<VV> ROVAC A/C Re: A/C Usage Re: Corvair Miles

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Ron,
    OK, let me expand my statement:  "and, as we  know, AIR is a rather 
poor refrigerant when it gets into the  freon-type systems presently used in 
cars and houses."
    Well, the ROVAC system was developed with much  acclaim in the mid 
1970s.  ROVAC is short for "rotary  vane" the type of compressor used in the 
past to supercharge  cars.  (There was even one sold for the EM Corvairs if I 
remember  correctly.)   However, it appears that the ROVAC A/C setup was 
never  COMMERCIALLY available for use in cars or houses.  It may have been  
durability problems with the rotary vane compressor, or high power consumption,  
or, as you suggest, excessive noise.
Thanks for the correction, Ron.
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ 
 
 
In a message dated 9/17/2012 3:31:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ronh at owt.com writes:

"and, as  we  know, AIR is a rather poor refrigerant"

No, it works OK!   Remember the ROVAC system that was supposed to 
revolutionize automotive AC  systems?  It worked alright but they couldn't 
solve the noise problem  with the compressor.  If they can ever make a 
quiet 
air compressor we  may yet see air as an automotive AC  refrigerant.
RonH