What's the difference between an air-conditioning compressor and

an air compressor?

Obvious question? Or is there more to it than the different kind

of gas that the compressor handles?

Of course the refrigerant gas has something to do with the design

of the air-conditioning compressor. For one thing, the refrigerant

gas has a unique property of being a liquid at normal room

temperatures, and it can become a gas at a slightly higher

temperature.

Furthermore, the lubricant oil can mix freely with the refrigerant

gas! And the lubricant have to be recovered and returned back to

the compressor.

A bit complicated isn't it?

The gas suction for the air-conditioning compressor is taken into

the lubricant portion of the compressor. This may be the crankshaft

housing, or similar. The body of the compressor is constructed in

such a way as to be able to suck the gas from there. Many

reciprocating compressors incorporate a safety head at the top

cylinder head. Any accidental liquid return will not be able to

damage the compressor.

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