Joanna Turpin is a Senior Editor at The ACHR NEWS. She can be contacted at 248-786-1707 or joannaturpin@achrnews.com. Joanna has been with BNP Media since 1991, first heading up the company’s technical book division before moving over to The ACHR NEWS, where she frequently writes about refrigerants and commercial refrigeration. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Washington and worked on her master’s degree in technical communication at Eastern Michigan University.
The evaporator coil, also known as the indoor coil, is an often forgotten component, sitting in an unobtrusive space, quietly attracting dirt, mold, and other contaminants.
Corrosive environments, whether they’re due to processes in a factory or salt water exposure on the East or West Coasts, are extremely tough on evaporators.
Although the main goal of evaporators is to transfer heat from the airstream to the fluid (refrigerant) being circulated within the refrigeration system, dehumidification is also an advantage.