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Old 11-26-12, 11:40 PM   #1345
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Originally Posted by jeff5may View Post
...So I googled the following:

suction superheat r290

The first 2 hits, from bitzer and purdue, are definitely worth reading. That's where I read about the high superheat needs of R290. It has higher heat capacity than R22, so it doesn't superheat much when being compressed like R22 does...
This is really great information. I hope that Vlad and Brad_C are checking this out!

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