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Refrigeration System

Compressor

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1. Functions
After being converted into low-temperature, low-pressure gas, the refrigerant is compressed by the compressor, and changed into high-temperature, high-pressure gas. It is then sent to the condenser.
2. Swash plate type compressor
(1) Construction
A number of paired pistons are set on the swash plate at intervals of 72° for a 10-cylinder compressor or at intervals of 120° for a 6-cyiinder compressor.
When one side of a piston is in a compression stroke, the other is in a suction stroke.
(2) Operation

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