CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO ITS OPERATION

• Direct expansion evaporators:

Also called dry expansion, are those that receive the refrigerant as saturated steam; or in other
words, they receive the refrigerant in a liquid vapor mixture, and it evaporates completely
inside the evaporator.
• Flooded evaporator:
These work completely filled with coolant in liquid state, being the level of this controlled
by a float valve. They are preferably used in industrial applications, operating at low
temperature and using ammonia (R717) as a refrigerant.
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO ITS CONSTRUCTION
• Smooth tube evaporator:
It is composed of a zigzag or spiral tube, supported by metal bars. It is used in general for the
cooling of liquids, in which the evaporator is immersed to achieve the exchange of heat.
•tube and plate evaporator:
This type of evaporators are those used in domestic refrigeration, freezers, and some
commercial refrigeration cabinets. They are cheap to build and easily cleaned
They can be formed by a pipe, normally zigzag, embedded between two metal sheets welded
together at the ends.
• Tube and fin evaporator:
They are formed by a copper pipe coil which is applied by aluminum fins to increase the
transmission surface of the pipe itself.
These fins must be separated from each other conveniently, so that between them an adequate
circulation of air is established avoiding the formation of frost between them, since otherwise it
would act as an insulator and would prevent the perfect absorption of heat.

• Evaporator with forced air draft:

In this case, the evaporator is a tube in the form of a coil, with fins attached in the same way
as in the previous case, and the assembly inside a metal box with several fans, so that forced
air circulation can be used, as well as the absorption of heat.
With this type of evaporator you can obtain more uniform temperatures inside the room, by
the speed of air circulation.
The direct expansion evaporators are somewhat less efficient, these are usually simpler in design,
are lower cost, are more compact, require a much smaller refrigerant charge. For these reasons, is
the most popular evaporators.
The flow of refrigerant to the evaporators is controlled by the expansion valve. The refrigerant
enters a state of steam or a mixture of liquid vapor, by the difference of pressures the refrigerant
flows, and as it advances through the tube the refrigerant evaporates completely.
los evaporadores de expansión directa son algo menos eficientes, generalmente son de diseño más
simple, tienen un costo más bajo, son más compactos y requieren una carga de refrigerante mucho
más pequeña. Por estas razones, son los evaporadores más populares.
El flujo del refrigerante a los evaporadores es controlado por la válvula de expansión. El
refrigerante entra en estado de vapor o una mezcla de vapor líquido, por la diferencia de presiones
el refrigerante fluye, y a medida que avanza por el tubo el refrigerante se evapora completamente.

The flooded evaporators operate completely filled with liquid refrigerant; whose
objective is to have the entire inner surface of the tube moistened, this is why there
is greater heat transfer. The refrigerant circulates by gravity through the evaporator
tubes. The gas that is formed from the boiling of the refrigerant goes to the
evaporator accumulator, which is sucked by the compressor. The gas formed does
not circulate through the evaporator tubes. The refrigerant level is controlled by a
float valve.

Los evaporadores inundados, funcionan completamente llenos de refrigerante en estado

líquido; cuyo objetivo de tener toda la superficie interior del tubo humedecida, por esto hay
mayor transferencia de calor. El refrigerante circula por gravedad a través de los tubos del
evaporador. El gas que se forma de la ebullición del refrigerante, se va al acumulador del
evaporador, el cual es succionado por el compresor. El gas formado no circula por los tubos del
evaporador. El nivel del refrigerante es controlado por una válvula flotador.