Internal parts of a refrigerator compressor
Changing the oil and oil filters in your compressor is one of the most common routine maintenance tasks to keep your compressor running efficiently. After removing the old oil and oil filter, you may wonder, “Where do I dispose of them?” or “Can I throw them in the trash?” Because oil is toxic and polluting, disposing of old oil and filters is not as simple as it sounds.
EPA regulations require that all oil and oil filters from equipment, vehicles, etc. be properly disposed of or recycled. Used oil can be recycled or refined into lower grades of lubricating or fuel oils. You may also choose to take your used oil to a local body shop or service station and they will recycle the oil for you.
How to connect a direct refrigerator compressor
Refrigerators or refrigerators are household appliances designed to store perishable foods at low temperatures. They usually range from 2oC to 6oC and can often incorporate a freezer.
This is nothing new, but… did you know that refrigerators and fridges originally had different functions? At the beginning of the 20th century, refrigerators were created, which were cabinets in which ice was placed to keep food cool. Later, when electricity expanded, electric refrigerators were introduced. To distinguish them, they would be called refrigerators. Today we use both terms interchangeably. Interesting!
Like the vast majority of waste, old refrigerators or fridges can be recycled. So are air conditioners. In this way, the production process is much less polluting, and we can also avoid the accumulation of waste in landfills. Ecoembes always reminds us of the large amount of energy and raw materials that can be saved by recycling.
What a refrigerator compressor looks like on the inside
Due to the laws governing the release of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants (CFC’s) into the atmosphere, has resulted in the development of procedures to recover, recycle and reuse refrigerants.
Due to the laws governing the release of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants (CFC’s) into the atmosphere, this has resulted in the development of procedures to recover, recycle and reuse refrigerants.
Recovery is to remove the refrigerant from a system in any condition that is found, and store it in an external container, without it being necessary to test or process it in any way.
When recovery is complete, the low side valve is closed. The system should settle for at least 5 minutes. If the pressure rises to 10 psig or more, it may mean that there are pockets of cold liquid refrigerant remaining through the system, and it may be necessary to restart the recovery process.
Refrigerators have motors
When the heat or cold sets in, we have become accustomed to enjoying a pleasant temperature with a gesture as simple as pressing a button. But are we aware of the environmental impact that old air conditioners can have?
The decontamination of this waste focuses mainly on the removal of the potentially hazardous elements they contain, including PCB capacitors, brominated flame retardants, oils and gases from the refrigeration circuits, mainly fluorinated and chlorinated gases.
One of the crucial elements in the recycling of air conditioners is the recovery of the refrigerant, which the installer must store in an external container, avoiding emissions into the atmosphere. By means of specific recovery machines the refrigerant is extracted and stored, this procedure can be performed in vapor or liquid phase. After extraction, the refrigerant can be recycled at the service center, or sent to a reprocessing station for later reuse.