Mechanism

Expansion Valve




The expansion valve is attached to the evaporator inlet and outlet pipe. It converts high pressure liquid refrigerant which comes from the liquid tank to misty, low pressure refrigerant, and delivers to the evaporator. Being at low pressure and low temperature, the liquid refrigerant evaporates in the evaporator removing heat from the compartment. It automatically controls the flow rate of refrigerant to obtain the necessary cooling ability required by the fluctuating heat load.

The refrigerant temperature is sensed by the temperature sensing element installed at the low pressure refrigerant passage in the expansion valve, and the flow rate of the refrigerant is controlled by changing the lift of the valve ball at the high pressure side.