Which component of the cooling system is a heat exchanger of an evaporative coil design?

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In a cooling system, the part that actually cools the air by making the refrigerant evaporate is the evaporator coil, a type of heat exchanger. This coil sits in the airflow pathway and transfers heat from the surrounding air into the refrigerant, causing the refrigerant to boil and absorb heat, which cools the air that passes over it. The other components—radiator, condenser, and intercooler—perform different jobs: the radiator removes heat from engine coolant, the condenser releases heat as refrigerant condenses, and the intercooler cools compressed intake air but isn’t built around an evaporating refrigerant. So the component described as a heat exchanger of an evaporative coil design is the Heat Exchanger Coil.