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Different Types of Refrigerants

In the last decade the manufacturer developed different types of refrigerants.  The mechanical vapor compression cycle utilizes the evaporation of a refrigerant to absorb the heat, which will lead to lower the temperature of the surrounding of the evaporator. The first refrigerant used in the word was Ether in 1834 when Perkins proposed a hand operated compressor machine and in 1856 Linde developed a machine working on ammonia.  The pace of development was slow until 1930, engineer had only toxic or flammable refrigerants to choose from for their system. Sulphur dioxide, methyl chloride or isobutane used until a new refrigerant…