the most common refrigeration cycle uses an electric motor to drive a compressor. in an automobile the compressor is driven by a pulley on the engine's crankshaft, with both using electric motors for air circulation. since evaporation occurs when heat is absorbed, and condensation occurs when heat is released, air conditioners are designed to use a compressor to cause pressure changes between two compartments, and actively pump a coolant around an enclosed system. the cooling liquid, or refrigerant is pumped into the cooled compartment (the evaporator coil). low pressure then causes the refrigerant to evaporate taking the heat with it. in the other compartment (the condenser), the refrigerant vapour is compressed and forced through another heat exchange coil, condensed into a liquid which then rejects the heat previously absorbed from the cooled space.