Now I know it has to do something with the condenser , but I don’t know what exactly happens in there.
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Air conditioners (or any heat pump really), work by compressing a gas, cooling the hot gas, then letting it expand (and therefore get colder).
the thing is that water is better at absorbing heat from a hot surface than air is.. (which is why air is used as an insulator, and water is used for cooling)..
The additional water vapour in the air, being blown over the radiator on the external part of your AC unit means that additional heat is being drawn out of the hot radiator.
it’s that simple really.
for reference, the specific heat capacity of air is 0.24 + 0.45H (BTU/lb F) or 1.005 + 1.82H kj/KG c where H is is the specific humidity in KG of water vapor per KG of dry air. ..
or to put it another way, dry air will absorb 1.005 kj of heat per degree Celcius temperature difference per KG of air, and 100% saturated air will absorb 1.82 kj of energy per degree Celsius temperature difference, per KG of air.
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