Photo: How a simple heat exchanger works. A hot fluid (shown in red) flows through a tube coiled inside a larger shell through which another, colder fluid (shown in blue) is running in the opposite direction. Heat is exchanged by the fluids: the hot fluid cools down and the cold fluid...
How a Circuit Breaker Works By: Tom Harris & Talon Homer | Updated: Mar 5, 2024 A circuit breaker is an incredibly simple tool used to control the flow of power to a household or business. Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images The circuit breaker is an essential device in the mod...
The short version is that air conditioning operates on a very simple principle: When a gas (in this case referred to as a refrigerant) is compressed, it becomes warmer and when it expands it becomes cooler. This principle can be used to remove the heat from a room, a car, or even a...
This diagram shows the basic parts and design of a circuit breaker. HowStuffWorks The power distribution grid delivers electricity from a power plant to your house. Inside your house, the electric charge moves in a large circuit, which is composed of many smaller circuits. One end of the cir...
This diagram shows details of how a cooling system and the plumbing is connected. HowStuffWorks Thecooling systemin most cars consists of the radiator and water pump. Water circulates through passages around the cylinders and then travels through the radiator to cool it off. In a few cars (mos...
A conventional thermostat is a simple temperature-controlled two-way valve that opens at a specified temperature. In most cars, a thermostat is installed on the engine and is connected to the upper or lower radiator hose. Read how the thermostat works and see the diagrams below. ...
As the container got heated with the heat of the sun, water stored in these containers also got heated. This was simple but was time-consuming because it took several hours to heat the water.A Simple Solar Water HeaterWith the advancement of technology, solar cells, solar panels and home ...
Turbocharger A/R ratio diagram A/R ratios are typically discussed in reference to turbine housings as the A/R ratio of the turbine housing significantly impacts turbocharger performance, whereas compressor performance is less sensitive to changes in compressor housing A/R ratios. As a result, turb...
This diagram shows the basic parts and design of a circuit breaker. HowStuffWorks The power distribution grid delivers electricity from a power plant to your house. Inside your house, the electric charge moves in a large circuit, which is composed of many smaller circuits. One end of the cir...
The 1980s saw the arrival of a new sort of water gun that did almost all the work itself. You can see in the diagram below that these guns work in basically the same way as the conventional squirt gun, except the pump is powered by a small motor rather than by the trigger. The ...