Floodback occurs when liquid refrigerant returns to the compressor during the running cycle. Often a service contractor may see a compressor that failed due to floodback, but because of the severity ...

This is another in a series of columns addressing advanced basics in the understanding of the refrigeration cycle. In this column and the next (on July 4), we look at components. This column will deal ...

Most failures of refurbished compressor gas seals result from lack of clean and dry buffer gas supplied to the compressor, according to a recent analysis conducted by a leading supplier of engineered ...