How to Use refrigerant in a Sentence

refrigerant

1 of 2 adjective
  • Heat pumps use a refrigerant to transfer heat from the outside air, ground or water into a home.
    — Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The fifth reason could be a low refrigerant charge in your AC system.
    — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
  • In warm months, air-source heat pumps suck out hot air from a room and blow it over a coil and cycle it through a refrigerant so cold air comes back inside.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • Heat pumps, by contrast, just move refrigerant around the house in insulated pipes.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • Homes that are air-conditioned are likely serviced every few years and may be topped off with refrigerant.
    — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The Ultium motors are oil cooled and that oil flows through an oil-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • During the winter, the water or refrigerant absorbs warmth from underground while the pump brings this heat to the building above.
    — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2021
  • In winter, have pros inspect coils, refrigerant, ducts, wiring, the condenser, and thermostat.
    — Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Finally, the refrigerant evaporates into a gas and flows back to the compressor to start its journey again.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2021
  • Instead of heating the air, heat pumps move heat from one place to another by converting a substance called refrigerant between its liquid and gas forms.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Similarly, a home air conditioning unit compresses refrigerant with a pump and then expands it to cool the air.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2022
  • If your system develops a refrigerant leak, repair costs can be substantially higher than on a newer unit.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • One kilogram of a typical refrigerant gas can contribute as much to the greenhouse effect as two metric tons of carbon dioxide.
    — Brian Owens, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2019
  • The process requires high pressure and a series of refrigerant chemicals that cool the gas to colder and colder temperatures at each step.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Dirty coils, failing components, refrigerant issues, and airflow restrictions can all force your unit to work overtime.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • The researchers didn’t observe any flooding of the liquid refrigerant in the compressor, which could have backflowed into the device.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2021
  • Inspectors evaluate the age and condition of the unit, refrigerant lines, ductwork and air handler.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
  • The leak is believed to have occurred when a refrigerant system being installed on the second floor was activated and a frozen pipe cracked, the statement said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Another significant problem is the refrigerant charge for a central air unit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • Heat pumps work like a reverse air-conditioner, using a large fan that draws air past tubes with refrigerant to extract warmth from the outside environment.
    — Patrick Junker Patrick Junker, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The evaporator refrigerant line in the walk-in cooler was dripping condensate.
    — Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This is linked to both its strain on the electricity grid and faulty AC units that leak refrigerant chemicals—which are potent greenhouse gasses.
    — Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Yet regardless of the refrigerant used, cooling still requires energy.
    — Eric Dean Wilson, Time, 30 June 2021
  • Restricted airflow and low refrigerant levels are the most common reasons your AC freezes in hot weather.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 28 June 2026
  • The Novva campus uses closed, recirculating pipes with refrigerant to cool its servers.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2022
  • But, at some point, maybe not until my new fridge is crushed for scrap metal at the end of its useful life, that 127 grams of refrigerant will likely be released into the atmosphere.
    — Phil McKenna, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2021
  • As opposed to typical air conditioners that use refrigerant to cool the air, evaporative air conditioners rely on water or ice to cool the air.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2022
  • Tanks from businesses, grill tanks, helium tanks, oxygen cylinders, welding tanks, refrigerant and other cylinders will not be accepted.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The third piece is refrigerant technology, which addresses direct emissions.
    — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Before heatwaves hit, have a technician inspect and clean key components like the condenser coils, fan, capacitor, blower, and refrigerant lines.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026

refrigerant

2 of 2 noun
  • This coil is colder than the air because it’s filled with cold refrigerant.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2019
  • As the world heats up, so does demand for AC and refrigerants.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Then there are direct emissions from the refrigerants.
    — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Then the coils circulate cold refrigerant back inside your fridge.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Air source heat pumps use a refrigerant to absorb heat from the outdoor air, which then gets passed on to rooms in a house or a hot water supply.
    — WIRED, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Just one worker that was working on the refrigerant system upstairs.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2019
  • There are several ways to cool things off, but the most common method is using a compressor and refrigerant.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The setup would avoid the need for fluid refrigerants that can leak and contribute to global warming.
    — George Musser, Science | AAAS, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The heat energy in the room passes through the metal coil into the cold refrigerant inside.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But sometimes, the back of a fridge can get hot as the refrigerant moves through the compressor, causing the coils to contract, which traps the gas.
    — Temi Adebowale, House Beautiful, 7 Jan. 2019
  • The concept is based on using liquid hydrogen as both a refrigerant and a fuel.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2023
  • These are not refrigerants or sealers; they are designed to improve heat transfer within the system.
    — Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
  • The brief was to develop technology that could get cold at the press of button with zero refrigerant.
    — Fortune, 8 Aug. 2017
  • For that, the temperature needs to be low enough for the air to act as a kind of refrigerant, drawing heat off the skin so the engine can keep pumping.
    — David Wallace-Wells, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
  • The same refrigerants and gases that damage the ozone layer contribute to climate change.
    — Emily Holden, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
  • CFCs were once found in aerosol sprays, refrigerants, solvents, and other products.
    — David Freeman /, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2018
  • That refrigerant goes to the heat pump where thermal energy is extracted and transferred to the battery coolant.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The blast was sparked by a three and a half gallon container of refrigerant inside the home that found an ignition source, Evans said.
    — Bay City News, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
  • As a bonus, refrigerants—which are often greenhouse gases that are many times more potent than carbon dioxide—aren’t involved at all.
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In cooling mode, a heat pump works just like your air conditioner, using a refrigerant to absorb heat from your room and moving it outside.
    — Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The refrigerant will absorb the cooler outdoor air and compress the refrigerant to pump heat into your home.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • The compressor, located at the back of most fridges, contains a motor and pump which push a gas refrigerant through the compressor's coils.
    — Temi Adebowale, House Beautiful, 7 Jan. 2019
  • Our Honda dealer detected the refrigerant level to be low at 7 oz.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
  • Car air conditioners use a different refrigerant and aren’t affected by the phase-out.
    — Ellen Cagle, kansascity.com, 9 June 2017
  • Most refrigerators have condenser coils located across the bottom or at the back of the unit that cool and condense the refrigerant.
    — Daniel Bortz, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Like other CFCs, 11 can be used as a refrigerant or a propellant in aerosol spray cans.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 9 July 2018
  • This chemical has been used as a refrigerant, solvent, and propellant for aerosol spray cans, as well as in the production of styrofoam.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 16 May 2018
  • Alprazolam is the generic form of Xanax, while difluoroethane is found in refrigerants and aerosol sprays.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This critical step involves pulling all air and moisture out of the copper lines to ensure a pristine environment for the new refrigerant.
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • For five of the nine ice rinks at the Beijing Olympics, the natural refrigerant is CO2.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2022

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