De+La+Vergne+Refrigeration

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The need to preserve foods was considered of great importance. People wanted to find an alternative for salt because it was one of the leading causes of scurvy, a serious type of food poisoning. As a result, refrigeration became a thought of inventions.

 

  Refrigeration and ice machinery conduct by using a steam pump that compresses and evaporates ammonia, removing the heat from the air. Eventually, John Chester De La Vergne had engineered a new machinery that could be obtained at any desired temperature. The three parts of this machine are: the compression side, a condensing, and expansion side. __ Compression Side __ : gas is compressed __ Condensing Side: __ coils of pipe in which the gas circulates __ Expansion Side: __ coils of pipe where the gas re-expands and becomes in the gaseous form

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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">John Chester De La Vergne became a partner in the brewery business while having his machinery for refrigeration. His machinery was utilized in breweries, cold storages, ice-making plants, restaurants, hotels, and chemical works. By 1893, the De La Vergne Company had created the first commercially successful oil engine. Around 1909, after De La Vergne's death the word “refrigerating” had omitted from the title of the corporation. This corporation soon after became known as De La Vergne Machine Company due to its recognition of diversity in machines and ice making.

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