When discussing the basic refrigeration cycle, we commonly use the terms superheat, subcooling, and saturation, but what do they mean and how do they help us troubleshoot a system? Each of these terms ...

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series covering the importance of liquid subcooling in a refrigeration or air conditioning system.] In today’s competitive service market, every ...

We’ve recently received several reader requests asking us how to calculate relative humidity if the temperature and dew point are known. Relative humidity is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of ...

Background: Prone sleeping position increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Infant's arousability from sleep is affected by position and ambient temperature. The effect of side ...

Feedwater heaters are used to preheat boiler feedwater by condensing steam extracted from several stages of the steam turbine. Feedwater heaters enhance the thermal efficiency of the power plant by ...

A utility can determine moisture content for steady-state conditions using a family of curves that show moisture content in the paper as a function of relative oil saturation, with temperature as a ...