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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike
A friend of mine is working on a hybrid A/C that uses evaporative cooling to cool the condenser of a normal A/C. The prototype gets a SEER rating in the low 30s. It uses distilled water as the refrigerant. Main problem is that the "turbocompressor" (basically a modified turbocharger driven by a switched reluctance motor) is not a mass produced part.
I think I'll try to build my own hybrid A/C in the future, but with a conventional refrigeration loop using ES-22a.
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Not to rain on anyone's parade, but my rather ordinary, inexpensive Frigidaire window A/C has a COP of 10.5, or a EER of 36 and probably a SEER around 40. I hope he didn't worsen the COP by trying to evaporatively cool the condenser.