Are You Capable of Surviving Without Air Conditioning?

 

Can you survive the frigid days and nights of winter without your heater? Can you imagine the sweltering summer months without your air conditioning system operating continuously? If you cannot, you may wish to thank the inventor of the air conditioning system. He made our lives more convenient and comfortable.

Air conditioning is the process of regulating the quality of air to create a more comfortable environment for humans and industrial goods. In air conditioning, four physical properties of air are controlled. These include the air's temperature, relative humidity, air circulation, and dust particles. In air conditioning, it is necessary to regulate these four properties in consideration of human comfort. The operation of certain industrial air conditioning units necessitates even more precise control over these properties. Other properties, such as odor and air pressure, are regulated in some industries.

In AC maintenance, the control of air temperature involves both heating and cooling processes. Air conditioning has a variety of applications. During the hot and muggy summer months, air-conditioned stores, restaurants, and theatres are especially attractive to customers. Modern transportation necessitates ample air conditioning to provide passengers with the comfort they require. The vast majority of contemporary buses, trains, aircraft, and passenger vehicles are outfitted with state-of-the-art air conditioning systems that provide total comfort for passengers. Massive industrial facilities necessitate precise air temperature regulation to maintain their high product quality. Even industrial workers require a more conducive working environment and are typically provided with industrial air conditioning units so that they can perform their duties more effectively and efficiently.

Who must have originated the concept of air conditioning from which we now benefit? 

The cavemen of prehistoric times may have originated the concept. The extreme cold within the caves may have inspired them to devise a way to make their lives more comfortable. They discovered fire and used it to keep their caves warm. Willis H. Carrier is credited with inventing modern air conditioning, although the subsequent development of environmental temperature control can be traced back to the improvement of hearths, open fireplaces, and ceramic stoves. Carrier described the energy relationships present in a mixture of air and water vapor. Carrier proposed some simplifications to enable engineering designers to predict the performance of the component parts.

The United States is largely responsible for the development of both winter and summer air conditioning, as well as improvements in boilers, automatic controls, automatically fired furnaces, and thermal insulation.

Although research on home cooling was conducted in the 1930s, the demand for home cooling systems did not increase significantly until the late 1940s. The Great Depression caused a delay in the public's acceptance of the home cooling system because the new system entailed additional costs. By the 1950s and 1960s, many homes were already equipped with air conditioning.

Clearly, the development of the air conditioning system has provided a great deal of comfort to our ever-expanding industries and a favorable environment for our daily lives.