do pipes burst in the winter? How is it that life can exist in arctic seas? The answers lie in the thermal …
Continue ReadingIntroduction to Thermal Expansion
Have you ever wondered why you can loosen the metal lid of a jar by applying hot water? The answer involves a special thermodynamic property of solids …
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