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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Insights

The document discusses the differences between gas cycles and vapor cycles in refrigeration, highlighting that vapor cycles involve phase changes which allow for greater heat transfer efficiency. It also compares the merits and demerits of vapor compression systems versus air refrigeration systems, noting that vapor compression systems have higher efficiency and lower running costs but higher initial costs and safety concerns. The vapor compression cycle is based on the Evans-Perkins cycle, also known as the reverse Rankine cycle.

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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Insights

The document discusses the differences between gas cycles and vapor cycles in refrigeration, highlighting that vapor cycles involve phase changes which allow for greater heat transfer efficiency. It also compares the merits and demerits of vapor compression systems versus air refrigeration systems, noting that vapor compression systems have higher efficiency and lower running costs but higher initial costs and safety concerns. The vapor compression cycle is based on the Evans-Perkins cycle, also known as the reverse Rankine cycle.

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Refrigeration and Air

Conditioning
By
Dr. Sukanta Roy
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Mizoram
Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia
PhD (IIT Guwahati), MTech (NIT Silchar), BEng (NIT Agartala) , MASME, MIE CEng (India), SFHEA (UK)
Erasmus Mundus Post-Doctoral Fellow (ECN, France)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (IRPHE/AMU, France)

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Comparison between gas cycles and vapour cycles
In a typical gas cycle, the working fluid (a gas) does not undergo phase change; consequently,
the operating cycle will be away from the vapour dome. In gas cycles, heat rejection and
refrigeration take place as the gas undergoes sensible cooling and heating. In a vapour cycle the
working fluid undergoes phase change and refrigeration effect is due to the vaporization of
refrigerant liquid. If the refrigerant is a pure substance then its temperature remains constant
during the phase change processes. However, if a zeotropic mixture is used as a refrigerant, then
there will be a temperature glide during vaporization and condensation. Since the refrigeration
effect is produced during phase change, large amount of heat (latent heat) can be transferred per
kilogram of refrigerant at a near constant temperature. Hence, the required mass flow rates for a
given refrigeration capacity will be much smaller compared to a gas cycle.

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Merits and Demerits of vapour compression system over Air refrigeration system

Merits :
• C.O. P. is quite high as the working of cycle is very near to that of reversed Carnot cycle.
• When used on ground level the running cost of vapour-compress ion refrigeration system is only
1/5th of air refrigeration system.
• For the same refrigeration effect the size of the evaporator is smaller.
• The required temperature of the evaporator can be achieved simply by adjusting the throttle valve of
the same unit.

Demerits:
• lnitial cost is high
• The major disadvantages are inflammability, leakage of vapours and toxity. These have been
overcome to great extent by improvement in design.

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Vapour Compression Refrigeration Cycle

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The actual vapour compression cycle is based on Evans-Perkins cycle, which is also
called as reverse Rankine cycle.

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Thank you

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