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"Compress The Vapor, Cool It Throttle The Vapor, Heat It": Refrigeration Cycles Factors Affecting The VCC

1) The document discusses factors that affect refrigeration cycles including subcooling, superheating, suction pressure, discharge pressure, and compressor volumetric efficiency. 2) Subcooling can be achieved through a heat exchanger or additional cooling water and improves refrigeration effect but not COP. 3) Lower suction pressure decreases refrigeration effect and increases compression work, lowering COP. Higher discharge pressure also lowers COP.

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"Compress The Vapor, Cool It Throttle The Vapor, Heat It": Refrigeration Cycles Factors Affecting The VCC

1) The document discusses factors that affect refrigeration cycles including subcooling, superheating, suction pressure, discharge pressure, and compressor volumetric efficiency. 2) Subcooling can be achieved through a heat exchanger or additional cooling water and improves refrigeration effect but not COP. 3) Lower suction pressure decreases refrigeration effect and increases compression work, lowering COP. Higher discharge pressure also lowers COP.

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“Compress the vapor, cool it; throttle the

vapor, heat it”

Refrigeration Cycles
Factors Affecting the VCC
Lecture 3
10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Sub-cooling of Refrigerant [2]

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Sub-cooling of Refrigerant [2]


o The sub cooling may be achieved by
▪ Passing the liquid refrigerant from condenser through
a heat exchanger through which the cold vapor at
suction from the evaporator is allowed to flow in the
reversed direction. This process subcools the liquid but
superheats the vapor. Thus, COP is not improved
though refrigeration effect is increased
▪ By making use of enough quantity of cooling water so
that the liquid refrigerant is further cooled below the
temperature of saturation. In some cases, a separate
subcooler is also made use of for this purpose. In this
case, COP is improved

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Superheating of Refrigerant [2]

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Change in Suction Pressure [2]

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Change in Suction Pressure [2]


o The decrease in suction pressure decreases the
refrigeration effect and at the same time
increases the work of compression.
o Both the effects tend to decrease the COP

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Change in Discharge Pressure [2]

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Change in Discharge Pressure [2]


o The increase in discharge pressure results in
lower COP.
o The discharge pressure should be kept as low
as possible depending upon the temperature of
the cooling medium available

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Change in Discharge Pressure [2]


o The increase in discharge pressure results in
lower COP.
o The discharge pressure should be kept as low
as possible depending upon the temperature of
the cooling medium available

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Volumetric Efficiency of Compressor

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Volumetric Efficiency of Compressor


o The factors like clearance volume, pressure drop
through discharge and suction values,
leakage of vapor along the piston and
superheating of cold vapor due to contact with
hot cylinder walls, affects the volume of the vapor
actually pumped by the compressor
o Volumetric efficiency decreases the refrigeration
effect.

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

Volumetric Efficiency of Compressor


o The factors like clearance volume, pressure drop
through discharge and suction values,
leakage of vapor along the piston and
superheating of cold vapor due to contact with
hot cylinder walls, affects the volume of the vapor
actually pumped by the compressor
o Volumetric efficiency decreases the refrigeration
effect.

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10 January 2018 ME 437 – HVAC

References
o [1] Yunus A. Cengel, Thermodynamics, 8th.
2015, ISBN 978-0-07-339817-4
o [2] Prof. U.S.P. Shet, Refigeration Cycles, IIT

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