Title: Vocabulary
Course: HET 190 EPA Certification Preparation > Section: HET 190 EPA Certification Preparation

Vocabulary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Active recovery | Use a recovery machine to remove refrigerant from a refrigeration unit
Clean Air Act | Law designed to control air pollution on a national level amended in 1990 to include ozone depletion
Montreal Protocol | An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion
Ozone depletion | A steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth's stratosphere
Passive recovery | The removal of refrigerant from a refrigeration unit without the use of a recovery machine
Reclaiming | The act of processing used refrigerant gas which has previously been used in some type of cooling loop such that it meets specifications for new refrigerant gas
Recovery tank | Special tank colored gray with a yellow top used to store recovered refrigerant
Recycling | The removal of refrigerant from a system including separating oil its, removing any moisture, or contaminants
Refrigerant | A substance used in a heat cycle, must have a low boiling point and not be harmful to humans, the environment, or the atmosphere
Refrigerant recovery | The removal of refrigerant from a system without separating oil, moisture, or contaminants