HCMC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

FACULTY OF VEHICLE AND ENERGY ENGINEERING

Chapter 7: Saving Energy Potentials

in Refrigeration Systems
- Condensation and evaporation temperatures
- Uncondensed gasses
- High pressure liquid pumps
- Cold thermal storage
- Air conditioning combined with heat pipes
- Selecting equipment and installation
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7.1 Condensation and evaporation temperatures

The condensation temperature

Decreasing the condensation temperature by one degree lowers

the power consumption of a refrigerator by about 2-3 percent.
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7.1 Condensation and evaporation temperatures

The evaporation temperature

Increasing the evaporation temperature by one degree lowers

the power consumption of a refrigerator by about 2-3 percent.
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7.2 Uncondensed gasses (Khí không ngưng)

The uncondensed gasses make:

- Increasing the condensing pressure and the final
temperature of the compression process.
- Reducing COP.

The uncondensed gasses were caused by:

- Do not vacuum completely before supplying refrigerant.
- Due to repair and maintenance
- Due to decomposition (phân hủy) of oil at high temperature
- Due to the refrigerant decomposes (phân hủy).
- Due to leakage at the low pressure side.
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7.3 High pressure liquid pumps

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7.4 Cold thermal storage

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7.4 Cold thermal storage

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7.5 Air conditioning combined with the heat pipe

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7.5 Air conditioning combined with the heat pipe

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7.6 Selecting equipment and installation

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7.6 Selecting equipment and installation

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7.7 CO2 refrigeration system and microchannel heat exchangers

Microchannel heat transfer

Fig. Danfoss MHE

Fig. Heat transfer coefficient vs. hydraulic diameter [*]

[*] Kandlikar SG, Garimella S, Li DQ, Colin S, King MR, “Heat transfer and fluid flow in minichannels and microchannels”, Elsevier
Pte Ltd., Singapore (2006).
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7.7 CO2 refrigeration system and microchannel heat exchangers

CO2 air conditioning system

Fig. CO2 air conditioning system

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7.7 CO2 refrigeration system and microchannel heat exchangers

a – R134a compressor
b – R134a condenser
c – R134a throttling
valve
d – Cascade HE
(double – pipe type)
e – CO2 compressor
f – oil separator
g – CO2 throttle valve
h – CO2 evaporator
i - Thermal flow meter)

Fig. R134a/CO2 cascade refrigeration system Fig. A photo of the cascade ystem