WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they need a refrigerator. But today’s fridges aren’t designed to work in zero gravity – or upside down if oriented ...

To maximize energy efficiency, Godynuk recommends looking for a fridge with an inverter compressor. This type of compressor ...

For astronauts to go on long missions to the moon or Mars, they need a refrigerator. But today’s fridges aren’t designed to work in zero gravity or upside down if oriented that way when a spacecraft ...

The modern air conditioning system cools an indoor space by using the refrigeration cycle. This refrigeration cycle works by controlling the level of energy in the system’s refrigerant: Some parts of ...

Air compressors are often loud, raucous machines – but they don’t have to be. [Eric Strebel] built a remarkably quiet compressor using parts salvaged from an old fridge. After several years of use, it ...

A refrigerator consists a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump that transfers heat from the inside of the fridge to its external environment so that the inside of the fridge is cooled to a ...