Valeooscope - Air Conditioning System Thermal comfort loop

11.8 Variants on air conditioning loops

11.8.1 Circuit with an orifice tube and accumulator This circuit works in the same way as a conven- tional circuit in terms of pressure, fluid states and temperature. The expansion valve is replaced by an orifice tube. The receiver drier is replaced by an accumulator .

The expansion function can also be fulfilled by an orifice tube instead of the expansion valve .

Expansion valve

Orifice tube

Receiver drier

Accumulator

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