How do I calculate condensation temperature?

Condensation temperature can be estimated by taking the ambient air temperature (or cooling water inlet temperature) and adding 10°C to 20°C (18°F to 36°F), depending on condenser efficiency. You then match this temperature on a PT chart to find the expected high-side pressure.

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What is the difference between Bubble Point and Dew Point?

In zeotropic blended refrigerants (like R404A or R410A), the Bubble Point is the temperature where the liquid begins to boil (used for subcooling calculations), while the Dew Point is where the vapor begins to condense (used for superheat calculations).

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The Ultimate Refrigerant PT Chart Guide

For HVAC technicians, mechanical engineers, and OEM manufacturers, the Pressure-Temperature (PT) chart is the foundational diagnostic tool. This definitive guide by Soundhon provides comprehensive thermodynamic data for R22, R32, R410A, R404A, R134a, and R600a, empowering you to perfectly tune superheat and subcooling.

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1. The Science of PT Charts: Superheat & Subcooling

According to ASHRAE standards, diagnosing a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle requires accurately measuring the state of the refrigerant.

Condensation Temperature & Pressure: The point in the condenser where the high-pressure gas rejects heat and turns into a liquid. It is usually estimated by taking the ambient air temperature and adding 10°C to 20°C (18°F to 36°F).
Evaporation Temperature & Pressure: The point in the evaporator where the low-pressure liquid absorbs heat and boils into a gas.
Superheat: The temperature of the vapor above its boiling point (saturation temperature). Measured at the compressor inlet to ensure no liquid enters the compressor.
Subcooling: The temperature of the liquid below its condensing point. Measured at the condenser outlet to ensure a solid column of liquid reaches the expansion valve (TXV/EEV).

Optimizing the refrigeration cycle through accurate Superheat, Subcooling, and PT Chart diagnostics.

Interactive Saturation Pressure Calculator

Select a refrigerant and input the temperature to instantly calculate the corresponding saturation pressure (PSIG and Bar). Ideal for quick field diagnostics.

Refrigerant

Temperature (°F)

Saturated Vapor Pressure

— PSIG

— Bar

2. R410A Pressure Temperature Chart

R410A has been the dominant refrigerant in residential air conditioning and standard water chillers for decades. It is a near-azeotropic blend (50% R32, 50% R125), meaning its temperature glide is negligible (less than 0.3°F), so bubble and dew points are virtually identical. It operates at significantly higher pressures than legacy gases, demanding thicker-walled copper tubing.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune (PSIG)	Presiune (Bar)	Presiune (kPa)
-40	-40.0	10.9	0.75	75.1
-35	-37.2	14.2	0.98	97.9
-30	-34.4	17.9	1.23	123.4
-25	-31.7	22.0	1.52	151.6
-20	-28.9	26.4	1.82	182.0
-15	-26.1	31.3	2.16	215.8
-10	-23.3	36.5	2.52	251.6
-5	-20.6	42.2	2.91	290.9
0	-17.8	48.4	3.34	333.7
5	-15.0	55.1	3.80	379.9
10	-12.2	62.4	4.30	430.2
15	-9.4	70.2	4.84	484.0
20	-6.7	78.5	5.41	541.2
25	-3.9	87.5	6.03	603.2
30	-1.1	97.2	6.70	670.1
35	1.7	107.5	7.41	741.1
40	4.4	118.5	8.17	817.0
45	7.2	130.2	8.98	897.6
50	10.0	142.7	9.84	983.8
55	12.8	156.0	10.76	1075.5
60	15.6	170.1	11.73	1172.7
65	18.3	185.1	12.76	1276.2
70	21.1	201.0	13.86	1385.8
75	23.9	217.8	15.02	1501.6
80	26.7	235.6	16.24	1624.4
85	29.4	254.5	17.55	1754.7
90	32.2	274.3	18.91	1891.2
95	35.0	295.3	20.36	2036.0
100	37.8	317.4	21.88	2188.3
105	40.6	340.6	23.48	2348.3
110	43.3	365.1	25.17	2517.2
115	46.1	390.9	26.95	2695.1
120	48.9	418.0	28.82	2882.0
125	51.7	446.5	30.78	3078.5
130	54.4	476.5	32.85	3285.3
135	57.2	508.0	35.02	3502.5
140	60.0	541.2	37.31	3731.4
145	62.8	576.0	39.71	3971.3
150	65.6	612.8	42.25	4225.1

3. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R32

R32 (Difluorometan) este înlocuitorul modern pentru R410A. Are un GWP de doar 675 – cu aproape 68% mai mic decât R410A. Soundhon utilizează R32 în răcitoarele noastre de băi de gheață cu invertor, deoarece oferă o capacitate volumetrică superioară.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune (PSIG)	Presiune (Bar)	Presiune (kPa)
-40	-40.0	6.1	0.42	42.0
-35	-37.2	9.5	0.65	65.5
-30	-34.4	13.4	0.92	92.3
-25	-31.7	17.7	1.22	122.0
-20	-28.9	22.6	1.55	155.8
-15	-26.1	28.0	1.93	193.0
-10	-23.3	34.0	2.34	234.4
-5	-20.6	40.6	2.80	280.0
0	-17.8	47.8	3.29	329.5
5	-15.0	55.6	3.83	383.3
10	-12.2	64.1	4.41	441.9
15	-9.4	73.2	5.04	504.6
20	-6.7	83.0	5.72	572.2
25	-3.9	93.5	6.44	644.6
30	-1.1	104.8	7.22	722.5
35	1.7	116.8	8.05	805.3
40	4.4	129.6	8.93	893.5
45	7.2	143.2	9.87	987.3
50	10.0	157.6	10.86	1086.6
55	12.8	172.8	11.91	1191.4
60	15.6	189.0	13.03	1303.1
65	18.3	206.1	14.21	1421.0
70	21.1	224.2	15.45	1545.8
75	23.9	243.2	16.76	1676.8
80	26.7	263.3	18.15	1815.3
85	29.4	284.4	19.60	1960.8
90	32.2	306.5	21.13	2113.2
95	35.0	329.7	22.73	2273.2
100	37.8	354.0	24.40	2440.7
105	40.6	379.5	26.16	2616.5
110	43.3	406.1	27.99	2799.9
115	46.1	434.0	29.92	2992.3
120	48.9	463.1	31.92	3192.9
125	51.7	493.5	34.02	3402.5
130	54.4	525.2	36.21	3621.1
135	57.2	558.3	38.49	3849.3
140	60.0	592.8	40.87	4087.2
145	62.8	628.7	43.34	4334.7
150	65.6	666.1	45.92	4592.5

4. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R404A (Bule & Rouă)

R404A este un amestec zeotropic. Utilizați întotdeauna Punctul de Bule pentru subrăcire și Punctul de Rouă pentru calculele de supraîncălzire.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune – Bule (PSIG)	Presiune – Rouă (PSIG)
-40	-40.0	4.5	4.1
-35	-37.2	7.0	6.6
-30	-34.4	9.9	9.3
-25	-31.7	12.9	12.3
-20	-28.9	16.4	15.7
-15	-26.1	20.1	19.3
-10	-23.3	24.1	23.3
-5	-20.6	28.5	27.6
0	-17.8	33.3	32.3
5	-15.0	38.4	37.4
10	-12.2	44.0	42.9
15	-9.4	50.0	48.8
20	-6.7	56.5	55.3
25	-3.9	63.4	62.2
30	-1.1	70.7	69.5
35	1.7	78.6	77.3
40	4.4	87.0	85.7
45	7.2	95.9	94.5
50	10.0	105.4	103.9
55	12.8	115.4	113.8
60	15.6	126.1	124.4
65	18.3	137.3	135.5
70	21.1	149.1	147.2
75	23.9	161.5	159.5
80	26.7	174.6	172.5
85	29.4	188.2	186.1
90	32.2	202.6	200.4
95	35.0	217.6	215.3
100	37.8	233.3	230.9
105	40.6	249.7	247.2
110	43.3	266.8	264.2
115	46.1	284.6	281.9
120	48.9	303.2	300.4
125	51.7	322.5	319.6
130	54.4	342.6	339.6
135	57.2	363.5	360.4
140	60.0	385.2	382.0

5. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R134a

R134a este utilizat pe scară largă în sistemele de climatizare auto și în refrigerarea comercială la temperaturi medii.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune (PSIG)	Presiune (Bar)	Presiune (kPa)
-20	-28.9	(3,7 inHg)	—	—
-15	-26.1	0.1	0.01	0.7
-10	-23.3	1.9	0.13	13.1
-5	-20.6	4.0	0.28	27.6
0	-17.8	6.5	0.45	44.8
5	-15.0	9.1	0.63	62.7
10	-12.2	11.9	0.82	82.0
15	-9.4	15.0	1.03	103.4
20	-6.7	18.4	1.27	126.9
25	-3.9	22.1	1.52	152.4
30	-1.1	26.1	1.80	180.0
35	1.7	30.4	2.10	209.6
40	4.4	35.0	2.41	241.3
45	7.2	40.1	2.76	276.5
50	10.0	45.4	3.13	313.0
55	12.8	51.2	3.53	353.0
60	15.6	57.4	3.96	395.8
65	18.3	64.0	4.41	441.3
70	21.1	71.1	4.90	490.2
75	23.9	78.7	5.43	542.6
80	26.7	86.7	5.98	597.8
85	29.4	95.3	6.57	657.1
90	32.2	104.3	7.19	719.1
95	35.0	114.0	7.86	786.0
100	37.8	124.2	8.56	856.3
105	40.6	135.0	9.31	930.8
110	43.3	146.4	10.09	1009.4
115	46.1	158.4	10.92	1092.1
120	48.9	171.2	11.80	1180.4
125	51.7	184.6	12.73	1272.8
130	54.4	198.7	13.70	1370.0
135	57.2	213.6	14.73	1472.7
140	60.0	229.2	15.80	1580.3

6. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R600a

R600a este un agent frigorific hidrocarburic ecologic, cu un GWP foarte scăzut.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune (PSIG / inHg)	Presiune (Bar)
-10	-23.3	(11,2 inHg)	—
-5	-20.6	(8,5 inHg)	—
0	-17.8	(5,5 inHg)	—
5	-15.0	(2,1 inHg)	—
10	-12.2	0.7	0.05
15	-9.4	2.5	0.17
20	-6.7	4.4	0.30
25	-3.9	6.5	0.45
30	-1.1	8.8	0.61
35	1.7	11.2	0.77
40	4.4	13.8	0.95
45	7.2	16.6	1.14
50	10.0	19.6	1.35
55	12.8	22.8	1.57
60	15.6	26.2	1.81
65	18.3	29.8	2.05
70	21.1	33.6	2.32
75	23.9	37.7	2.60
80	26.7	42.0	2.90
85	29.4	46.5	3.21
90	32.2	51.3	3.54
95	35.0	56.3	3.88
100	37.8	61.6	4.25
105	40.6	67.2	4.63
110	43.3	73.1	5.04
115	46.1	79.3	5.47
120	48.9	85.7	5.91
125	51.7	92.5	6.38
130	54.4	99.6	6.87

7. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R22 (Moștenire)

R22 (Clorodifluorometan) rămâne conceptual important pentru tehnicienii care modernizează sistemele mai vechi.

Temp (°F)	Temp (°C)	Presiune (PSIG)	Presiune (Bar)
-40	-40.0	0.5	0.03
-30	-34.4	4.9	0.33
-20	-28.9	10.1	0.69
-10	-23.3	16.5	1.13
0	-17.8	24.0	1.65
10	-12.2	32.8	2.26
20	-6.7	43.0	2.96
30	-1.1	54.9	3.78
40	4.4	68.5	4.72
50	10.0	84.0	5.79
60	15.6	101.6	7.00
70	21.1	121.4	8.37
80	26.7	143.6	9.89
90	32.2	168.4	11.61
100	37.8	195.9	13.50
110	43.3	226.4	15.60
120	48.9	259.9	17.91
130	54.4	296.8	20.46
140	60.0	337.2	23.24
150	65.6	381.5	26.30

Întrebări Frecvente (Î&R)

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The Ultimate Refrigerant PT Chart Guide

The Ultimate Refrigerant PT Chart Guide

The OEM Landscape: Why Engineering Matters

1. The Science of PT Charts: Superheat & Subcooling

Interactive Saturation Pressure Calculator

2. R410A Pressure Temperature Chart

3. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R32

4. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R404A (Bule & Rouă)

5. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R134a

6. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R600a

7. Diagramă Presiune-Temperatură R22 (Moștenire)

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