The natural process of heat is from a HOT place TO a COLD place:

But how does the air conditioner work as it does? Since the air conditioner throws heat from a COLD place TO a HOT place? How was it able to violate the natural process of heat?

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The natural process of heat is from a HOT place TO a COLD place:

But how does the air conditioner work as it does? Since the air conditioner throws heat from a COLD place TO a HOT place? How was it able to violate the natural process of heat?

aaronq · Answer

Do you know what a radiator is?

aaronq · Answer

We'll essentially a fan forces air through slits between pipes that have a cold fluid running through them. As the warmer-than-fluid air passes through these slits, heat flows from the air through the pipe into the fluid, with the overall effect of cooling the air.|dw:1378530998018:dw|