Question

What function does a Condenser perform, in heat pumps?
A) Condenser performs the most important function of cooling the room.
B) Condenser performs the most important function of heating the room
C) Condenser performs the most important function of freezing outside the room.
D) Condenser performs the most important function of heating the atmosphere.

Answer 1

Hint: Heat pump is used to eject heat from a room or a system to keep the room or system cool. This action is completed using a condenser. Here, we will discuss how a condenser helps a heat pump to perform its task of eliminating heat. It uses the process of condensation which absorbs latent heat from the source.

Complete step by step solution:
Heat pumps move the thermal energy by absorbing heat from a warmer space to colder space. In other words, we can say that heat pumps transfer heat from heat source to heat sink.
Condensers are used for efficient heat rejection in many industrial as well as domestic systems. A condenser condenses a gaseous substance to its liquid state by applying an appropriate amount of high pressure. During this phase change, a considerable amount of heat is absorbed by the gas to change its state from gas to liquid. This heat is absorbed in the form of latent heat which is used to change the state of matter. In this case the amount of heat is equal to the latent heat of condensation of gas under high pressure.
This heat once extracted from the hot room or the source of heat is released into the outer environment.

Note: Thus, in a heat pump, a condenser performs the most important function of cooling the room. Summarizing the above explanation, it does by condensing gas to liquid. Condensers are also used to condense steam from heat engines, in central air conditioners, etc.