REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS

• BASICS
• KINDS OF MECHANICAL
REFRIGERATION
• COMPONENTS AND PRINCIPLE OF
OPERATION OF COMPRESION
SYSTEM.
 BASICS OF REFRIGERATION
SYSTEM
• Purpose: Lower the temperature and
maintain it in a given space.
• 2 kinds:
– Use ice/ dry ice (solid CO2)
– Mechanical refrigeration:
Circulation of refrigerant in closed
system
 KINDS OF MECHANICAL
REFRIGERATION
• COMPRESSION SYSTEMS

• ABSORPTION SYSTEMS
 ABSORPTION SYSTEM
EVAPORATOR

CONDENSER ABSORBER
WATER

GENERATOR
SOLUTION
Expansion valve
Heat exchanger