AC Plant cycle includes the

compressor,
condenser,
expansion valve, and
the evaporator (chiller).
REFRGERATION CYCLE / AC Plant Cycle (WORKING):-

The system refrigerant starts its cycle in a gaseous state.

The compressor pumps the refrigerant gas up to a high pressure and temperature.
From there it enters a heat exchanger (or condenser) where it loses energy (heat) to the
outside, cools and condenses into its liquid phase.
An expansion valve regulates the refrigerant liquid to flow at the proper rate.
The liquid refrigerant is returned to another heat exchanger where it is allowed to evaporate,
hence the heat exchanger is often called an evaporating coil or evaporator.
As the liquid refrigerant evaporates it absorbs energy (heat) from the inside air, returns to the
compressor, and repeats the cycle.
In the process, heat is absorbed from indoors and transferred outdoors, resulting in cooling of
the building.
Air Handling Unit Rooms:-
The air handling units are installed in the various parts of the building that are to be air
conditioned, in the place called air handling unit rooms. The air handling units include
cooling coil, air filter, the blower and the supply and return air ducts.
The chilled water flows through the cooling coil.
The blower absorbs the return hot air from the air conditioned space and blows it over the
cooling coil thus cooling the air. This cooled air passes over the air filter and is passed by the
supply air ducts into the space which is to be air conditioned. The air handling unit and the
ducts passing through it are insulated to reduce the loss of the cooling effect.

Air Conditioned Rooms:-

These are the rooms or spaces that are to be air conditioned. These can be residential or hotel
rooms, halls, shops, offices, complete theatre, various parts of the airport etc. At the top of
these rooms the supply and the return air ducts are laid. The supply air ducts supply the cool
air to the room via one set of the diffusers, while the return air ducts absorbs the hot return air
from the room by another set of the diffusers. The hot return air enters the air handling unit,
gets cooled and again enters the room via supply duct to produce air conditioning effect.

Cooling Tower:-
The cooling tower is used to cool the water that absorbs heat from the compressor and the
condenser. When water flows through these components some water gets evaporated, to
make up this loss some water is also added in the cooling tower. The cooling tower is of
evaporative type. Here the water is cooled by the atmospheric air and is recirculated through
the compressor and the condenser.
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