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Description: Article that describes air conditioning operation from window units up to large industrial applications.
HowStuffWorks "How Air Conditioners Work" The Parts of an Air Conditioner Window and Split-system AC Units Watch as Marshall Brain explains how an air conditioner works in this video. The first modern air conditioning system was developed in 1902 by a young electrical engineer named Willis Haviland Carrier. It was designed to solve a humidity problem at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company in Brooklyn, N.Y. Paper stock at the plant would sometimes absorb moisture from the warm summer air, making it difficult to apply the layered inking techniques of the time. Carrier treated the air inside the building by blowing it across chilled pipes. The air cooled as it passed across the cold pipes, and since cool air can't carry as much moisture as warm air, the process reduced the humidity in the plant and stabilized the moisture content of the paper. Reducing the humidity also had the side benefit of lowering the air temperature -- and a new technology was born.
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| Page title: | HowStuffWorks "How Air Conditioners Work" |
| Keywords: | air conditioners, air conditioner, air conditioning, ac |
| Description: | Air conditioners make hot weather bearable. Learn about different kinds of air conditioners and check out air conditioner reviews and buying guides. |
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