Refrigeration 2
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Ancient China: Earliest known use of ice cellars for food preservation.Ancient civilisations: Utilised natural ice and snow in insulated pits for cooling drinks.Persia: Developed ‘Yakhchals’, early evaporative coolers and ice storage.Ancient Egypt and India: Emplyed evaporative cooling with porous earthenware jars.William Cullen: Demonstrated the first artificial refrigeration on a scientific expeiremnt.Oliver Evans: Designed (but didn’t build) the first vapour-compression refrigeration machine.Michael Faraday: Discovered the cooling effect of evaporating liquefied ammonia.Jacob Perkins: Patented and built the first working vapour-compression refrigeration system.Dr. John Gorrie: Built a refrigeration machine for cooling hospital rooms.James Harrison: Patented a practical vapour-compression system for industrial is use (breweries, meat packing).Ferdinand Carrè: Invented the first widely used gas absorption refrigeration system (ammonia-water)Development of mechanics refrigerated ice rinks.Invention of the first electric refrigerators for home use.Introduction of safe refrigerants like Freon, making domestic refrigeration more viable.Domestic refrigerators became widespread with features like freezers and automatic defrost.Growing environmental concerns led to the development of alternative refrigerants (HFCs).Períodos
Exploration of cooling through endothermic chemical reactionsFocus on energy efficiency, smart features and sustainable refrigerants in modern refrigeration technology.
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