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10
Thermodynamics
Refrigeration
Cycles
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Refrigerator and Heat Pump
Objectives
The objective of a refrigerator is to remove heat (QL) from the cold medium;
the objective of a heat pump is to supply heat (QH) to a warm medium
(fig. 10-1)
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Schmatic and T-s Diagram for Ideal
Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle
(Fig. 10-3)
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Ordinary Household Refrigerator
(Fig. 10-4)
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P-h Diagram of an Ideal Vapor-
Compression Refrigeration Cycle
(Fig. 10-5)
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Schmatic and T-s Diagram for Actual
Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle
(Fig. 10-7)
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Heat Pump Heats a House in
Winter and Cools it in Summer
(Fig. 10-9)
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Schmatic and T-s Diagram for Refrigerator-
Freezer Unit with One Compressor
(Fig. 10-14)
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Linde-Hampson System for
Liquefying Gases
(Fig. 10-15)
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Simple Gas Refrigeration Cycle
(Fig. 10-16)
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Gas Refrigeration Cycle With
Regeneration
COLD
refrigerated space
(Fig. 10-19)
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WARM
environment
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Ammonia Absorption Refrigeration
Cycle
(Fig. 10-21)
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Schematic of Simple
Thermoelectric Power Generator
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A Thermoelectric Refrigerator
(Fig. 10-28)
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Chapter Summary
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• The transfer of heat from lower temperature
Boles regions to higher temperature ones is called
Thermodynamics
refrigeration. Devices that produce refrigeration
are called refrigerators, and the cycles on which
they operate are called refrigeration cycles. The
working fluids used in refrigerators are called
refrigerants. Refrigerators used for the purpose of
heating a space by transferring heat from a cooler
medium are called heat pumps.
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Chapter Summary
• The performance of refrigerators and heat pumps
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Boles performance (COP), defined as
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Chapter Summary
• The standard of comparison for refrigeration
cycles is the reversed Carnot cycle. A refrigerator
Çengel or heat pump that operates on the reversed Carnot
Boles
cycle is called a Carnot refrigerator or a Carnot
Thermodynamics
heat pump, and their COPs are
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Chapter Summary
Çengel • The most widely used refrigeration cycle is the
Boles vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. In an ideal
Thermodynamics
vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, the
refrigerant enters the compressor as a saturated
vapor and is cooled to the saturated liquid state in
the condenser. It is then throttled to the
evaporator pressure and vaporizes as it absorbs
heat from the refrigerated space.
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Chapter Summary
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Boles • Very low temperatures can be achieved by
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operating two or more vapor-compression
Systems in series, called cascading. The COP of a
refrigeration system also increases as a result of
cascading.
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Chapter Summary
Çengel • Another way of improving the performance of a
Boles vapor-compression refrigeration system is by
Thermodynamics
using multistage compression with regenerative
cooling. A refrigerator with a single compressor
can provide refrigeration at several temperatures
by throttling the refrigerant in stages. The vapor-
compression refrigeration cycle can also be used
to liquefy gases after some modifications
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Chapter Summary
• The power cycles can be used as refrigeration
cycles by simply reversing them. Of these, the
Çengel reversed Brayton cycle, which is also known as
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the gas refrigeration cycle, is used to cool aircraft
Thermodynamics
and to obtain very low (cryogenic) temperatures
after it is modified with regeneration. The work
output of the turbine can be used to reduce the
work input requirements to the compressor. Thus
the COP of a gas refrigeration cycle is
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Chapter Summary
• Another form of refrigeration that becomes
economically attractive when there is a source of
inexpensive heat energy at a temperature of 100 to
Çengel 2000C is absorption refrigeration, where the
Boles refrigerant is absorbed by a transport medium and
Thermodynamics
compressed in liquid form. The most widely used
absorption refrigeration system is the ammonia-
water system, where ammonia serves as the
refrigerant and water as the transport medium.
The work input to the pump is usually very small,
and the COP of absorption refrigeration systems
is defined as
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Chapter Summary
• The maximum COP an absorption refrigeration
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system can have is determined by assuming
Boles totally reversible conditions, which yields
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where T0, TL, and Ts are the absolute temperatures
of the environment, refrigerated space, and heat
source, respectively.
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Chapter Summary
Çengel • A refrigeration effect can also be achieved without
Boles
using any moving parts by simply passing a small
Thermodynamics
current through a closed circuit made up of two
dissimilar materials. This effect is called the
Peltier effect, and a refrigerator that works on this
principle is called a thermoelectric refrigerator.
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