What is Air Conditioner Condenser?

Types of air conditioning condenser

AC condenser units are grouped according to how it rejects the heat to the medium (surround air). Here are a few condensers units.

• Air cooled condenser
• Earth cooled condenser (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
• Water cooled condenser
• Combination of air and water cooled condenser (Evaporative condensers)

Air cooled condensers are mostly used in a residential air conditioner system and commercial air conditioning unit.

The Air Cooled Condenser

The air conditioner parts that are located beside residential are an air cooled condenser. Here it is.

Air cooled condenser use outdoor air as a place to reject the heat absorbs by the indoor air conditioner units. These are the part that help with the condenser heat rejection: 

• Condenser fan blade
• Condenser motor 
• Condenser coils
• Air conditioner compressor is within the condenser unit, but it does not help with heat rejection! 

The condenser fan is mounted with the air cooled condenser. The condenser fan primary purpose is to increase condenser unit’s capacity to reject heat. 

Air cooled condenser come into two types:

• Fin and tube condensers
• Plate condensers