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Which of the listed statements describes the method used to determine the amount of superheat present in the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil? Illustration GS-RA-16

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Which of the listed statements describes the method used to determine the amount of superheat present in the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil? Illustration GS-RA-16

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• Superheat is the difference between the actual vapor temperature and the saturation temperature at the same pressure. • On a refrigeration system, the low-side gauge lets you determine the refrigerant’s saturation temperature from the measured suction pressure. • The sensing bulb of a thermostatic expansion valve is normally placed on the suction line leaving the evaporator, where you want to control superheat.

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• Ask yourself: to get superheat, do you add or subtract the saturation temperature from the measured line temperature? Which one should be higher in a properly operating evaporator outlet line? • Which location’s temperature will best represent the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil—right at the thermostatic expansion valve sensing bulb or further downstream at the compressor inlet? • Look at the gauge illustration: how do you use that pressure reading and the inner temperature scale together to find the saturation temperature before comparing it with the thermometer reading?

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• You must be comparing temperature and saturation temperature at the SAME location in the system. • The math must follow the definition: Superheat = Actual vapor temperature − Saturation temperature at that pressure. • The statement you choose should explicitly relate to the suction gas leaving the evaporator, not somewhere else in the suction line.

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Question 1 of 20

Which of the listed statements describes the method used to determine the amount of superheat present in the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil? Illustration GS-RA-16

Note the low side pressure, determine the corresponding saturation temperature, and add it to the temperature measured with a thermometer at the thermostatic expansion valve sensing bulb.

Note the low side pressure, determine the corresponding saturation temperature, and subtract it from the temperature measured with a thermometer at the thermostatic expansion valve sensing bulb.

Note the low side pressure, determine the corresponding saturation temperature, and subtract it from the temperature measured with a thermometer at the compressor suction inlet.

Question 1 / 2066636eee28f7522a1c51ecd6

Question 1 of 2066636eee28f7522a1c51ecd6

Which of the listed statements describes the method used to determine the amount of superheat present in the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil? Illustration GS-RA-16

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Which of the listed statements describes the method used to determine the amount of superheat present in the suction gas leaving the evaporator coil? Illustration GS-RA-16

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