The ORO head pressure-control valve is an outlet pressure–regulating valve that responds to changes in receiver pressure. The valve designation stands for opens on rise of outlet pressure (see Fig. 11-33). The inlet and outlet pressures are exerted on the underside of the seat disc in an opening direction. Since the area of the port is small in relationship to the diaphragm area, the inlet pressure has little direct effect on the operation of the valve. The outlet or receiver pressure is the control pressure. The force on top of the diaphragm that opposes the control pressure is due to the air charge in the element. These two forces are the operating forces of the ORO.
When the outdoor ambient temperature changes, the condensing pressure changes. This causes the receiver pressure to fluctuate accordingly. As the receiver pressure decreases, the ORO throttles the flow of liquid from the condenser. As the receiver pressure increases, the valve modulates in an opening direction to maintain a nearly constant pressure
in the receiver. Since the ambient temperature of the element affects the valve pressure setting, the control pressure may change slightly when the ambient temperature changes. However, the valve and element temperature remain fairly constant.