Oil Fouling Solution
The Phenomenon of “Oil Fouling”
As a compressor operates under normal conditions, approximately 1% of the oil in the compressor escapes the compressor and enters into the copper tubing carrying the refrigerant as it travels the copper tubes from the compressor to the evaporator. This oil escapes as tar and gum-out due to the super-heating +200 degree temperatures that the compressor would be operating under. Over time, “Oil Fouling” builds up thusly: after 1 year there is 7% “fouling”, or blockage, in the copper tubes that carry the refrigerant, in the form of a heavy, lacquer-like substance; after 2 years, an additional 5% (now a total of 12% fouling); and after each year subsequently an additional 2% fouling/blockage thereafter. So, after 5 years a system will have 18% “Oil Fouling”.
Cold-Plus™ dissolves this “Oil Fouling”, eliminating it from the system, and also prevents it from ever reoccurring in the system. This crucial component of Cold-Plus™ execution accomplishes what conventional HVAC maintenance does not; that is, treating this ongoing, crippling condition within an AC/Refrigeration system.
*(”Oil Fouling” reference information gathered from prior publications of ASHRAE, the “American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Experts”, and can be furnished on request .)
