Which lettered component, shown in the...

Which lettered component, shown in the illustration, indicates the location of the receiver? Illustration GS-RA-12

🔍 Key Concepts

• In a refrigeration system, the receiver stores liquid refrigerant after it leaves the condenser and before it goes to the expansion valves and evaporators. • Trace the high‑pressure liquid line coming out of the condenser (letter B) and see which labeled component it flows into for storage. • Differentiate shapes: the compressor is usually drawn as a circle, the condenser as a shell‑and‑tube, and the receiver as a simple vessel in the liquid line.

💭 Think About

• Follow the flow of refrigerant from the compressor discharge, through the condenser, and then into the next vessel in the line — which letter is that vessel? • Which labeled component is clearly a storage vessel on the liquid side (not cooled by water and not containing tubes or coils)? • Look at the connections on each option (A, B, C, F): which one has inlet and outlet arranged like a receiver in the liquid line rather than like a compressor or condenser?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify that the component you choose is downstream of the condenser (B) on the liquid line, not on the suction or discharge gas line. • Confirm that the selected lettered component is a simple pressure vessel (receiver) and not a heat exchanger or pump/compressor. • Make sure the outlet of this vessel leads toward the expansion valves and evaporators (J and K), as a receiver should.

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