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Class 1 refrigerants are used in the standard compression type of refrigeration systems.
Class 2 refrigerants are used as immediate cooling agents between class 1 and the
substance to be refrigerated. They do the same work for class 3. Class 3 refrigerants are
used in the standard absorption type systems of refrigerating systems.
? Class 1: This class includes those refrigerants that cool by absorption or extraction of
heat from the substances to be refrigerated by the absorption of their latent heats. Table
5-1 lists the characteristics of typical refrigerants.
? Class 2: The refrigerants in this class are those that cool substances by absorbing their
sensible heats. They are air, calcium chloride brine, sodium chloride (salt) brine, alcohol,
and similar nonfreezing solutions.
? Class 3: This group consists of solutions that contain absorbed vapors of liquefiable
agents or refrigerating media. These solutions function through their ability to carry the
liquefiable vapors. The vapors produce a cooling effect by the absorption of their latent
heat. An example is aqua ammonia, which is a solution composed of distilled water and
pure ammonia.
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